Publications by Andreas Schueler

Hybrid Ag-mesh/Ta-doped TiO2 thin film configuration as a visible and near-infrared transparent electrode

Andreas Schueler, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

This study focuses on the fabrication of a hybrid Ag-mesh/Ta-doped TiO2 (TTO) electrode that has a low sheet resistance and high transparency in the visible and near-infrared region, thereby holding significant commercialization potential. Here, ∼82 nm thi ...

2025

Energy saving glazing with high MIMO performance

Andreas Schueler, Marina Aymara González Lazo, Luc Burnier, Shad Ali Durussel, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury, Héloïse Ludivine Delaporte

Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems are increasingly used to support the rapid growth in mobile traffic. Their ability of multiplying the data capacity is especially suitable in 4G-5G wireless railway communications. However, MIMO efficiency is l ...

2025

Integration of Metal Meshes as Transparent Conducting Electrodes into Perovskite Solar Cells

Andreas Schueler, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury, René Uwe Schneider, Jakob Heier

As the demand for photovoltaic technologies continues to grow, the quest for efficient and sustainable transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) rapidly rises. Traditional solutions, such as indium tin oxide (ITO), face challenges related to indium scarcity ...

Wiley2024

Infrared and conductive properties of TCO films deposited by magnetron sputtering at different temperatures

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer

Low-emissive Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) coatings, such as Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) films, can be used to reduce radiative losses that affect Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) devices. This work shows the optical properties of ITO deposited by magnet ...

EDP Sciences2024

Numerical study of optical transmission in silver plasmonic square nanohole arrays and its application to insulating windows

Andreas Schueler, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

Energy-efficient windows are being used to increase the thermal insulation of a fa & ccedil;ade. Such insulating windows contain an ultra-thin, multilayered, transparent silver coating that acts as an infrared mirror which significantly reduces thermal los ...

2024

Development of novel orange colored photovoltaic modules with improved angular stability and high energy efficiency

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer, Maxime Lagier, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

This work illustrates a novel approach for the development of orange multilayer interference coatings with improved angular stability of color while maximizing energy efficiency. The high energy efficiency of these interference coatings is based on thin fi ...

2024

On the synergistic interplay between annealing temperature and time and additive concentration for efficient and stable FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells

Andreas Schueler, Arnaud Magrez

Formamidinium-based lead triiodide perovskite (FAPI) is the workhorse candidate for highly efficient perovskite solar cells owing to its ideal bandgap and phase purity. An essential condition to that is the formation of a pure alpha-black phase, commonly t ...

ELSEVIER2024

Air channels create a directional light signal to regulate hypocotyl phototropism

Andreas Schueler, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

In plants, light direction is perceived by the phototropin photoreceptors, which trigger directional growth responses known as phototropism. The formation of a phototropin activation gradient across a photosensitive organ initiates this response. However, ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2023

Performances studies of a basket-based solar cooker for humanitarian aid in Uganda

Andreas Schueler, Luc Burnier, David Notzon, Romain Schindelholz, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

This study explores the suitability of a basket -based solar cooker for cooking in Uganda, an equatorial country. The solar cooker is designed to be easily constructed and based on recycled and locally available materials. Its performance in terms of cooki ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2023

Perceived glare from the sun behind tinted glazing: Comparing blue vs. color-neutral tints

Marilyne Andersen, Andreas Schueler, Jan Wienold, Maxime Lagier, Sneha Jain

While the influence of a glare source's spectrum on sensitivity to discomfort glare has been demonstrated repeatedly under electric light conditions, it has not yet been studied under actual daylit conditions. To investigate the influence of spectral alter ...

2023

Synergistic interactions between PtRu catalyst and nitrogen-doped carbon support boost hydrogen oxidation

Andreas Schueler, Jeremy Luterbacher, Xile Hu, Anna Krammer, Weiyan Ni, Lichen Bai, Miyeon Chang, Seunghwa Lee, Songlan Sun, Seongmin Jin, Yiwei Zheng

Hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell (HEMFC) is a potentially cost-effective energy conversion technology. However, current state-of-the-art HEMFCs require a high loading of platinum-group-metal (PGM) catalysts, especially for the hydrogen oxidation react ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

Electronic properties and ion migration of “in vacuo” lithiated nanoporous WO3:Mo thin films

Andreas Schueler, Josef Andreas Schuler, Luc Burnier, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

Electrochromic (EC) glazing helps manage daylight and solar heat gains in building, thereby allowing a reduction in energy consumption caused by heating, cooling, and artificial lighting. This study relates the optical and electronic properties of nanoporo ...

2022

Combining thermal insulation and mobile communication in buildings: influence of laser-treated glazing on microwave propagation

Andreas Schueler, Josef Andreas Schuler, Luc Burnier, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury, Héloïse Ludivine Delaporte

With the purpose of reducing the heating energy in buildings, it is common practice to install energy-efficient windows to increase the thermal insulation of a façade. These insulating glass units (IGIJ) include a thin silver coating acting as an infrared ...

IOP2022

Electrical control of glass-like dynamics in vanadium dioxide for data storage and processing

Andras Kis, Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer, Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Reza Soleiman Zadeh Ardebili, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani, Philip Johannes Walter Moll, Guilherme Migliato Marega

Metal–oxide–semiconductor junctions are the building blocks of modern electronics and can provide a variety of functionalities, from memory to computing. The technology, however, faces constraints in terms of further miniaturization and compatibility with ...

2022

Performance Assessment of a nZEB Carbon Neutral Living/Office Space and Its Integration into a District Energy-Hub

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Andreas Schueler, Pietro Florio, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

The integrated performance assessment of buildings can orient their design in the early stages. Despite the wide availability of physics simulation-based, data-driven, and hybrid techniques it is often difficult to rely on a single, appropriate technique t ...

2022

Electronic Regulation of Nickel Single Atoms by Confined Nickel Nanoparticles for Energy-Efficient CO2 Electroreduction

Andreas Schueler, Xile Hu, Anna Krammer, Wenhao Ren

Modulating the electronic structure of atomically dispersed active sites is promising to boost catalytic activity but is challenging to achieve. Here we show a cooperative Ni single-atom-on-nanoparticle catalyst (NiSA/NP) prepared via direct solid-state py ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2022

In-situ evaluation of high-performance glazing based on illuminance and glare

Marilyne Andersen, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Andreas Schueler, André Gabriel Kostro, Jan Wienold, Pietro Florio, Caroline Karmann

High-technology glazing panes are designed to meet the need for natural light, while optimizing key functions such as reducing solar heat gain in spaces and/or redirecting daylight to the rear of the spaces. However, the actual performance in terms of both ...

2022

An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

Andreas Schueler, Jeremy Luterbacher, Xile Hu, Anna Krammer, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Weiyan Ni, Liang Yao, Seunghwa Lee

Hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells are promising as an energy conversion technology, but require platinum group metal electrocatalysts for their application. A Ni-based hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst is now shown to exhibit unprecedented electroc ...

2022

In-line electronic and structural characterization of reactively sputtered Cu-Co-Mn black spinel oxides

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer, Maxime Lagier

Cu-Co-Mn spinel oxide thin films are deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. The x-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrum suggests a nanocrystalline spinel film when sputtered at approximate to 465 degrees C. In-line scanning tunneling microscopy confirms nano ...

A V S AMER INST PHYSICS2021

Ug-value and edge heat loss of triple glazed insulating glass units:A comparison between measured and declared values

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer

Triple glazed low-e coated insulating glass units with argon filling of five different suppliers on the European market with a declared thermal transmittance in the undisturbed centre of glass (Ug-value) of 0.6 W/m(2)K have been purchased from resellers an ...

ELSEVIER2021