Franz-Josef Haug
Senior Scientist
franz-josef.haug@epfl.ch +41 21 695 43 25 http://pvlab.epfl.ch
EPFL STI IMT PV-LAB
MC A2 302 (Bâtiment MC)
Rue de la Maladière 71b, CP 526
2002 Neuchâtel 2
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Biography
I studied Physics between 1990 and 1996 at the Universities of Ulm (Germany) and Waikato (New Zealand). While specializing mostly on Theoretical Physics and Quantum Theory during my studies, I turned towards Experimental Physics for a graduate work on gas-phase epitaxy of silicon. After that, I pursued a PhD program at ETH Zürich (Switzerland), studying Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells. As PostDoc, I went to EMPA (Switzerland) to work on plasma processes for hard coatings of TiN and to the Jülich Research Centre in Germany to study light scattering ZnO front contacts for solar cells. In 2005 I joined the Institute of Microengineering (IMT) at the University of Neuchatel to lead a research group on thin film silicon solar cells within the PV-Lab. In 2009 the IMT was integrated into EPFL. My main research interests are optics, charge transport in semiconductors and renewable energy in general. My current work devoted to passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells, using thin silicon films as contact layers.In 2015 I was appointed Maitre d'Enseignement et Recherche (Senior Lecturer and Scientist) and member of the Faculty of STI.
I am currently member of the EPFL teacher council (CCE). My main objectives for the legislature are to represent the role of EPFL's intermediate staff and to raise the awareness for concerns of the satellite campuses.
Professional course
PostDoc
Surface and Joining Technology
Swiss Federal Laboratores for Material Testing and Research (EMPA)
2002-2004
Project Leader
Institute of Photovoltaics
Jülich Research Centre (Germany)
2005
Group Leader
Photovoltacis and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory
University of Neuchatel
2006-2008
Group Leader
Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory
EPFL
2009-present
Education
Dipl. Phys.
Physics
University of Ulm (Germany)
1996
Dr. Sc. Nat.
Physics
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich
2001
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Microengineering