Publications by Michael Elias Stückelberger

Three-dimensional in situ imaging of single-grain growth in polycrystalline In2O3:Zr films

Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Monica Morales Masis

Understanding grain morphology and kinetics of solid-phase crystallization is important for controlling the functional properties of polycrystalline materials. Here, in situ coherent X-ray diffraction imaging and transmission electron microscopy elucidate ...

SPRINGERNATURE2022

Effects of X-rays on Perovskite Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Yun Luo, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Jérémie Werner, Björn Niesen, Xueying Li

Synchrotron micro- and nanoprobe beamlines have demonstrated great potential to advance photovoltaic devices. Most importantly, their small X-ray spot size has enabled the direct correlation of electrical performance with elemental composition at subgrain ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Towards Quantitative Interpretation of Fourier-Transform Photocurrent Spectroscopy on Thin-Film Solar Cells

Franz-Josef Haug, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Jakub Holovsky, Martin Müller

The method of detecting deep defects in photovoltaic materials by Fourier-Transform Photocurrent Spectroscopy has gone through continuous development during the last two decades. Still, giving quantitative predictions of photovoltaic device performance is ...

2020

Carrier scattering mechanisms limiting mobility in hydrogen-doped indium oxide

Laura Ding, Martial Duchamp, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Fabien Paul Jacques Dauzou, Monica Morales Masis

2018

What Limits Mobility in Hydrogenated Indium Oxide?

Laura Ding, Martial Duchamp, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Fabien Paul Jacques Dauzou, Monica Morales Masis

Understanding the electron scattering mechanisms dominating transport in high and low mobility transparent conducting oxides can provide insight into improving the properties of this crucial photovoltaic device layer. Contributions from ionized impurity sc ...

IEEE2018

Charge Collection in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells: Relation to the Nanoscale Elemental Distribution

Christophe Ballif, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Jérémie Werner, Björn Niesen

Unveiling the correlation between elemental composition, Fermi-level splitting, and charge collection in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) when exposed to different environments is crucial to understanding the origin of defects. This will enable defect enginee ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2017

The Role of Water in the Reversible Optoelectronic Degradation of Hybrid Perovskites at Low Pressure

Christophe Ballif, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Jérémie Werner, Björn Niesen

There is no doubt about the potential offered by the low-cost fabrication and high efficiency of hybrid organic inorganic perovskite solar cells. However, the service lifetimes of these devices must be increased from months to years to capitalize on their ...

American Chemical Society2017

Review: Progress in solar cells from hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Rémi Biron

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (alpha-Si:H) has been used for decades doped and as intrinsic absorber layers in thin-film silicon solar cells. Whereas their effiency was improved for a long time by the deposition of higher quality absorber layers, recent i ...

Elsevier2017

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

Comparison of amorphous silicon absorber materials: Kinetics of light-induced degradation

Christophe Ballif, Adrian Billet, Franz-Josef Haug, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Matthieu Despeisse, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Yannick Samuel Riesen

We investigate the influence of the deposition parameters for intrinsic amorphous silicon absorber layers on light-induced degradation (LID) of thin-film silicon solar cells. The focus is on absorber layers with different bandgaps: on one side, solar cells ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Comparison of LPCVD and sputter-etched ZnO layers applied as front electrodes in tandem thin-film silicon solar cells

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

Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) layers deposited by sputtering and boron-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:B) layers deposited by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) are well-established materials for front electrodes in thin-film silicon solar cells. In ...

Elsevier2016

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

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

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

The boron-tailing myth in hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Grégory Bugnon, Franz-Josef Haug, Matthieu Despeisse, 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 ...

AIP American Institute of Physics2015

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

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

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 Verlag2015

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

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

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

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

Class AAA LED-Based Solar Simulator for Steady-State Measurements and Light Soaking

Christophe Ballif, Brice Perruche, Franz-Josef Haug, Matthieu Despeisse, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Yannick Samuel Riesen, Maximilien Joseph Marie Bonnet-Eymard

Recent improvements in light-emitting diode (LED) technology has allowed for the use of LEDs for solar simulators with excellent characteristics. In this paper, we present a solar simulator prototype fully based on LEDs. Our prototype has been designed spe ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2014

Thin-Film Silicon Triple-Junction Solar Cells on Highly Transparent Front Electrodes With Stabilized Efficiencies up to 12.8%

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

High-efficiency thin-film silicon triple-junction solar cells in p-i-n configuration have been fabricated using amorphous silicon top cell absorber layers, as well as microcrystalline silicon middle and bottom cell absorbers. The triple-junction cells were ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2014

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