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Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Francesco Biccari
Via —, 00123 Roma, Italy
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biccari@gmail.com
biccari.altervista.org
Date of birth 27 April 1980 | Nationality Italian
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
From September 2013
Research fellow (RTDa) at University of Florence (Italy)
Optical characterization of GaAsN quantum dots coupled with photonic crystals.
Unit coordinator of the DeLIGHTeD project (FIRB).
Mar 2010 – Feb 2013
Postdoctoral researcher (AdR) at ENEA Casaccia R.C. (Italy)
Growth and characterization of thin film semiconductors (in particular Cu2 ZnSnS4 ). Fabrication
of photovoltaic cells based on these semiconductors. Supervisor: dr. Alberto Mittiga
Nov 2006 – Oct 2009
Ph.D. in Physics at Sapienza – University of Rome (Italy)
Thesis subject: Study of the intrinsic defects and the doping of the semiconductor Cu2 O with
relation to its usage as starting material for photovoltaic cells. The work was carried out in
the ENEA Casaccia Research Center (Rome, Italy). Advisor: prof. Mario Capizzi. External
advisor: dr. Alberto Mittiga. Thesis defended on 16th February 2010. (Download)
Oct 1999 – Sep 2005
Master’s degree in Physics at Sapienza – University of Rome (Italy)
Final grade: 110 cum laude (out of 110)
Specialization: Nuclear and subnuclear physics
Thesis: Measurement of the ratio between the cross sections W ± → e± + v and Z 0 → e+ + e−
√
with the combined production of one or more hadronic jets in collisions p-¯
p at s = 1.96 TeV
with the experiment CDF of the Tevatron collider. Advisor: prof. Carlo Dionisi. Co-advisor: dr.
Andrea Messina. Thesis defended on 29th September 2005. (Download)
Part of the work (4 months) was carried out at Fermilab Laboratory in Chicago (USA).
Aug 2004 – Sep 2004
Summer student at Fermilab (Chicago, USA)
Selected together with other eight Italian students for a research experience at Fermilab Laboratory in Chicago, paid by the Department of Energy of the United States of America.
Sep 1994 – Jul 1999
High school at “Liceo Scientifico Statale Louis Pasteur” (Italy)
Final grade: 100 (out of 100)
SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS
Topics
Techniques
Referee
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Semiconductors. GaAsN quantum nanostructures by hydrogenation. Photovoltaics. Cu2 O and
CZTS semiconductors.
Photo-luminescence, spectrophotometry, electrical measurements.
Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Thin Solid Films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds,
Applied Surface Science, Material Research Bulletin, Science of Advanced Materials, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Journal of Materials Science, ECS Journal of Solid
State Science and Technology, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid Communications, ECS Solid State Letters, IEEE Access, APL Materials.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
From September 2013
Teaching at the University of Florence (Italy)
Mar 2015 – Jun 2015
Solid State Physics Laboratory course of the M.Sc. degree program in Physics. (2 CFU)
Mar 2015 – Jun 2015
Physics Laboratory course of the B.Sc. degree program in Biology. (4 CFU)
Mar 2014 – Jun 2014
Physics I course (mechanics) of the B.Sc. degree program in civil, construction and environmental Engineering. (3 CFU)
Oct 2013 – Jan 2014
Physics II course (electromagnetism) of the B.Sc. degree program in civil, construction, environmental Engineering. (3 CFU)
Jan 2013 – Jun 2013
Qualifying program to teach mathematics and physics in high schools
Official name: TFA (Tirocinio Formativo Attivo) at Sapienza – University of Rome. Qualification
obtained on 9th July 2013 with a grade of 99 (out of 100). Classe di abilitazione A049.
Jan 2012 – Jun 2012
Substitute Teacher in a public high school (Italy)
Substitute teacher of computer science at the Public Professional Institute Stendhal.
Apr 2012 and Apr 2011
Lecturer at University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Italy)
Lectures on photovoltaics based on polycrystalline thin films (CdTe and CIGS) in the course of
“Conventional photovoltaic technologies” for the postgraduate “Master Course in Photovoltaic
Engineering” (www.masterpv.org). Head professor of the course: dr. Mario Tucci
Oct 2008 – Jan 2009
Teaching assistant at Sapienza – University of Rome (Italy)
Oct 2007 – Jan 2008
“Physics 1” course (mechanics and thermodynamics) of the B.Sc. degree program in Mathematics. Head professor of the course: prof. Sergio Caprara.
OTHER JOBS
Sep 2014
Consultant for the Italian division of the Pearson publishing house (Italy)
Consultant for the Italian adaptation of the book Sear’s & Zemansky’s University Physics.
Jun 2012
Consultant for the Sapienza University Press (Italy)
Programmer for the creation of 3 LaTeX classes for books, articles and conference proceedings.
Oct 2005 – Sep 2006
Software engineer at Citel group (www.citelgroup.it) (Italy)
Involved in the Billing Assurance area of Telecom Italia company in charge of the company’s
database management (consistency, etc.). Acquired proficiency in SAS (Base, Macro) and
SQL ORACLE.
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue
Other languages
Italian
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
B2
C1
B2
C1
(*)
English
C1
Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
(*)
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COMPUTER SKILLS
Languages
Databases
Operating systems
Data acquisition and analysis: Python, Matlab, Visual Basic, C++, LabVIEW
Others: LaTeX (several professional works), (X)HTML, CSS, PHP
SQL/ORACLE and SAS (1 year work experience).
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Access and MySQL.
All Microsoft OS’s and Linux based systems
ATTACHMENTS
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List of publications
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Attachment 1: List of publications
The impact factor is not the current one but refers to the publication date.
13 C. Malerba, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, M. Valentini, F. Biccari, M. Müller,
L. Rebuffi, E. Esposito, P. Mangiapane, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
Stoichiometry effect on Cu2 ZnSnS4 thin films morphological and optical properties.
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 6 (2014) 011404.
doi: 10.1063/1.4866258 ISSN: 1941-7012
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 1.510
12 C. Malerba, F. Biccari, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, M. Valentini, R. Chierchia, M. Müller,
A. Santoni, E. Esposito, P. Mangiapane, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
CZTS stoichiometry effects on the band gap energy.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 582 (2014) 528–534.
doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.07.199 ISSN: 0925-8388
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 2.390
11 F. Biccari, C. Malerba, A. Mittiga.
Impurity effects in Cu2 O.
arXiv preprint, 1310.5341 (2013).
url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5341
No peer reviewed, no impact factor
10 F. Nanni, F. R. Lamastra, F. Franceschetti, F. Biccari, I. Cacciotti.
Mo-doped indium oxide films by dip-coating: synthesis, microstructure and optical properties.
Ceramics International, 40 (2013) 1851–1858.
doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.07.087 ISSN: 0272-8842
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 1.789
9 A. Santoni, F. Biccari, C. Malerba, M. Valentini, R. Chierchia and A. Mittiga.
Valence Band Offset at the CdS/Cu2 ZnSnS4 interface probed by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46 (2013) 175101
doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/17/175101 ISSN: 0022-3727
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 2.544
8 C. Malerba, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, M. D’Incau, F. Biccari, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
Nitrogen doped Cu2 O: a possible material for intermediate band solar cells?
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 105 (2012) 192–195
doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.06.017 ISSN: 0927-0248
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 4.593
7 F. Biccari.
Defects and doping in Cu2 O.
Publication of my PhD thesis (2012). ISBN: 978-1-4716-3381-2.
Amazon.com, Lulu.com
6 M. Valentini, C. Malerba, F. Biccari, R. Chierchia, P. Mangiapane, E. Salza, A. Mittiga.
Growth and characterization of Cu2 ZnSnS4 thin films prepared by sulfurization of evaporated precursors.
Proceedings of 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany. (2011) p. 2911
doi: 10.4229/26thEUPVSEC2011-3DV.1.52 ISBN: 3-936338-27-2
No peer reviewed, no impact factor
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5 F. Biccari, R. Chierchia, M. Valentini, P. Mangiapane, E. Salza, C. Malerba,
C. L. Azanza Ricardo, L. Mannarino, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
Fabrication of Cu2 ZnSnS4 solar cells by sulfurization of evaporated precursors.
Energy Procedia, 10 (2011) 187
doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.175 ISSN: 1876-6102
Peer reviewed, no impact factor
4 C. Malerba, F. Biccari, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, M. D’Incau, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
Absorption coefficient of bulk and thin film Cu2 O.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95 (2011) 2848
doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.05.047 ISSN: 0927-0248
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 3.858
3 F. Biccari, C. Malerba, A. Mittiga.
Chlorine doping of Cu2 O.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94 (2010) 1947
doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.022 ISSN: 0927-0248
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 3.858
2 A. Mittiga, F. Biccari, C. Malerba.
Intrinsic defects and metastability effects in Cu2 O.
Thin Solid Films, 517 (2009) 2469
doi: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.11.054 ISSN: 0040-6090
Peer reviewed, impact factor: 1.884
1 F. Biccari, C. Malerba, A. Mittiga.
Metastability effects in Cu2 O solar cells.
Proceedings of 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia, Spain. (2008) p. 583
doi: 10.4229/23rdEUPVSEC2008-1CV.2.54 ISBN: 3-936338-24-8
No peer reviewed, no impact factor
Techinal Reports
5 M. Valentini, C. Malerba, F. Biccari, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, E. Esposito, R. Chierchia, P. Mangiapane, E. Salza,
R. Sensoli, A. Santoni, M. Capizzi, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
Realizzazione di celle solari a film sottili policristallini di Cu2 ZnSnS4 con efficienza superiore al 5%.
Report Ricerca di Sistema Elettrico. Accordo di Programma Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico – ENEA. Area:
Produzione di energia elettrica e protezione dell’ambiente. Progetto: Energia Elettrica da Fonte Solare (Linea
progettuale 1 “Ricerche su celle fotovoltaiche innovative”). Report RdS/2013/011. (Settembre 2013)
4 C. Malerba, M. Valentini, F. Biccari, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, M. Müller, E. Esposito, R. Chierchia, P. Mangiapane,
E. Salza, G. Stracci, G. Arabito, A. Santoni, M. Capizzi, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
Sviluppo di processi di deposizione del CZTS: confronto critico delle diverse tecnologie.
Report Ricerca di Sistema Elettrico. Accordo di Programma Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico – ENEA. Area:
Produzione di energia elettrica e protezione dell’ambiente. Progetto: Energia Elettrica da Fonte Solare (Linea
progettuale 1 “Ricerche su celle fotovoltaiche innovative”). Report RdS/2013/010. (Settembre 2013)
3 F. Biccari, C. Malerba, M. Valentini, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, M. Müller, E. Esposito, R. Chierchia, P. Mangiapane,
E. Salza, G. Arabito, A. Santoni, L. Mannarino, M. Capizzi, P. Scardi, A. Mittiga.
Ottimizzazione dei processi di realizzazione di dispositivi fotovoltaici in film sottili di Cu2 ZnSnS4 .
Report Ricerca di Sistema Elettrico. Accordo di Programma Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico – ENEA. Area:
Produzione di energia elettrica e protezione dell’ambiente. Progetto: 2.1.4 “Ricerca su celle fotovoltaiche innovative”. Report RdS/2012/213. (Settembre 2012)
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2 F. Biccari, C. Malerba, M. Valentini, C. L. Azanza Ricardo, R. Chierchia, P.Mangiapane, E. Salza, G. Arabito,
A. Mittiga, L. Mannarino, M. d’Incau, M. Capizzi, P. Scardi.
Realizzazione e caratterizzazione di dispositivi fotovoltaici in film sottili di Cu2 ZnSnS4 .
Report Ricerca Sistema Elettrico. Accordo di Programma Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico – ENEA. Area:
Produzione di energia elettrica e protezione dell’ambiente. Progetto: Ricerca su celle fotovoltaiche innovative.
Report RSE/2011/297. (Settembre 2011)
1 F. Biccari, C. Malerba, P. Mangiapane, A. Mittiga, E. Salza, M. Valentini, G. Arabito, L. Mannarino.
Crescita e caratterizzazione di film sottili semiconduttori Cu2 -II-IV-VI4 .
Report Ricerca di Sistema Elettrico. Accordo di Programma Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico – ENEA. Area:
Produzione e fonti energetiche. Tema: “Tecnologie innovative di generazione di energia elettrica da fonti rinnovabili”. Report RdS/2010/160. (Settembre 2010)
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