Seminars
May, 22th-25th 2017: At the Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) in Strasbourg, France, Josua Stuckelberger will give an oral presentation about his newest results on “Phase-seperated SiOx layers with vertically oriented silicon inclusions for passivating contacts in silicon solar cells”.
March, 9th 2017: EPFL Microcity is hosting the SMYLE workshop between the two institutions EPFL & FEMTO-ST on the topic of “Energy”. The program includes several talks and discussions about the key technologies for the energy of tomorrow from the research as well as an industrial perspective. Students are welcome to participate to the event and the discussions. Please register here, before the 3rd of March.
June, 5th-10th 2016: At the 43rd IEEE PVSC conference in Portland, Oregon, Dr. Björn Niesen will give an extended talk about the newest results on “High-Efficiency Perovskite/Silicon Heterojunction Tandem Cells”. Another oral presentation will be given by Gizem Nogay about “Microcrystalline Silicon Carrier Collectors for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Impact on Low Temperature Device Characteristics”. The work on “Passivating Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells with 800°C Stability based on Tunnel-Oxide and Highly Crystalline Thin Silicon Layer” will be presented as a Poster by Dr. Philipp Löper.
May, 2nd-6th 2016: At the EMRS conference in Lille, France, 3 speakers from PV-Lab will give invited talks. Dr. Franz-Josef Haug will talk about “Light scattering in Si solar cells – where rays meet waves”, Dr. Monica Morales will present the newest “Advances in the Development of High Performance In-free TCOs” and Dr. Stephanie Essig will discuss “Si-based tandem solar cells with 30% record one-sun efficiency”.
September, 14th-18th 2015: The EU PVSEC will take place in Hamburg, Germany, where Prof. C. Ballif will give a plenary talk about ultra-high efficient photovoltaics with perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem devices. An oral talk will be held by A. Tomasi about efficient electrodes on back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells and Dr. N.Wyrsch will show a poster on demand side management for enhanced integration of photovoltaics into the grid.
June, 14th-19th 2015: At the iEEE PVSC in New Orleans, Prof. Ballif will present new developments in silicon heterojunction solar cells and opportunities for low manufactering costs. In an oral talk A. Tomasi will show the influence on carrier recombination of TCOs in heterojunction cells. J.Stuckelberger will present a Poster about passivated interfaces in fluorinated microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells.
May, 11th-13th 2015: At the HOPV15 in Rome,Italy, J.Werner will present his work on near-infrared semitransparent Perovskite solar cells.
May, 11th-15th 2015: At the E-MRS Spring Meeting in Lille, France, Dr. S. De Wolf will give an oral presentation.
April, 27th-29th 2015: At the SolarTR-3 in Ankara, Turkey, Dr. S. De Wolf will give an oral presentation.
April, 6th-10th 2015: At the MRS Spring meeting in San Francisco, California, Dr. N. Wyrsch will present the work of PVLab. A tutorial symposium is given by Dr. S. De Wolf about Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells. This topic will also be presented in oral talks by Dr. B. Niesen, Dr. B. Demaurex and J.Seif. Dr. M. Morales and Dr. A.Dabirian will represent our group of TCO’s and give oral talks. G. Nogay will present a Poster about photoluminescence in nanocrystalline silicon.
March, 23th-26th 2015: The 5th Silicon PV will take place in Constance, Germany, where J.Seif will give an oral talk about his work on the ambient-temperature impact on passivation and performance of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells.
February, 24th-27th 2015: At the NREL Photovoltaic Reliability Workshop in Golden, Colorado, a Poster will be presented by E. Annigoni.
February, 26th 2015: At the TEDx in San José, Costa Rica, Dr. M. Morales will give an invited talk.
November, 23rd-27th 2014: 6th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion in Kyoto. Prof. Ballif, a keynote speaker, presents the major results of the PV-Lab. Dr. B. Niesen give an invited talk on light management in thin-film silicon multijunction cells, Dr. S. Hänni presents thin-film solar cells results and Dr. P. Löper presents the development on Perovskite/Silicon based tandem solar cells.
October, 12th-17th 2014: 5th International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Materials in Crete, Greece. Dr. M. Morales-Masis and Dr. S. Martin de Nicolas will give oral presentations and L. Fanni presents a Poster.
September, 22nd-26th 2014: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU-PVSEC) in Amsterdam. Prof. Ballif presents the lab’s result in a plenary oral and five PV-Lab members (Dr. J.-W. Schüttauf, Dr. E. Moulin, M. Stückelberger, Y. Riesen, G.Cattaneo) present their work.
September, 15th-19th 2014: At the EMRS Fall Meeting 2014 in Warsaw, Poland, Fabien Dauzou presented his work on ZnO deposited by LP-MOCVD about the impact of the crack density on film structure and optoelectronic devices.
September, 19th 2014: Simon Hänni presents the research done during his PhD thesis entitled “Microcrystalline Silicon for High-Efficiency Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices”. Congratulations!
August, 26th 2014: Andrea Franco publically defends his thesis “Monolithic Particle Detectors based on Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon”. Bravo Dr. Franco!
Wednesday 26th March 2014: A. Fejfar (IoP ASCR Prague) will talk about Microscopic experiments with radial junction solar cells based on silicon nanowires at 10.00 at MC B1 303
Wednesday 26th February 2014: Prof. J.T. Pinho (GEDAE coordinator) will talk about PV in Brazil from 3 to 3.45 pm at MC B1 303
December 18, 2012: M. Boccard (PV-LAB), Public Thesis defense: Nouvelles structures de cellules solaires micromorphes pour un piégeage de lumière efficace et des couches absorbantes de bonne qualité, at 5 p.m in MTGA, IMT, Breguet 2, Neuchâtel, ….and it will be Dr. M. Boccard!
October 15, 2012: Seminar by John A. Tsanakas (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece): Condition Monitoring in c-Si PV Modules through Thermal Imaging, 11 am in BRE-MT1, Neuchâtel
September 19, 2012: Seminar by Prof. Xiaodan Zhang (Nankai University, China):, Research and development of microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells at Nankai University, 11 am in BRE-MT1, Neuchâtel
September 20, 2012: Seminar by Prof. A. Cuevas (ANU, Australia): Suppressing Recombination at the Silicon Surface, 4 pm in BRE-MT2, Neuchâtel
August 30, 2012: Seminar by Prof. Andres Cuevas (ANU):, Silicon misconceptions and misnomers in solar cells, 11 am in BRE-MT2, Neuchâtel
June 21, 2012: Seminar by Kaining Ding ( Juelich): Silicon heterojunction solar cell with amorphous silicon oxide buffer and microcrystalline silicon oxide contact layers, 11 am in BRE-MT1, Neuchâtel
May 23, 2012: Seminar by Dr. A. Virtuani (SUPSI): Performance testing of PV modules: measurements errors and countermeasures, 11 am in BRE-MT1, Neuchâtel
May, 2 2012: Seminar by Peter Hacke (NREL, Denver): Overview of Potential-Induced Degradation Studies at NREL, 2 pm in BRE-MT2, Neuchâtel
May 4, 2012: Seminar by F. Baumgartner (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences): Trends in PV Inverter, 11 am in BRE-MT2, Neuchâtel
May 4, 2012: Seminar by F. Baumgartner (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences): The cost of PV peak shift, 2 pm in BRE-MT2, Neuchâtel
May 11, 2012: Seminar by Dr. J. Grandidier (CalTech, USA): Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement via Light Trapping in Resonant
Dielectric Sphere Arrays, 2 pm in BRE-MT2, Neuchâtel
April 25, 2012: Seminar by Dr. Ian Marius Peters (SERIS Singapore, ISE Fraunhofer): Research on Light Trapping for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells at SERIS, 11 am in BRE-MTGA, Neuchâtel
January 20, 2012: Seminar by Dr. Harun Solak from Eulitha AG on “PHABLE: A new photolithography method for photonics” at 11 am in room MT2
20 September 2011: Seminar: Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) : “Challenges and perspectives of micro and nanostructures for thin film silicon photovoltaics” at IMT-Neuchatel in room MT2 at 11 a.m
2 September 2011: Seminar by Y. Kawai : Characteristics of SiH4/H2 VHF plasma produced by short gap discharge, IMT-Neuchâtel, BRE MT2, 14:30-15:30
May 27 , 2011: Seminar: Dr.T. Schulze (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) : Structural, electronic and transport properties of amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunctions, at IMT-Neuchatel in room MT2 at 11 a.m.
May 23 , 2011: : Seminar: Jan Willem Scüttauf (Utrecht University) : Crystalline Silicon Surface Passivation for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells, at IMT-Neuchatel in room MT2 at 11 a.m.
June 10, 2011: Seminar B. Legradic (EPFL): Breakdown between structured parallel plates, at IMT-Neuchatel in room MT2 at 11 a.m.
Januray 31, 2011: K. Jeehwan, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Effect of Work-Function Engineering of p+/TCO interface on the Performance of a-Si:H Solar Cells, Room: BRE – MT2 10-11 a.m.
Conferences
June 30th– July 4th 2014: The 7th International conference on new developments in photodetection is held in Tours (France). A. Franco and N. Wyrsch will represent the PV-Lab and present their recent findings on amorphous silicon-based microchannel plates.
October 27 – November 2, 2013 :PV-Lab will be represented at the 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference in Seoul, South Korea:
A. Franco (30th Oct. 11:00 am)
October 28 – November 1, 2013 : The 23rd Asian PVSEC in Taipei (Taiwan) hosts 2 oral presentations of the PV-Lab:
Dr. E. Moulin, G. Bugnon
December 1-6, 2013: The PV-Lab presents new results at the MRS Fall Meeting with two talks given by:
Dr. M. Morales and Dr. B. Niesen
September 30 – October 4, 2013: The 28th European PVSEC will be held in Paris, France. Five presentations (orals and posters) of the PV-Lab will highlight the laboratory’s latest research:
Prof. C. Ballif, Dr. M. Boccard, J. Geissbühler, S. Hänni, Y. Riesen
August 18–23, 2013: The 25th International Conference on Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors will take place in Toronto (Ontario Canada). The PV-Lab will participate with 6 oral presentations:
7 oral presentations: Dr. S. De Wolf, Dr. M. Boccard, Dr. J. Holovsky, Dr. K. Södertström, S. Hänni, J. Seif, M. Stückelberger
September 16-20, 2013: PV-Lab will be present at the E-MRS Fall Meeting in Warsaw.
1 oral presentation: L. Fanni (19th Sept. 10:15 am)
June 16-21, 2013: The 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference will be held in Tampa (Florida, USA). The PV-Lab features 2 plenary talks by:
– M. Bonnet-Eymard: Session Thin Film Silicon based Solar Cell Devices and Panels, 3:30PM Mon June 17, Area 5
– Dr. F. Haug: Session: Light Trapping concepts, 1:30PM Tue June 18, Area 5
- 27th March: 9.00 am M. El Mhamdi, 9.15 am B. Demaurex, 3.15 pm Dr. Z. Holman
April 16-18, 2013: PV-Lab’s Module Design group will present its latest result at the “Polymers in Photovolataics” conference, held in Germany.
- 17th April, 3.10 pm by V. Chapuis
September 24-28, 2012: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition in Frankfurt.
PVlab presents:
- 5 talks (3AO.5.4 Dr. J.-W. Schüttauf, 2BO.6.1 Dr. A. Descoeudres, 3BO.1.1 Dr. F Sculati-Meillaud, 2CO.6.3. V. Chapuis, CO.10.2 H.-Y. Li)
- 5 posters (5BV.1.24 P. Heinstein, 2BV.6.44 J. Seif, 3DV.1.10 M. Bonnet-Eymard, 3DV.1.35 Dr. L.-E. Perret-Aebi, 3DV.2.19 Dr J. Escarré)
- 5 posters on collaborations and projects (5BV.6.36, 4BV.3.26, 3DV.1.24, 3DV.1.45, 3DV.2.13)
June 3-8, 2012: 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference in Austin, Texas.
PV-Lab presents: 1 pleanry talk ( Prof. C. Ballif), 2 invited talks ( Dr. M. Despeisse, R. Biron) and 3 talks (Prof. C. Ballif, S. Hänni, C. Pahud)
April 24-26, 2012: Conference: Polymers in Photovoltaic 2012 in Köln, Germany
PV-Lab presents: 1 talk ( Dr. L.-E- Perret)
April 9 -13, 2012: Conference: 2012 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in San Francisco, USA
PV-Lab presents: 7 talks (Dr. C. Battaglia, Dr. S. De Wolf , Dr. Z. Holman (2), M. Boccard, G. Bugnon and K. Söderström) and 1 poster ( L. Ding)
March 19-23, 2012: Fourth International Workshop on Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells, Neuchâtel
28 November -2 December 2011: 21st International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference in Fukuoka, Japan
4 PV-Lab talks (1 plenary oral: Prof. C. Ballif and 3 orals: Dr. M. Despeisse, Dr. M. DeWolf and Dr. A. Descoeudres)
23-19 October 2011: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (IEEE NSS-MIC2011)
1 Poster (A. Franco: High spatial resolution of Thin-Film-on-ASIC particle detector)
5-9 September 2011: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (26th EU PVSEC), Germany:
Plenary talk by Prof. C. Ballif and 5 oral presentations involving the PVLab group ( Dr. S. Nicolay, Dr. L Loefgren, Prof C. Ballif, Dr. S De Wolf and Hetsi group project)
14-16 September 2011: CISBAT International Conference 2011: “CleanTech for Sustainable Buildings – From Nano to Urban Scale”
1 oral presentation and 1 poster on work performed at the PV-Lab PV Module Design Group (S. Pelisset and L.-E. Perret-Aebi)
21-26 August, 2011: 24th International Conference on Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors (ICANS 24), Japan
2 oral presentations by PVLab (R. Biron, M. Stueckelberger)
July 4-8, 2011: 6th New Developments in Photodetection (NDIP2011) in Lyon, France
1 oral presentation (A. Franco)
June 19-24, 2011: 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, USA
4 oral presentations and 1 poster (G. Bugnon, L. Ding, M. Boccard, Dr. F. Sculati-Meillaud, Dr. Z. Holman )
Special PVLab Events
Les causes du réchauffement climatique … des controverses entre doutes et certitudes!
by Mr. Jean-Claude Keller, physicist
Wednesday December 8th
17:00- 18:00 at IMT Neuchatel
General Events
July 11, 14 and 15, 2011: Passeport vacances PVJ – Neuchâtel, Jouets solaires (3 ateliers)
June 18 – 19, 2011: Energie solaire en fête, Neuchâtel
June 9, 2011: Journées des classes à l’EPFL – Atelier jouets solaires
May 4 – 5, 2011: Workshop 20 plus
April 13 – 16, 2011: Energissima: Renewable energies and environmental technologies national convention and exhibition