Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISEResearch focus
- Development of novel manufacturing processes for silicon solar cells, thin film deposition, electrochemical processing, solar cell metallization, hybrid- and hetero-contacts, device analysis
Dr. Markus Glatthaar
Head of Department Advanced Development for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells, Division Photovoltaics
Curriculum vitae
| Professional Carrier | |
| Since 01/2016 | Head of Department "Advanced Development for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells" at Fraunhofer ISE. Responsible for R&D on advanced silicon solar cell concepts and novel manufacturing process technology. Staff members ~60. Annual budget of about 5 Mio. USD. |
| 01/2012-12/2015 | Head of Department "Novel Processes" at Fraunhofer ISE. Responsible for R&D novel manufacturing process technology for silicon solar cells. Staff members ~20. |
| 07-12/2011 | Head of Group "Metallization Technology" at Fraunhofer ISE. Responsible for R&D on metallization technology for silicon solar cells. Staff members ~10. |
| 01-06/2011 | Senior Scientist at RENA GmbH, Solar Technology Center Freiburg, Germany. Joined the R&D-Team for silicon solar cell process technology. |
| 01/2008-12/2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Fraunhofer ISE in the group "Inline-Characterization and Quality Assurance". Research focus on silicon solar cell analysis and photoluminescence imaging. |
| 01-09/2007 | Student teacher on high-school-level at the Kreisgymnasium-Hochschwarzwald in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany. |
| Education | |
| 02-06/2007 | Seminar for didactics and teacher training in Freiburg, Germany Courses in physics and mathematics education. |
| 03/2007 | Received the degree Dr. rer. nat. (comparable to PhD) in physics from University of Freiburg, Germany. |
| 04/2004-12/2006 | Doctoral studies on the analysis of organic bulk-hetrojuction solar cells using simulations and experiments at the Freiburg Material Research Center of the University of Freiburg, Germany. |
| 08/2003 | Diplom in Physics (comparable to M.Sc.) received from the University of Tübingen, Germany. Thesis on organic bulk-heterojunction solar cells. |
| 04/98-08/03 | Studies of physics at the University of Tübingen, Germany. |
| 11/00-03/01 | Semester abroad at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. |
| 10/97-03/98 | Studies of physics and mathematics at the University of Konstanz, Germany. |
Teaching
| Since 2015 | “Fundamentals of Physics” for several master’s programs on renewable energy engineering at the University of Freiburg, Germany. |
| 2012 | Invited lecture on “Metallization for High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells” at the European Photovoltaics Summer School in Krakow, Poland. |
Service to the field
- Frequent reviews for various journals (Applied Physics Letters, Physica Status Solidi, Rapid Research Letters, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Progress in Photovoltaics)
- Reviewer and Session Chairman for scientific conferences and workshops (SiliconPV, European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Workshop on Metallization & Interconnection for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells)
- Project review for the Australian Solar Institute (ASI)
Publications
Publication list from the Fraunhofer-Publica database:
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This publication list has been generated from the publication database Fraunhofer-Publica.