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Development and characterization of N2O-plasma oxide layers for high-temperature p-type passivating contacts in silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Sofia Libraro, Audrey Marie Isabelle Morisset, Julien Hurni, Ezgi Genç, David Fernando Reyes Vasquez

Full-area passivating contacts based on SiOx/poly-Si stacks are key for the new generation of industrial silicon solar cells substituting the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) technology. Demonstrating a potential efficiency increase of 1 to 2% compa ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2024

The rise of aerial additive manufacturing in construction: a review of material advancements

Mirko Kovac, Yusuf Furkan Kaya

The construction industry has recently increased the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM, also known as 3D-printing) technologies. This review paper presents the state of the art of ground-based AM systems in construction, focusing comprehensively on de ...

2024

Vapor Deposition of Perovskite Solar Cells

Quentin Jean-Marie Armand Guesnay

Thanks to the continuous improvement of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, largely dominating the market, photovoltaic electricity is nowadays the cheapest source of energy on the market. Yet, solar energy is far from being completely harvested, as t ...

EPFL2023

In situ growth of graphene on both sides of a Cu-Ni alloy electrode for perovskite solar cells with improved stability

Michael Graetzel

The instability of rear electrodes undermines the long-term operational durability of efficient perovskite solar cells. Here, a composite electrode of copper-nickel (Cu-Ni) alloy stabilized by in situ grown bifacial graphene is designed. The alloying makes ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Vapor deposition of metal halide perovskite thin films: Process control strategies to shape layer properties

Christophe Ballif, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Florent Sahli, Quentin Jean-Marie Armand Guesnay

Vapor-based processes are particularly promising to deposit the perovskite thin film absorber of solar cells. These deposition methods are up-scalable, involve a controlled solvent-free environment, have the ability to conformally coat rough substrates, in ...

2021

Untersuchung der ökomorphologischen Wirksamkeit von Sedimentzugaben unterhalb von Talsperren [Assessment of the eco-morphological effectiveness of sediment augmentation downstream of dams]

Giovanni De Cesare, Christian Mörtl

The regulation of discharge and the retention of sediments in reservoirs disturb the natural water dynamics in residual flow stretches below reservoirs. However, a dynamic river morphology as well as near-natural hydrological hydrographs are fundamental ...

ETH2021

Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Nanopore Devices for Single-Molecule DNA Biosensing using MoS2

Aleksandra Radenovic, Andras Kis, Martina Lihter, Michal Daniel Macha, Michael Graf, Andrey Chernev, Mukesh Kumar Tripathi, Mukeshchand Thakur, Jochem Deen

Atomically thin (2D) nanoporous membranes are an excellent platform for a broad scope of academic research. Their thickness and intrinsic ion selectivity (demonstrated for example in molybdenum disulfide-MoS2) make them particularly attractive for single-m ...

2020

'Green' Cr(III)-based electrodeposition of stainless steel-like FeCrNi: synthesis, mechanisms, material properties of films and micro-nanocomponents for bio-medical applications

Enrico Bertero

The electrodeposition (ED) of stainless steel (SS) -like FeCrNi alloys for miniaturised devices is appealing for bio-medicine as it would allow combining excellent material properties (e.g. corrosion resistance, hardness, bio-compatibility) at low-cost. Ho ...

EPFL2020

Bloch Surface Waves Using Graphene Layers: An Approach toward In-Plane Photodetectors

Hans Peter Herzig, Myun Sik Kim, Babak Vosoughi Lahijani, Richa Dubey

A dielectric multilayer platform was investigated as a foundation for two-dimensional optics. In this paper, we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first experimental demonstration of absorption of Bloch surface waves in the presence of graphene lay ...

2018

Fundamentals of perovskite formation for photovoltaics

Amita Ummadisingu

Perovskite solar cells have become strong contenders in the arena of photovoltaics due to the stunning rise in their efficiency from 3 % to over 20 % in just seven years. In this time, numerous device architectures and thin film deposition methods have bee ...

EPFL2018

Tandem Heterojunction Photoelectric Cell Based on Organic-Inorganic Hybrid of AlPc-H2Pc and n-Si

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt

The tandem heterojunction photoelectric cell has been fabricated on the basis of organic-inorganic hybrid of AlPc-H2Pc (aluminium phthalocyanine-metal free phthalocyanine) and n-Si using pressing technique along with vapor deposition. Initially, the AlPc-H ...

Esg2017

Structural, electrical and magnetic characterization of in-situ crystallized ZnO:Co thin films synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering

Andreas Schueler

Zn1-xCoxO (0 < x < 0.146) conductive thin films have been deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering of metallic Zn and Co targets at high pressure and temperature. The structural properties have been investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray ...

Elsevier Science Sa2015

Molecular lanthanide single-ion magnets: from bulk to submonolayers

Jan Gui-Hyon Dreiser

Single-ion magnets (SIMs) are mononuclear molecular complexes exhibiting slow relaxation of magnetization. They are currently attracting a lot of interest because of potential applications in spintronics and quantum information processing. However, exploit ...

Institute of Physics2015

Quantification of low molecular weight drugs : from the selection of nucleic acid-based capture molecules to the characterization in patient samples

Anna Ferretti

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) is considered one of the most successful approaches to personalized medicine. However, the accuracy requirements on the quantification of drug concentration and the challenges in the dose adjustment limit the application o ...

EPFL2015

Highly transparent modulated surface textured front electrodes for high-efficiency multijunction thin-film silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Etienne Antoine Julien Moulin

To further increase the efficiency of multijunction thin-film silicon (TF-Si) solar cells, it is crucial for the front electrode to have a good transparency and conduction, to provide efficient light trapping for each subcell, and to ensure a suitable morp ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Unraveling the Reasons for Efficiency Loss in Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Peng Gao, Jingshan Luo, Peng Gao, Yonghui Lee

The effect of the presence of unreacted PbI2 on the perovskite solar cells efficiency is reported. N,N-Dimethylformamide vapor treatment is introduced to study the influence of complete conversion to a power conversion efficiency of the device. It is disco ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon : impact of process conditions on material properties and solar cell efficiency

Michael Elias Stückelberger

Thin-film silicon solar cells are one possible answer to the increasing energy demand of today. Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) plays a crucial role therein - as absorber layers, but also as doped layers to build p-i -n junctions. This thesis is de ...

EPFL2014

High-Quality Microcrystalline Silicon for Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells : Insights into Plasma and Material Properties

Grégory Bugnon

This thesis investigates the link between the plasma deposition conditions and microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) material quality for thin-film silicon photovoltaic applications. The role of interfaces and the μc-Si:H material quality on the device perfor ...

EPFL2013

The Transient Photocurrent and Photovoltage Behavior of a Hematite Photoanode under Working Conditions and the Influence of Surface Treatments

Michael Graetzel, Kevin Sivula, Florian Le Formal

Hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) is widely recognized as a promising candidate for the production of solar fuels via water splitting, but its intrinsic optoelectronic properties have limited its performance to date. In particular, the large electrochemical overpoten ...

American Chemical Society2012

The development of high performance SnO2:F as TCOs for thin film silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Sylvain Nicolay, Laura Ding

High performance transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) have significance for optimising photovoltaic (PV) performance. The efficiency of the resulting solar cells is dependent particularly on achieving high light scattering, low resistivity and low absorpti ...

Elsevier2012