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In conclusion, the OS4PP system, which costs less than 70% of manual proprietary systems, is comparable electrically while offering automated 100 micron positional accuracy for measuring sheet resistance over larger areas.

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Publication I: Strongly reduced thermal conductivity in hybrid ZnO/nanocellulose thin films JH defined the research together with TT, EK and MK. MG participated in the sample preparation and structural characterization, together with JH and TT. Thermal conductivity measurements were performed by AG. The article was written by JH, TT, MK and EK, with critical review and inputs from all authors.Publication II: Flexible thermoelectric modules based on ALD grown ZnO on different substrates MG outlined the idea of the research in collaboration with TT and MK and carried out the fabrication and measurements of all the samples. MG wrote the manuscript in collaboration with the other authors.Publication III: Flexible thermoelectric module utilizing n-type ZnO and p-type PEDOT on textile substrates MG outlined the research with inputs from MK All the manufacture and measuring of the samples was done by MG that wrote the article with inputs and critical review from RF and MK.Publication IV: Atomic layer deposited aluminium oxide mitigates outgassing from fused filament fabrication-based 3-D printed components

This paper presents a novel design for the top contact of thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar cells. The new top contact is formed by fabricating a 20nm thin honeycomb shaped silver mesh on top of an ultra-thin 13nm of indium tin oxide. The new top contact offers the potential to reduce the series resistance of the cell while increasing the light current via plasmonic resonance. Using the nano-bead lithography technique the honeycomb top contact was fabricated and electrically characterized. The experimental results verified the new contact reduces the sheet resistance by about 40%. Numerical simulations were then used to analyze the potential performance enhancement in the cell. The results suggest the proposed top contact integrated with a typical thin film hydrogenated amorphous silicon PV device would lead to more than an 8% improvement in the overall efficiency of the cell.