LWITIKO PHOLDS MWAKYUSA

Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

PhD.Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Thesis entitled “Development and characterization of co-evaporated CZTSe solar cells” (Ph.D. awarded November 2019) MSc (Physics)University of Dar es Salaam Thesis entitled “Structural, Electrical and Optical

Projects:

  • Project title: Solar cooking for institutions as one of the alternatives for inefficient and polluting cooking technologies
  • Funding institution: UDSM
  • Project title: Development of highly efficient CZTSe-based solar cells: a quest to mitigate global warming
  • Funding organization: UDSM
  • Project title: performance enhancement of solar-driven photocatalytic materials for water treatment (SolPhoWat).
  • Funding organization: DFG
  • Project title: Clean cooking for all: A novel application of Fresnel lens for a solar cooker
  • Funding institution: UDSM
  • Project title: Agrivoltaic System as a Climate Smart Agriculture-Energy Approach for Small-Scale Farmers in Tanzania
  • Funding institution: UDSM

 

 

Publications:

1. Lwitiko P. Mwakyusa, Nuru R. Mlyuka, Margaret E. Samiji, Boron Doped ZnO Films Deposited by DC Reactive Sputtering Using Zn:B Target: Influence of the Deposition Temperature on the Structural, Electrical and Optical Properties Tanzania Journal of Science 48(1) 2022 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjs.v48i1.14

 

2.Lwitiko Mwakyusa, Xiaowei Jin, Erich Müller, Reinhard Schneider, Dagmar Gerthsen, Monika Rinke, Ulrich W. Paetzold, Bryce S. Richards, and Michael Hetterich, Phase Evolution During Annealing of Low-Temperature Co-Evaporated Precursors for CZTSe Solar Cell Absorbers Journal of Applied Physics 129, 153104 (2021)

3. Lwitiko P. Mwakyusa, Lennart Leist, Monika Rinke, Alexander Welle, Ulrich W. Paetzold, Bryce S. Richards, and Michael Hetterich, Impact of Silver Incorporation at the Back Contact of Kesterite Solar Cells on Structural and Device Properties Thin Solid Films 2020, 709(1) 138223

 

4.Lwitiko P. Mwakyusa Development and Characterization of Co-evaporated CZTSe solar cells Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2019 10.5445/IR/1000099731

 

5.Lwitiko P. Mwakyusa, Markus Neuwirth, Will Kogler, Thomas Schnabel, Erik Ahlswede, Ulrich W. Paetzold, Bryce S. Richards, Michael Hetterich, CZTSe solar cells prepared by co-evaporation of multilayer Cu-Sn/Cu,Zn,Sn,Se/ZnSe/Cu,Zn,Sn,Se stacks Phys. Scr. 2019, 94 105007