Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
für Materialien und Energie
Kekuléstraße 5
12489 Berlin
Germany
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Institute for Silicon Photovoltaics
We work on the scientific and technological foundations for the application of thin film technology in silicon photovoltaics. Thin-film crystalline silicon solar cells grown on an inexpensive substrate (such as glass) combine the advantages of traditional silicon technology with the high productivity, energy efficient production, electrical interconnectivity, and the low materials consumption of thin film technology. The investigation of solar cell concepts based on silicon heterostructures, where heteroemitters are deposited as thin layers, targets a process simplification which may be applied to thin film solar cell structures as well as silicon bulk solar cells.
Our research program focuses on two areas whose organizational structures are closely connected through the common use of technological processes and analytical methods within the department. Both areas are also supported by a range of methods of other departments within the solar cell and structural research divisions of the HZB.
