24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany (21-25 September 2009)

Highly predictive modelling of entire Si solar cells for industrial applications Altermatt P.P., Steingrube S., Yang Y., Sprodowski C., Dezhdar T., Koc S., Veith B., Herrman S., Bock R., Bothe K., Schmidt J., Brendel R.

Imaging and analysis of pre-breakdown sites in multicrystalline silicon solar cells Bothe K., Hinken D., Ramspeck K., Herlufsen S., Schmidt J., Brendel R., Bauer J., Wagner J.-M., Zakharov N., and Breitenstein O.

Formation of mesoporous germanium by electrochemical etching for lift-off processes Garralaga Rojas E., Terheiden B., Hensen J., Köstler W., Zimmermann W., Strobl G., Plagwitz H., and Brendel R.

Camera-based photoluminescence lifetime imaging of crystalline silicon wafers Herlufsen S., Schmidt J., Hinken D., Bothe K., and Brendel R.

Determination of the emitter saturation current density of silicon solar cells using photoluminescence and quantum efficiency analysis Hinken D., Bothe K., Ramspeck K., Herlufsen S., and Brendel R.

Quantitative analysis of PV modules by electroluminescence images for quality control Köntges M., Siebert M., Hinken D., Eitner U., Bothe K., and Potthof T.

Low-temperature gettering of iron in mono- and multicrystalline silicon Krain R., Herlufsen S., and Schmidt J.

Boron-oxygen defects in compensated p-type Czochralski silicon Macdonald D., Liu A., Rougieux F., Cuevas A., Lim B., Schmidt J., Di Sabatino M., and Geerligs L.J.

The buried emitter solar cell concept: interdigitated back-junction structure with virtually 100% emitter coverage of the cell area Mertens V., Bordihn S., Larionova Y., Harder N.-P., and Brendel R.

Dynamic ILM – an approach to infrared-camera-based dynamical lifetime imaging Ramspeck K., Bothe K., Schmidt J., and Brendel R.

VIRE effect: via-resistance-induced recombination enhancement – The origin of reduced fill factors of emitter wrap through solar cells Ulzhöfer C., Hermann S., Harder N.-P., Altermatt P.P., Brendel R., Wade R., Engelhart P., Hlusiak M., Peters C., Rychtarik D., and Müller J. W.

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34th IEEE Phototovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, USA (7-12 June 2009)

Simulation of optical properties of Si wire cells Altermatt P. P., Yang Y., Langer T., Schenk A., Brendel R.

The ALU⁺ concept: n-type silicon solar cells with surface-passivated screen-printed aluminum-alloyed rear emitter Bock R., Schmidt J., Mau S., Hoex B., Kessels E., Brendel R.

Measuring thermomechanical displacements of solar cells in laminates using digital image correlation Eitner U., Köntges M., Brendel R.

Formation of mesoporous gallium arsenide for lift-off processes by electrochemical etching Garralaga Rojas E., Hampe C., Plagwitz H., Brendel R.

Back-contact monocrystalline thin-film silicon solar cells from the porous silicon process F. Haase F., Horbelt R., Terheiden B., Plagwitz H., Brendel R.

Characterisation and implications of the boron rich layer resulting from open-tube liquid source BBr₃ boron diffusion processes Kessler M. A., Ohrdes T., Wolpensinger B., Bock R., Harder N. P.

Lifetimes in aluminum-doped silicon Schmidt J., Thiemann N., Bock R., Brendel R.

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23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Valencia (1-5 September 2008)

Permanent deactivation of the boron-oxygen recombination center in silicon solar cells Lim B., Hermann S., Bothe K., Schmidt J., Brendel R.

Thermal stability of a-Si:H / SiN stacks for passivating crystalline silicon solar cells Gatz S., Plagwitz H., Altermatt P. P., Terheiden B., Brendel R.

Understanding the lifetime evolution in n-type mc-Si during phosphorous gettering and hydrogenation Ulzhöfer C., Wolpensinger B., Schmidt J.

Inkjet solution for direct printing of local diffusion barriers on solar cells Köhler I., Stockum W., Meijer A., Qu H., Bock R., Gatz S., Prütz M., Terheiden B., Plagwitz H.

Accurate extraction of doping profiles from electrochemical capacitance voltage measurements Bock R., Altermatt P. P., Schmidt J.

Process Characterisation of picosecond laser ablation of SiO2 and SiNx layers on planar and textured surfaces Hermann S., Neubert T., Wolpensinger B., Harder N.-P., Brendel R.

Progress in the surface passivation of silicon solar cells Schmidt J., Merkle A., Bock R., Altermatt P. P., Cuevas A., Hoex B., van de Sanden R., Kessels E., Brendel R.

Crystalline silicon thin-film solar cells from the porous silicon process applying convection assisted chemical vapour deposition Terheiden B., Kunz T., Burkert I., Horbelt R., Plagwitz H., Brendel R.

A modelling approach to the optimization of interconnects for back contact cells by thermomechanical simulations of photovoltaic modules Eitner U., Altermatt P. P., Köntges M., Meyer R., Brendel R.

A novel photovoltaic-module assembly system using back contact solar cells using on laser soldering technique Koentges M., Gast M., Bredel R., Meyer R., Giegerich A., Merz P.

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33rd IEEE Phototovoltaic Specialists Conference, San Diego, USA (11-16 May 2008)

Electron microscopy analysis of silicon islands and line structures formed on screen-printed Al-doped p⁺ surfaces Bock R., Schmidt J., Brendel R., Schuhmann H., Seibt M.

Crystalline silicon surface passivation by the negative-charge-dielectric Al₂O₃ Hoex B., Schmidt J., van de Sanden R., Kessels E.

Modeling the generation and dissociation of the boron-oxygen complex in B-doped Cz-Si Lim B., Bothe K., Schmidt J.

Atomic-layer-deposited aluminum oxide for the surface passivation of high-efficiency silicon solar cells Schmidt J., Merkle A., Hoex B., van de Sanden R., Kessels E., Brendel R.

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