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Bandgap engineering of indium gallium nitride layers grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Nils Toggwyler, Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Nicolas Würsch, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Mélanie Nelly Rouèche

This paper reports on the fabrication of In xGa 1 - xN (InGaN) layers with various compositions ranging from InN to GaN using a cost-effective low-temperature plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method and analyzes the influence of deposition ...

2022

Impact of advanced electricity tariff structures on the optimal design, operation and profitability of a grid-connected PV system with energy storage

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Jordan Holweger, Lionel Benjamin Bloch

The increasing penetration of residential photovoltaics (PV) comes with numerous challenges for distribution system operators. Technical difficulties arise when an excess of PV energy is injected into the grid, causing voltage rise or overloading of the li ...

2019

TCAD modelling of a-Si:H devices for particle detection applications

Nicolas Würsch, Luca Massimiliano Antognini, Sylvain Dunand

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) has been proposed as a suitable material for particle detection applications thanks to its property to be deposited over a large area and above a variety of different substrates, including flexible materials. Moreove ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2023

The carbon intensity of integrated photovoltaics

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Alejandro Borja Block

To assess the meaningfulness of installing solar photovoltaics in buildings and infrastructures, we consider a carbon intensity (CI) balance perspective and assess whether installing PV at different orientations acts as a net CO2 sink or source, when compa ...

2023

Monte Carlo Modeling of Electron Multiplication in Amorphous Silicon Based Microchannel Plates

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler

Amorphous silicon based microchannel plates are being developed to overcome performance limits of conventional microchannel plates. They offer a new flexibility and ease of fabrication. A comprehensive AMCP model is being constructed to analyze the perform ...

IEEE2019

Rule-based scheduling of air conditioning using occupancy forecasting

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Marina Dorokhova

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems represent considerable potential for energy savings, which can be realized through intelligent occupancy-centered control strategies. In this work, both supervised and unsupervised algorithms to forecast oc ...

2020

A 3D indicator for guiding AI applications in the energy sector

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret Aebi, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Christian Rod, Hugo James André Quest, Marine Dominique Cauz, Fabian Heymann

The utilisation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in the energy sector is gaining momentum, with increasingly intensive search for suitable, high-quality and trustworthy solutions that displayed promising results in research. The growing interes ...

2022

Real-World Implementation of an ICT-Based Platform to Promote Energy Efficiency

Nicolas Würsch, Marina Dorokhova

The energy efficiency requirements of most energy-consuming sectors have increased recently in response to climate change. For buildings, this means targeting both facility managers and building users with the aim of identifying potential energy savings an ...

2021

Amorphous silicon-based micro-channel plate detectors with high multiplication gain

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2018

FEEdBACk: An ICT-Based Platform to Increase Energy Efficiency through Buildings’ Consumer Engagement

Nicolas Würsch, Marina Dorokhova

Energy efficiency in buildings can be enhanced by several actions: encouraging users to comprehend and then adopt more energy-efficient behaviors; aiding building managers in maximizing energy savings; and using automation to optimize energy consumption, g ...

2021

Solar module and its production process

Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Nicolas Würsch, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret Aebi

The present invention relates to a solar module comprising a front sheet, a transparent solar cell and a structured reflecting layer comprising color patterned portions. The solar cell has a transparency of at least 5%, preferably at least 10%, more prefer ...

2016

First dosimetric characterization of an a-Si:H dosimeter on flexible support

Nicolas Würsch

Clare2023