Silicon Photonics / Photovoltaics

Defects in Solar Cells and Devices

Abstract People Publications Projects Cooperations Alumni

Research on shunting in Si solar cells in a joint BMU-project "Solar-Forschungscluster" (SolarFocus), in cooperation with:

• Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Solare Energiesysteme Freiburg
• Universitaet Goettingen, IV Physikalisches Institut
• Institut fuer Solare Energieforschung Hameln
• ACCESS e.V. Aachen
• TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut fuer Exp. Physik
• Institut fuer Halbleiterphysik Frankfurt (Oder)
• Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik
• Universitaet Konstanz, Fakultaet der Physik
• Schott Solar GmbH Alzenau
• Deutsche Solar AG, Freiberg

Investigation of loss mechanisms in high-efficiency solar cells in cooperation with:

• University of New South Wales (UNSW), Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering, Sydney, Australia

Fault detection in integrated circuits in cooperation with:

• Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (FhG IWM), Halle