- Cabrera-España, F.J. and Agrawal, A. (2016). Hut-like pillar array Si solar cells. Solar Energy, 132, pp. 357–362. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2016.03.026.
- Oates, A., Cabrera-España, F.J., Agrawal, A. and Reehal, H.S. (2014). Fabrication and characterisation of Si micropillar PV structures. Materials Research Innovations, 18(7), pp. 500–504. doi:10.1179/1433075x14y.0000000244.
- Oates, A., Cabrera-España, F.J., Agrawal, A. and Reehal, H.S. (2014). Fabrication and characterisation of Si micropillar PV structures. Energy Materials: Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Systems, 9(4), pp. 500–504. doi:10.1179/1433075X14Y.0000000244.
Dr Francisco Cabrera
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Dr Francisco Cabrera
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
About
Overview
Dr. Francisco Cabrera received his BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a first class certificate. He was awarded the Dean of School Prize of his BEng (Hons) for his performance in 2010. Then he received his MSc in Telecommunications and Networks with distinction from City, University of London in 2011. He was then awarded a PhD studentship to pursue a PhD in Photovoltaic solar cells. He received his PhD in Photonics in 2017 for his PhD thesis " Analysis of the optical properties of texturing patterns for design of Si solar cells" from City, University of London. During his time as a PhD student he was an active student member of the IEEE student branch having hold the Treasurer, Secretary and Chair positions. During his time as a member of the board, the branch was involved in organising an IEEE standards event at City. After completing his PhD, he briefly moved to industry he soon returned to City, University of London as a Marie Curie Post Doc Research Fellow to continue his work on textured crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Solar Cells. He is currently a member of the Institute of Physics, IEEE and OPTICA (formerly OSA).
Qualifications
- PhD in Photonics, City, City University of London, Reino Unido, Mar 2012 – Sep 2017
- MSc Telecommunications and Networks, City, City University of London, Reino Unido, Sep 2010 – Sep 2011
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of East London, United Kingdom, Sep 2007 – May 2010
Postgraduate training
- Innovative nanowire arrays with offset nanoholes Si solar cells for enhanced performance, City, City University of London, London, Reino Unido, Jul 2021 – Jun 2023
Fellowships
- Marie Curie Post Doc Research Fellow, City, City University of London, Jul 2021 – Jun 2023
Memberships of professional organisations
- member, IEEE, Jan 2022 – present
- member, OPTICA, Jan 2022 – present
- Member, Institute of Physics, Jan 2015 – present
- student member, IEEE, Jan 2013 – present
Award
- University of East London (2010) Dean of School Prize
I was awarded the Dean of School prize of my promotion
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review) and Spanish; Castilian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).
Publications
Publications by category
Conference papers and proceedings (6)
- Agrawal, A., Cabrera-España, F.J., Oates, A. and Reehal, H. (2016). Hut-Like Pillar Si Solar Cells. CLEO: Science and Innovations.
- Agrawal, A. and Cabrera, F. (2015). Optimization of Textures Si solar cell with array of hut-like micro pillars. International Workshop on Optical Wave & Waveguide Theory and Numerical Modelling 17 April, City, University of London.
- Rahman, A., Agrawal, A. and Cabrera, F. (2014). , Study of the optical properties of a micro pillar array solar cell for different configurations. 14th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices 1-4 September, Palma de Majorca.
- Cabrera, F., Agrawal, A. and Rahman, A. (2014). FDTD-based study of optical properties of Si solar cells with micro pillars. Photon 14 1 September, London.
- Cabrera, F., Agrawal, A. and Rahman, A. (2014). Study of Optical Properties of Textured Si Solar Cell with micro pillars. OWTNM13 27-29 June, Nize,France.
- Oates, A., Reehal, H., Agrawal, A. and Cabrera, F. (2014). "Fabrication and characterisation of silicon micro pillar PV structures. Photovoltaic Science and Technology (PVSAT-10) 23-25 April, Loughborough University.
Journal articles (3)
Thesis/dissertation
- Cabrera, F. Analysis of the optical properties of texturing patterns for design of Si solar cells. (PhD Thesis)
Professional activities
Other (2)
- Chair of IEEE student branch at City, University of London, IEEE (Jan 2015 – Aug 2017).
- Treasurer of IEEE student branch of City, University of London, IEEE (Jan 2012 – Dec 2014).