Liste de publications
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Some recent papers include
1. "Nanomolding of transparent zinc oxide electrodes for efficient light trapping in solar cells",
C. Battaglia, Jordi Escarré, , Karin Söderström Mathieu Charrière, Matthieu Despeisse, Franz-Josef Haug, Christophe Ballif
Nature Photonics, 5 (2011) , 536
2. Improved amorphous/crystalline silicon interface passivation by hydrogen plasma treatment
A. Descoeudres, L. Barraud, Stefaan De Wolf, B. Strahm, D. Lachenal, C. Guérin, Z. C. Holman, F. Zicarelli, B. Demaurex, J. Seif, J. Holovsky, and C. Ballif
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 123506 (2011)
3. Highly reflective nanotextured sputtered silver back reflector for flexible high-efficiency n–i–p thin-film silicon solarcells
K.Söoderström, F.-J.Haug,J.Escarre´, C.Pahud,R.Biron, C.Ballif
Sol.Energy Mater.Sol.Cells 95 (2011) 3585-3591
4. Optical transmission as a fast and non-destructive tool for determination of ethylene-co-vinyl acetate curing state in photovoltaic modules
Heng-Yu Li, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret-Aebi, Ricardo Théron, Christophe Ballif, Yun Luo and Ronald F. M. Lange
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Article first published online : 12 OCT 2011, DOI: 10.1002/pip.1175
5. “Extended light scattering model incorporating coherence for thin-film silicon solar cells”
Thomas Lanz, Beat Ruhstaller, Corsin Battaglia, and Christophe Ballif
J. Appl. Phys. 110, 033111 (2011)
6. Very fast light-induced degradation of a-Si:H/c-Si(100) interfaces
Stefaan De Wolf, Benedicte Demaurex, Antoine Descoeudres, and Christophe Ballif
Physical review B, 83 (2011) 233301
7. Resonances and absorption enhancement in thin film silicon solar cells with periodic interface texture
F.-J. Haug, K. Söderström, A. Naqavi, and C. Ballif
J. Appl. Phys. 109, 084516 (2011)
8. “Nanoimprint lithography for high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells”
C. Battaglia, J. Escarré, K. Söderström, L. Erni, L. Ding, G. Bugnon, A. Billet, M. Boccard, L. Barraud, S. De Wolf, F-J. Haug, M. Despeisse, C. Ballif.
Nanoletters, 11 (2011) 661-665.
9. On the effect of debris on the silicon wafering for solar cells “
A. Bidiville, R. Kraft, I. Neulist, K. Wasmer, C. Ballif”
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95 (2011), Pages 2490-2496
10. Humid environment stability of low pressure chemical vapor deposited boron doped zinc oxide used as transparent electrodes in thin film silicon solar cells
Jérôme Steinhauser, Stefan Meyer, Marlène Schwab, Sylvie Faÿ, Christophe Ballif, U. Kroll, D. Borrello
Thin Solid films In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 July 2011
11. Micromorph thin-film silicon solar cells with transparent high-mobility hydrogenated indium oxide front electrodes
C. Battaglia, J. Escarré, K. Söderström, L. Erni, L. Ding, G. Bugnon, A. Billet, M. Boccard, L. Barraud, S. De Wolf, F-J. Haug, M. Despeisse, C. Ballif,
JAP109 (2011) 114501
12. Enhancement of microcrystalline n-i-p solar cell performance via use of pre-covering layers and H2 treatment
Sean Sweetnam, Oscar Cubero, Franz-Josef Haug, Xavier Niquille, Thomas Söderström, Vanessa Terrazzoni-Daudrix and Christophe Ballif ,
THIN SOLID FILMS 519 (2011) 5567-5570
13. Photocurrent enhancement in thin film amorphous silicon solar cells with silver nanoparticles
C. Eminian, F.-J. Haug, O. Cubero, X. Niquille and C. Ballif
Progress in Photovoltaics, 19 (2011) 260–265
14. “Optimization of thin film silicon solar cells on highly textured substrate”
M. Despeisse, G. Bugnon, C. Battaglia, M. Boccard, M. Charrière, P. Cuony, S. Hänni, L. Löfgren, G. Parascandolo, T. Söderström and C. Ballif.
Physica Status Solidi A 208 (2011) Pages: 1863-1868
15. “LPCVD ZnO based intermediate reflector development for micromorph solar cells”
G. Bugnon, T. Söderström, S. Nicolay, L. Ding, M. Despeisse, A. Hedler, C.Wachtendorf, J. Eberhardt and C. Ballif.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95, ( 2011) Pages 2161-2166
16. Understanding of photocurrent enhancement in real thin film solar cells: towards optimal one-dimensional Gratings
Ali Naqavi, Karin Söderström, Franz-Josef Haug, Vincent Paeder, Toralf Scharf, Hans Peter Herzig, Christophe Ballif
Optics Express Vol. 19, Iss. 1, pp. 128–140 (2011)
17. High fidelity transfer of nanometric random textures by UV embossing for thin film solar cells applications,
Escarré, Söderström, K., Battaglia, C., Haug, F.-J., Ballif, C.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95, ( 2011), 881-886
18. Control of LPCVD ZnO growth modes for improved light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells
S. Nicolay, M. Despeisse, F.-J. Haug, C. Ballif
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95, ( 2011), 1031-1034
19. Realization of high efficiency micromorph tandem silicon solar cells on glass and plastic substrates: Issues and potential,
F. Meillaud, A. Feltrin, M. Despeisse, F-J. Haug, D. Dominé, M. Python, T. Söderström, P. Cuony, M. Boccard, S. Nicolay, C. Ballif ,
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95, ( 2011), 127-130
20. “Reduction of the phosphorous cross-contamination in n–i–p solar cells prepared in a single-chamber PECVD reactor “
O. Cubero, F.-J. Haug, Y. Ziegler, L. Sansonnens, P. Couty, D. Fischer, C. Ballif
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95, ( 2011), 606-610
21. UV-Nano-Imprint Lithography technique for the replication of back reflector for n-i-p thin film silicon solar cells
K. Soderstrom J. Escarre O. Cubero F.-J. Haug S. Perregaux, C. Ballif,
Progress in Photovoltaics, 19 (2011), Pages: 202–210
22. Light absorption in textured thin film silicon solar cells: A simple scalar scattering approach vs. rigorous simulation
C. Rockstuhl, S. Fahr, and F. Lederer, F.-J. Haug, T. Söderström 2, S. Nicolay, M. Despeisse, C. Ballif ,
Applied Phyiscs letter 98, (2011) 051102
23. Microcrystalline and micromorph device improvements through combined plasma and material characterization techniques**
G. Bugnon,A. Feltrin, R. Bartlome, B. Strahm, A. Bronneberg, G. Parascandolo, C. Ballif
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95 (2011) Pages 134-137
24. Substrate dependent stability and interplay between optical and electrical properties in μc-Si:H single junction solar cells **
M. Boccard, P. Cuony, M. Despeisse, D. Dominé, A. Feltrin, N. Wyrsch, C. Ballif
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95 (2011) 195-198
25. Mixed-phase p-type silicon oxide containing silicon nanocrystals and its role in thin-film silicon solar cells
P. Cuony, M. Marending, D. T. L. Alexander, M. Boccard, G. Bugnon, M. Despeisse, and C. Ballif ,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 213502 (2010)
26. The silane depletion fraction as an indicator for the amorphous/crystalline silicon interface passivation quality
A. Descoeudres,L. Barraud, R. Bartlome, G. Choong, Stefaan De Wolf, F. Zicarelli, and C. Ballif
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 183505 (2010)
27. Nanocoax: A New Platform for Low Cost, High Efficiency Solar Power
M.J. Naughton,K. Kempa,Z.F. Ren, N. Argenti, Y. Gao, J. Rybczynski, Y. Wang, W. Gao, A. Shepard,J.R. Naughton, Y. Peng,T. Paudel,Y. Lan,1 G. McMahon, M.J. Burns, M. Clary,
C. Ballif, F-J. Haug, T. Söderström, O. Cubero, and C. Eminian
physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 4 (2010), Pages: 181–183
28. Unlinking absorption and haze in thin film silicon solar cells front electrodes
Boccard, M., Cuony, P., Battaglia, C., Despeisse, M. and Ballif, C.
Physica Status Solidi Vol. 4, n. 11, pp. 326-328, 2010.
29. Microcrystalline silicon solar cells: effect of substrate temperature on cracks and their role in post-oxidation
Python, M; Domine, D; Soderstrom, T, F. Meillaud, C. Ballif.
PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS 18 (2010) 491-499
30. Comparison and optimization of randomly textured surfaces in thin-film solar cells
C. Rockstuhl, S. Fahr, K. Bittkau, T. Beckers, R. Carius, F.-J. Haug, T. S¨oderstroem, C. Ballif, and F. Lederer
Optics express, 18 (2010) 335
31. Photocurrent Increase in n-i-p Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells by Guided Mode Excitation via Grating Coupler,
K. Söderström, F.J. Haug, J. Escarré, O. Cubero, and C. Ballif
Applied Physics letters 96 (2010) 213508
32. Impact of secondary gas-phase reactions on microcrystalline silicon solar cells deposited at high rate
Parascandolo, G; Bartlome, R; Bugnon, G .Soderstrom T , Strahm B , Feltrin A , Ballif C
Applied Physics letters, 96 (2010) 233508
33. Efficient light management scheme for thin film silicon solar cells via transparent random nanostructures fabricated by nanoimprinting
C. Battaglia, K. Soderstroem, J.i Escarre, FJ Haug, D. Domine, P. Cuony, M. Boccard, G. Bugnon, C. Denizot, M. Despeisse, A. Feltrin, and C. Ballif,
Applied Physics letters, 96 (2010) 213504
34. “Mechanisms of wafer sawing and wafer properties: on the importance of the measurement site”
Bidiville, K. Wasmer, J. Michler, P. M. Nasch, M. Van der Meer, C. Ballif,
Progress in Photovoltaics, 18 (2010), 563–572,
35. Laser applications in thin-film photovoltaics,”
R. Bartlomé, B. Strahm, Y. Sinquin, A. Feltrin, C. Ballif,
Applied Physics B, 100 (2010) 427-436
36. Carrier transport and sensitivity issues in heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) solar cells on N-type crystalline silicon: a computer simulation study
M. Rahmouni, A. Datta, P. Chatterjee, J. Damon-Lacoste, C. Ballif, P. Roca i Cabarrocas,
Journal of Applied Physics 107 (2010) 054521
37. Modelling of light scattering from textured surfaces,
D. Dominé, F.-J. Haug, C. Battaglia, C. Ballif,
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 107 (2010) 044504
38. Resistive Interlayer for Improved Performance of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells on Highly Textured Substrate
M. Despeisse, G. Bugnon, A. Feltrin, M. Stueckelberger, P. Cuony, F. Meillaud, A. Billet, C. Ballif.
Applied Physics Letters, 96 (2010) 073507
39. "Polycrystalline ZnO: B grown by LPCVD as TCO for thin film silicon solar cells**
Fay S, Steinhauser J, Nicolay S, Ballif. C,
Thin Solid films 518 (2010) pp 2961-2966
40. High-rate growth of Microcrystalline Silicon in large area PECVD reactor And integration in Micromorph tandem solar cells
Gaetano Parascandolo, Grégory Bugnon, Andrea Feltrin, Christophe Ballif
Progress in Photovoltaics, 18(2010) 257-264
41. “Properties of interfaces in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunctions”
S. Olibet, E. Vallat-Sauvain, L. Fesquet, C. Monachon, A. Hessler-Wyser, J. Damon-Lacoste, S. De Wolf, C.Ballif,
Physica Status Solidi A, 207 (2010) 651-656
42. Flexible Micromorph Tandem a-Si/µc-Si Solar Cells,
T. Söderström,F.-J. Haug, V. Terrazzoni-Daudrix, C. Ballif,
Journal of Applied Physics, 107(2010). 014507
43. “Input silane concentration effect on the a-Si:H to μc-Si:H transition width”
Feltrin, B. Strahm, G. Bugnon, F. Sculati-Meillaud, C. Ballif, A.A. Howling, Ch. Hollenstein
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94 (2010) 432-435
44. “Influence of the ZnO buffer on the guided mode structure in Si/ZnO/Ag multilayers”
F.-J. Haug, T. Söderström, O. Cubero, V. Terrazzoni-Daudrix, and C. Ballif
J. Appl. Phys. 106, (2009) 044502
45. “An Introduction to the Technology of Thin Film Silicon Photovoltaics”**
Feltrin, A ; Bartlome, R ; Battaglia, C ; Boccard, M ; Bugnon, G ; Bühlmann, P ; Cubero, O ; Despeisse, M ; Niquille, X ; Parascandolo, G ; Söderström, T ; Strahm, B ; Terrazzoni, V ; Wyrsch, N ; Ballif, C
Informarcije Midem-Journal of microelectronic components and materials 39 (2009)
46. “Growth model of MOCVD ZnO for solar cell applications”
S. Nicolay, S. Faÿ, C. Ballif
Crystal Growth & Design 9 (2009), , pp. 4957-4962
47. INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSTRATE GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS ON MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON GROWTH FOR THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS
M. Python, O. Madani, D. Dominé, F. Meillaud, E. Vallat-Sauvain, C. Ballif
Solar Energy Materials and Solar cells 93 (2009) 1714-17120
48. “Axial p-n Junctions Realized in Silicon Nanowires by Ion Implantation”
S. Hoffmann, J. Bauer,C. Ronning,Th. Stelzner,J. Michler,, C. Ballif, V. Sivakov, and S. H. Christiansen, Nanoletters 8-9 (2009), 1341-1344
49. ULTRA-HIGH QUALITY SURFACE PASSIVATION OF CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS IN LARGE AREA PARALLEL PLATE REACTOR AT 40 MHZ**
J. Damon-Lacoste, L. Fesquet, S. Olibet and C. Ballif , Thin Solid Films 517, (2009) 6401-6404
50. "Influence of pressure and silane depletion on microcrystalline silicon material quality and solar cell performance",G. Bugnon, A. Feltrin, F. Meillaud, J. Bailat, and C. Ballif, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 105, (2009) 064507
51. "Asymmetric Intermediate Reflector for Tandem Micromorph Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells"
T. Söderström, F.-J. Haug, X. Niquille, V. Terrazzoni-Daudrix, C. Ballif C. Ballif,
Applied Physics Letter 94, (2009) 063501
52. “DEVELOPMENT OF MICROMORPH TANDEM SOLAR CELLS ON FLEXIBLE LOW COST PLASTIC SUBSTRATES”
F.-J. Haug, T. Söderström, M. Python, V. Terrazzoni-Daudrix, X. Niquille, C. Ballif
Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 93 (2009) 884-887
53. “N/I buffer layer for substrate microcrystalline thin film silicon solar cell”
T. Söderström, F.-J. Haug, V. Terrazzoni-Daudrix, X. Niquille, M. Python and C. Ballif
Journal of Applied Physics 104 (2008) 104505
54. “TCOs for nip thin film silicon solar cells”,
T. Söderström, F.-J. Haug, X. Niquille and C. Ballif
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 17 (2009) p. 165-176, 2009
55. “Stretched-exponential a-Si:H / c-Si interface recombination decay”
S. De Wolf, S. Olibet, and C. Ballif
Applied Physics Letter 93 (2008) 32101
56. "Performance and transient behavior of vertically integrated thin-film silicon sensors"
Wyrsch, N; Choong, G; Miazza, C. Ballif
SENSORS 8 (2008) 4656
57. "Plasmonic absorption in textured silver back reflectors of thin film solar cell",
F.-J. Haug, T. Söderström, O. Cubero, V. Terrazzoni-Daudrix, C. Ballif
Journal of Applied Physics 104, (2008) 064509
58. "Some comments on the limiting factors in the fabrication of microcrystalline silicon solar cells and microcrystalline/amorphous ('micromorph') tandems",
F. Meillaud , A. Feltrin, D. Dominé, P. Buehlmann, M. Python, G. Bugnon, A. Billet, G. Parascandolo, J. Bailat, S. Fay, N. Wyrsch, C. Ballif and A. Shah,
Philosophical magazine 89 (2009), 2599–2621
59. “Optical management for high-efficiency thin-film silicon micromorph solar cells with an in situ silicon oxide based intermediate reflector”
D.Dominé, P.Buehlmann, J. Bailat, A. Billet, A. Feltrin, and C. Ballif
Phyisca Statu Solidi, Rapid Research Letter 2 (2008) 163
60. Electrical transport in boron-doped polycrystalline zinc oxide thin film**
J. Steinhauser, S. Faÿ, N. Oliveira, E. Vallat-Sauvain, D. Zimin, U. Kroll, and C. Ballif
Physica status solidi a, 2005 (2008) 1983-1987
61. "Optimisation of amorphous silicon thin film solar cells for flexible photovoltaics",
T. Söderström*, F.-J. Haug, V. Terrazoni-Daudrix and C. Ballif
Journal of Applied Physics 103 (2008) 114509
62. “Kinetics of creation and of thermal annealing of light-induced defects in microcrystalline silicon solar cells”
F. Meillaud, E. Vallat-Sauvain, Arvind Shah, and C. Ballif
Journal of Applied Physics. 103 (2008) 054504
63. “Relation between Substrate Surface Morphology and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Performance”**
M. Python, E. Vallat-Sauvain, J. Bailat, D. Dominé, A. Shah, and C. Ballif
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, (2008) 2258-62
64. “Dicing of Gallium-Arsenide High Performance Laser Diodes for Industrial Applications: Part I: Scratching Operation”
K. Wasmer, C. Ballif, C. Pouvreau, D. Schulz and J. Michler
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 198 (2008) 105-113
65. “Dicing of Gallium-Arsenide High Performance Laser Diodes for Industrial Applications: Part II: Cleavage Operation”
K. Wasmer, C. Ballif, C. Pouvreau, D. Schulz and J. Michler
Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 198 (2008), 114-121
66. “A model for a-Si:H/c-Si interface recombination based on the amphoteric nature of silicon dangling bonds”
S. Olibet, E. Vallat-Sauvain, and C. Ballif
Physical Review B 76 (2007) 035326
67. “Transition between grain boundary and intragrain scattering transport mechanisms in boron-doped zinc oxide thin films”
J. Steinhauser, S. Faÿ, N. Oliveira, E. Vallat-Sauvain, and C. Ballif,
Applied Physics letters 90 (2007), 142107
68. In situ silicon oxide based intermediate reflector for thin-film silicon micromorph solar cells
P. Buehlmann, J. Bailat, D. Dominé, A. Billet, F. Meillaud, A. Feltrin, and C. Ballif,
Applied Physics letters 91 (2007) 143505
69. “Temperature dependence of the conductivity in large-grained boron-doped ZnO films”,
S. Yeop Myong, J Steinhauser, R. Schlüeter, S. Faÿ, E Vallat-Sauvaina, A. Shah, A. Rüfenacht, C. Ballif,
Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 91,(2007), 1269-1274
70. “Microcrystalline silicon deposited at high rate on large areas from pure silane with efficient gas utilization”
B. Strahm, A.A. Howling, L. Sansonnens, Ch. Hollenstein, U. Kroll, J. Meier, Ch. Ellert, L. Feitknecht and C. Ballif
Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 91 (2007) 495-502
71. Fracture strength and Young's modulus of ZnO nanowires
S.Hoffmann, F.Östlund, J.Michler, H.J.Fan, M. Zacharias, S.H.Christiansen and C. Ballif
Nanotechnology 18 (2007) 205503
72. Opto-electronic properties of rough LP-CVD ZnO:B for use as TCO in thin-film silicon solar cells**
S. Faÿ, J. Steinhauser, N. Oliveira, E. Vallat-Sauvain and C. Ballif
Thin Solid Films 515( 2007) 8558-8561
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