Scientific Topics

• Silicon material and defect engineering
• Wafering technologies and direct-wafer production
• Junction formation
• Cleaning, etching, layer deposition technologies, surface morphology and surface passivation
• Carrier selective contacts, metallization and contact formation
• Advanced light management
• Cell and module characterization
• Cell and module simulation
• Digitalization, data processing and machine learning in PV
• Process integration and low-cost manufacturing
• New manufacturing tools
• Si-based tandem cells in combination with perovskites, III-V and alternative materials
• Module processing and materials
• Module reliability and energy yield
• Customized modules for buildings, vehicles and other special applications
• High and record efficiency devices
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