Physics

1. 2014 I.M. Dharmadasa, P.A. Bingham, O.K. Echendu, H.I. Salim, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa, G.U. Sumanasekera, R.R. Dharmasena, M.B. Dergacheva, K.A. Mit, K.A. Urazov, L. Bowen, M. Walls and A. Abbas, Fabrication of CdS/CdTe-based thin film solar cells using an electrochemical technique, Coatings, 4(3) 380-415. (DOI: 10.3390/coatings4030380).
   
2. 2015 Imyhamy M. Dharmadasa, Ayotunde A. Ojo, Hussein I. Salim, and Ruvini Dharmadasa, Next Generation Solar Cells Based on Graded Bandgap Device Structures Utilising Rod-Type Nano-Materials, Energies, 8(6), 5440-5458. (DOI:10.3390/en8065440).
   
3. 2015 N.A. bdul-Manaf,, H.I. Salim, M.L. Madugu,, O.I. Olusola, and I.M. Dharmadasa, Electro-Plating and Characterisation of CdTe Thin Films Using CdCl2 as the Cadmium Source, Energies, 8(10), 10883-10903. (DOI: 10.3390/en81010883).
   
4. 2015 I.M. Dharmadasa, O.K. Echendu, F. Fauzi, N.A. Abdul-Manaf, H.I. Salim, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa, and B. Lavery, Effects of CdCl2 treatment on deep levels in CdTe and their implications on thin film solar cells: A comprehensive photoluminescence study, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 26(7), 4571-4583. (DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-3090-4).
   
5. 2015 H.I. Salim, V. Patel, A. Abbas, J.M. Walls, and I.M. Dharmadasa, Electrodeposition of CdTe thin films using nitrate precursor for applications in solar cells, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 26(5), 3119-3128. (DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-2805-x).
   
6. 2016 I.M. Dharmadasa, O.K. Echendu, F. Fauzi, H.I. Salim, N.A. Abdul-Manaf, J.B. Jasinski, A. Sherehiy, and G. Sumanasekera, Study of Fermi level position before and after CdCl2 treatment of CdTe thin films using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 1-8. (DOI: 10.1007/s10854-016-4391-y).
   
7. 2016 H.I. Salim, O.I. Olusola, A.A. Ojo, K.A. Urasov, M.B. Dergacheva and I.M. Dharmadasa, Electrodeposition and characterisation of CdS thin films using thiourea precursor for application in solar cells, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 27(7), 6786–6799. (DOI: 0.1007/s10854-016-4629-8).
   
8. 2016 A.A. Ojo, H.I. Salim, O.I. Olusola, M.L. Madugu, I.M. Dharmadasa, Effect of thickness: a case study of electrodeposited CdS in CdS/CdTe based photovoltaic devices, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, pp. 1-10. (DOI: 10.1007/s10854-016-5916-0).
   
9. 2016 I.M. Dharmadasa, O.K. Echendu, F. Fauzi, N.A. Abdul-Manaf, O.I. Olusola, H.I. Salim, M.L. Madugu, A.A. Ojo, Improvement of composition of CdTe thin films during heat treatment in the presence of CdCl2, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, pp. 1-10. (DOI: 10.1007/s10854-016-5802-9).
   
10. 2016 O.I. Olusola, H.I. Salim, and I.M. Dharmadasa, One-sided rectifying p–n junction diodes fabricated from n-CdS and p-ZnTe:Te semiconductors, Mater. Res. Express 3, 095904. (DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/3/9/095904).
    
11. 2016 Kumarasinghe, K. D. M. S. P. K., De Silva, D. S. M., Pathiratne, K. A. S., Salim, H. I., Abdul-Manaf, N. A., & Dharmadasa, I. M., Electrodeposition and characterization of as-deposited and annealed CdTe thin films, Ceylon Journal of Science, 45(2), 53–59. (DOI: 10.4038/cjs.v45i2.7388).
    
12. 2018 A.A. Ojo, H.I. Salim, I.M. Dharmadasa, The influence of ZnS crystallinity on all-electroplated ZnS/CdS/CdTe graded bandgap device properties, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, (DOI: 10.1007/s10854-018-9491-4)
    
13. 2020 H.I. Salim, The effect of growth technique on the characteristic properties of CdS layers for solar cell applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31(5), 4193-4207, 2020, DOI: https://DOI.org/10.1007/s10854-020-02972-0.
    
14. 2020 Haveen A Mustafa, Dler A Jameel, Hussien I Salim, Sabah M Ahmed, The Effects Of N-GaAs Substrate Orientations on The Electrical Performance of PANI/N-GaAs Hybrid Solar Cell Devices, Science Journal of University of Zakho, 8(4),149-153, 2020, DOI: https://DOI.org/10.25271/sjuoz.2020.8.4.773
    

Growth, characterization, and fabrication of thin film solar cells based on group II-VI semiconductors using electrodeposition and CBD methods.

• Teaching undergraduate courses in optics, Solid-State, solar energy, and solar cells subjects.
• Supervising undergraduate and M.Sc. students’ projects.
• Thin-film deposition (CdS, CdTe, ZnS, SnS) using Electrodeposition (ED) and Chemical Bath deposition (CBD) technique for solar cell applications.
• Work on the thin film Characterization techniques including (XRD, SEM, EDX, AFM, UV-vis spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy, PEC measurement, sputtering, PVD, Hall Effect, and thickness measurements).

2018-2020, Supervising M.Sc. students, University of Zakho

Training Courses

• Training course on “General and Academic English Language course” at Kirklees College and Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom.
• Training course on “Methods of teaching, Computer, and English Language”, University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Workshops

Attended the following Ph.D. workshops:

• Ethics Approval and Research Governance (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
• Effective Application (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
• Title and Abstract (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
• Doing a Ph.D. (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
• Sample preparation using forcipol 2020 twin wheel grinding and polishing machine (University of Zakho)
• Fabrication of Gold Probe tips for AFM workshop (University of Zakho)
• Synthesis of graphene oxide by modified hummer method workshop day (University of Zakho)
• A study of the threshold pump power workshop day (University of Zakho)
• Adiabatic nano focusing of surface plasma resonance workshop (University of Zakho)
• Applications of Quantum Dots Workshop (University of Zakho)
• Nanoscale spectroscopy nanomaterials workshop (University of Zakho)

Conference Proceedings

2012 O.K. Echendu, A.R. Weerasinghe, F. Fauzi, H.I. Salim, N.A. Abdul Manaf and I. M. Dharmadasa, Electroplating of semiconductor materials for photovoltaic and optoelectronic device applications, 4th Association of Professional Sri Lankans Convention, APSL - Research Symposium (APSL-RS), Sheffield, United Kingdom.

2013 I.M. Dharmadasa, D.G. Diso, O.K. Echendu, H.I. Salim, N.A. Abdul Manaf, M. B. Dergacheva, K.A. Mit and K.A. Urazov, Thin film photovoltaic solar cells with nano- and micro-rod type II-VI semiconducting materials grown by electroplating, Proceedings of the 9th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference C95 (PVSAT 9), Swansea, United Kingdom, 79-82.

2013 I. M. Dharmadasa, D.G. Diso, O.K. Echendu, H.I. Salim, N.A. Abdul Manaf, M.B. Dergacheva, K.A. Mit and K.A. Urazov, Thin film photovoltaic solar cells with nano- and micro-rod type II-VI semiconducting materials grown by electroplating, 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Florida, USA.

2013 N.A. Abdul-manaf, O.K. Echendu, H.I. Salim, L. Bowen and I.M. Dharmadasa, Electrodeposition and characterization of polyaniline for development of organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells, 2nd International Conference on Solar Energy Materials, Solar Cells and Solar Energy Applications (SOLAR ASIA), Willayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, 105-110.
2013 N.A. Abdul-Manaf, O.K. Echendu, F. Fauzi, H.I. Salim, I.M. Dharmadasa, Development of Polyaniline as a pinhole plugging layer in CdS/CdTe solar cells, UK Semiconductors & UK Nitrides Consortium Summer Meeting, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

2014 H.I. Salim, A. Abdul Manaf and I.M. Dharmadasa, Electrodeposition of CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells Using Cadmium Nitrate Precursor, Proceeding of the 10th Photovoltaic Science, Application and Technology (PVSAT-10), Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, 149-152.

2014 H.I. Salim, A. Abdul-Manaf, I.M. Dharmadasa, Grwoth of CdTe thin film by electrodeposition method using cadmium nitrate precursor, UK Semiconductors & UK Nitrides Consortium Summer Meeting, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

2014 M.L. Madugu, P.A. Bingham, H.I. Salim, O.I. Olusola, and I.M. Dharmadasa, Development of InxSey Buffer Layers for Application in CdTe Based Thin Film Solar Cells, Conference: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1847-1851.

2015 I.M. Dharmadasa, A. Ojo, H.I. Salim and R. Dharmadasa, Next Generation Solar Cells Based on Graded Bandgap Devices Utilising Rod-type Electroplated Nano-Materials, Conference: Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology (PVSAT-11), Conference C97 of the SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 169.

2015 H.I. Salim, O.I. Olusola and I.M. Dharmadasa, Cathodic electrodeposition of CdS thin films from thiourea precursor for solar cell applications, Conference: Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology, Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology (PVSAT-11), Conference C97 of the SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 149-150.

2015 H.I. Salim, A. Ojo, I.M. Dharmadasa, Effect of CdCl2 and CdCl2+CdF2 treatment on the structural, morphological and optical properties of electrodeposited CdTe thin films, UK Semiconductors & UK Nitrides Consortium Summer Meeting, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

2015 N.A. Abdul-Manaf, H.I. Salim, M.L. Madugu and I.M. Dharmadasa, Electrodeposition of CdTe thin films using chloride precursor for the application in solar cells, Conference: Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology (PVSAT-11), Conference proceeding C97 of the SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 137-140.

2015 KDMSPK Kumarasinghe, DSM De Silva, KAS Pathiratne, IM Dharmadasa, HI Salim, NA Abdul-Manaf, P Ravirajan, K Balashangar, Growth of CdS and CdTe thin film semiconductors and fabrication of CdS/CdTe solar cells, In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2015 University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 194.

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