Dr. Marcus Bär
CURRICULUM VITAE
2009 – Head of the Helmholtz-University Young Investigator Group: “Improving Thin-Film Solar Cells by Deliberate Interface Tailoring”, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
2007 - Assistant Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
2006 - Assistant Research Professor (adjunct), Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
2005 - Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
2004 - Research Assistant, Department of Solar Energy Research, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Germany
2003 - Dr.-Ing. (Electrical Engineering), Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
2000 - Ph.D. student (Electrical Engineering), Department of Solar Energy Research, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Germany
1999 - Dipl.-Ing. (Environmental Engineering/Renewable Energies), University of Applied Sciences (FHTW), Berlin, Germany
1997 - Vordiplom (Environmental Engineering/Renewable Energies), University of Applied Sciences (FHTW), Berlin, Germany
1996 - Vordiplom (Physics), Potsdam University, Germany
RESEARCH FIELD
- Improving thin-film solar cells by deliberate interface tailoring
- Surface and interface analysis of energy-related devices (e.g., thin-film solar cells, photoelectrochemical cells, light-emitting diodes, fuel and electrolysis cells)
- Characterization and modification of interfaces in (wide-gap) chalcopyrite thin-film solar cells
- Wet-chemical surface treatments of chalcopyrite thin-film solar cell absorbers
PUBLICATIONS
HELMHOLTZ-UNIVERSITY YOUNG INVESTIGATOR GROUP - Interface design