Publications by Michael Elias Stückelberger

Temperature dependence of hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cell performances

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Yannick Samuel Riesen

Thin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar (a-Si:H) cells are known to have better temperature coefficients than crystalline silicon cells. To investigate whether a-Si:H cells that are optimized for standard conditions (STC) also have the highest energ ...

American Institute of Physics2016

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, Hairen Tan

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

Recent advances and remaining challenges in thin-film silicon photovoltaic technology

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Jan-Willem Alexander Schüttauf, Matthieu Despeisse, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Grégory Bugnon, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Simon Hänni, Jeremy Persoz

This contribution reviews some of the latest achievements and challenges in thin-film silicon photovoltaic (PV) technology based on amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon and their alloys. We address material and device developments, including (i) improved ...

Elsevier2015

The boron-tailing myth in hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Matthieu Despeisse, Grégory Bugnon, Michael Elias Stückelberger

The boron-tailing effect in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cells describes the reduced charge collection specifically in the blue part of the spectrum for absorber layers deposited above a critical temperature. This effect limits the device ...

American Institute of Physics2015

Amorphous silicon-germanium for triple and quadruple junction thin-film silicon based solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Matthieu Despeisse, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Grégory Bugnon, Björn Niesen, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Maximilien Joseph Marie Bonnet-Eymard

We study amorphous silicon-germanium (a-SiGe:H) as intrinsic absorber material for thin-film silicon-based triple and quadruple junction solar cells. First, we present the development of a-SiGe:H single junction devices, in particular the Ge-content gradin ...

Elsevier2015

Complex Refractive Index Spectra of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Films Determined by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Spectrophotometry

Christophe Ballif, Jun Ho Yum, Stefaan De Wolf, Björn Niesen, Soo-Jin Moon, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Jérémie Werner

The complex refractive index (dielectric function) of planar CH3NH3PbI3 thin films at room temperature is investigated by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry and spectrophotometry. Knowledge of the complex refractive index is essential for designing ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Three-dimensional amorphous silicon solar cells on periodically ordered ZnO nanocolumns

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

We evaluate the potential of three-dimensional (3D) thin-film silicon solar cells in the superstrate configuration deposited on hexagonally ordered arrays of ZnO nanocolumns (NCs). These nanostructures are prepared by hydrothermal growth, which is an effec ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2015

Silicon oxide buffer layer at the p-i interface in amorphous and microcrystalline silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Matthieu Despeisse, Grégory Bugnon, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Gaetano Parascandolo, Mathieu Charrière

The use of intrinsic silicon oxide as a buffer layer at the p-i interface of thin-film silicon solar cells is shown to provide significant advantages. For microcrystalline silicon solar cells, when associated with highly crystalline i-layers deposited at h ...

Elsevier2014

Self-Patterned Nanoparticle Layers for Vertical Interconnects: Application in Tandem Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Nicolas Blondiaux, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Björn Niesen, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Fanny Sculati-Meillaud, Raphaël Pugin, Emmanuel Scolan

We demonstrate self-patterned insulating nanoparticle layers to define local electrical interconnects in thin-film electronic devices. We show this with thin-film silicon tandem solar cells, where we introduce between the two component cells a solution-pro ...

American Chemical Society2014

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