Dr. Armin Richter

High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells, Division Photovoltaics

Research focus

  • Development of high efficiency silicon single junction as well as TOPCon bottom solar cells for perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells along the whole process chain
  • Analysis of loss mechanisms and 3d device simulations of silicon solar cells
  • Characterization of fundamental properties of silicon such as Auger recombination
  • In depth characterization of dielectric surface passivation layers
  • Development and characterization of atomic layer deposited (ALD) thin films for PV applications such as
        o Silicon surface passivation layers
        o Electron and hole transport layers for perovskite solar cells
        o Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs)

Curriculum vitae

2009-2014 Ph. D. (physics), University of Konstanz/Fraunhofer ISE. Title: "Aluminum oxide for the surface passivation of high efficiency silicon solar cells"  
2008 Diploma in Physics from University Hamburg/Fraunhofer ISE. Title (translated): "Front surface passivation of n-type silicon solar cells with amorphous silicon"  
since 2007 Researcher at Fraunhofer ISE in the group High-efficiency Silicon Solar Cells  
2002-2008 Student at University Hamburg (physics)  

Publications

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2023 Light Soaking Effects on Full-Area and Half-Cut Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells
Pingel, Sebastian; Steinmetz, Anamaria; Bivour, Martin; Roder, Sebastian; Voicu Vulcanean, Ioan; Zimmermann, Karin; Wolke, Winfried; Georgiou-Sarlikiotis, Vasileios; Tutsch, Leonard; Wenzel, Timo; Gebhardt, Paul; Lorenz, Andreas; Münzer, Anna; Baliozian, Puzant; Rentsch, Jochen; Erath, Denis; Richter, Armin; Fokuhl, Esther; Clement, Florian; Rößler, Torsten; Preu, Ralf; Nekarda, Jan
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2023 Silicon-based passivating contacts: The TOPCon route
Glunz, Stefan; Steinhauser, Bernd; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Luderer, Christoph; Grübel, Benjamin; Niewelt, Tim; Okasha, Asmaa; Bories, Mathias; Nagel, Henning; Krieg, Katrin; Feldmann, Frank; Richter, Armin; Bivour, Martin; Hermle, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 TOPCon Shingle Solar Cells: Thermal Laser Separation and Passivated Edge Technology
Lohmüller, Elmar; Baliozian, Puzant; Gutmann, Leon; Kniffki, Leander; Richter, Armin; Wang, Lili; Dunbar, Ricky; Lepert, Arnaud; Huyeng, Jonas; Preu, Ralf
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Indoor Photovoltaics for the Internet-of-Things - A Comparison of State-of-the-Art Devices from Different Photovoltaic Technologies
Müller, David; Jiang, Ershuai; Rivas Lazaro, Paula; Baretzky, Clemens; Loukeris, Georgios; Bogati, Shankar; Paetel, Stefan; Irvine, Stuart J.C.; Olobia, Ochai; Jones, Steve; Lamb, Dan; Richter, Armin; Siefer, Gerald; Lackner, David; Helmers, Henning; Teixeira, Cristina; Forgács, David; Freitag, Marina; Bradford, David; Shen, Zhogjin; Zimmermann, Birger; Würfel, Uli
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Thermal laser separation and high-throughput layer deposition for edge passivation for TOPCon shingle solar cells
Lohmüller, Elmar; Baliozian, Puzant; Gutmann, Leon; Kniffki, Leander; Beladiya, Vivek; Geng, Jürgen; Wang, Lili; Dunbar, Ricky B.; Lepert, Arnaud; Hofmann, Marc; Richter, Armin; Huyeng, Jonas
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Quantifying Surface Recombination - Improvements in Determination and Simulation of the Surface Recombination Parameter J0s
Hammann, Benjamin; Steinhauser, Bernd; Fell, Andreas; Post, Regina; Niewelt, Tim; Kwapil, Wolfram; Wolf, Andreas; Richter, Armin; Höffler, Hannes; Schubert, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Passivated Edge Technology (PET): Edge Passivation for Industrial Solar Cell Applications
Lohmüller, Elmar; Huyeng, Jonas; Hofmann, Marc; Baliozian, Puzant; Richter, Armin; Göbel, Alexander; Clement, Florian; Preu, Ralf
Vortrag
Presentation
2023 Bias-voltage photoconductance and photoluminescence for the determination of silicon-dielectric interface properties in SiO2/Al2O3 stacks
Masuch, Paul; Reichel, Christian; Bonilla, Ruy Sebastian; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Epitaxially Grown p-type Silicon Wafers Ready for Cell Efficiencies Exceeding 25%
Rittmann, Clara; Schindler, Florian; Richter, Armin; Niewelt, Tim; Stolzenburg, Hannah; Steinhauser, Bernd; Dalke, Jonas; Drießen, Marion; Weiss, Charlotte; Janz, Stefan; Schubert, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Improved Silicon Surface Passivation by ALD Al2O3/SiO2 Multilayers with In-Situ Plasma Treatments
Richter, Armin; Patel, Hemangi; Reichel, Christian; Benick, Jan; Glunz, Stefan
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Rear-Junction n-Type Cell Concept Utilizing PERC Process Sequence on Epitaxially-grown Base and Emitter
Rittmann, Clara; Steinhauser, Bernd; Drießen, Marion; Fell, Andreas; Richter, Armin; Ohnemus, Markus; Höffler, Hannes; Weiss, Charlotte; Janz, Stefan
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2022 Effective Charge Dynamics in Al2O3/SiO2 Multilayer Stacks and their Influence on Silicon Surface Passivation
Patel, H.; Reichel, Christian; Richter, Armin; Masuch, Paul; Benick, Jan; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2022 Al2O3/SiNx Stacks with Ozone-based ALD Al2O3 for Surface Passivation: Superior Layer Stability after Firing
Sarıgül Duman, Elif; Richter, Armin; Reichel, Christian; Fittkau, Jens; Le Tiec, Christiane; Moldovan, Anamaria; Benick, Jan
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2022 Polysilicon Contact Structures for Silicon Solar Cells Using Atomic Layer Deposited Oxides and Nitrides as Ultra-thin Dielectric Interlayers
Reichel, Christian; Feldmann, Frank; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2022 Epitaxially grown p-type silicon wafers ready for cell efficiencies exceeding 25 %
Rittmann, Clara; Dalke, Jonas; Richter, Armin; Steinhauser, Bernd; Drießen, Marion; Weiss, Charlotte; Schindler, Florian; Schubert, Martin; Janz, Stefan; Niewelt, Tim; Stolzenburg, Hannah
Vortrag
Presentation
2022 Reassessment of the intrinsic bulk recombination in crystalline silicon
Niewelt, Tim; Steinhauser, Bernd; Richter, Armin; Veith-Wolf, B.; Fell, Andreas; Hammann, Benjamin; Grant, N.E.; Black, L.; Tan, J.; Youssef, A.; Murphy, J.D.; Schmidt, J.; Schubert, Martin C.; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2022 Simultaneous Boron Emitter Diffusion and Annealing of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts via Rapid Vapor-Phase Direct Doping
Drießen, Marion; Richter, Armin; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Feldmann, Frank; Steinhauser, Bernd; Ohnemus, Markus; Weiss, Charlotte; Benick, Jan; Janz, Stefan
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2022 High-efficiency Both-sides-contacted Silicon Solar Cells. Requirements and Options
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Müller, Ralph; Fell, Andreas; Reichel, Christian; Glunz, Stefan; Hermle, Martin; Bivour, Martin
Vortrag
Presentation
2022 ALD Al2O3/SiO2 Multilayers for Silicon Surface Passivation: Influence of Voltage Stress and Plasma Treatments
Richter, Armin; Patel, Hemangi; Reichel, Christian; Masuch, Paul; Benick, Jan; Glunz, Stefan
Vortrag
Presentation
2022 Publisher Correction: Design rules for high-efficiency both-sidescontacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses (Nature Energy, (2021), 6, 4, (429-438), 10.1038/s41560-021-00805-w)
Richter, Armin; Müller, Ralph; Benick, Jan; Feldmann, Frank; Steinhauser, Bernd; Reichel, Christian; Fell, Andreas; Bivour, Martin; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan
Erratum
2022 Plated Copper Electrodes for Two-Terminal Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Hatt, Thibaud; Schulze, Patricia; Er-Raji, Oussama; Richter, Armin; Efinger, Raphael; Schultz-Wittmann, Oliver; Heydarian, Minasadat; Tutsch, Leonard; Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph; Glatthaar, Markus; Glunz, Stefan; Bartsch, Jonas
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2022 Passivating contacts for highest efficient silicon solar cells - and beyond
Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan; Bivour, Martin; Benick, Jan; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Richter, Armin; Mack, Sebastian
Vortrag
Presentation
2022 ALD Al2O3/SiO2 Multilayers for c-Si Surface Passivation. Modification of Interface Properties by Voltage Stress and Plasma Treatments
Richter, Armin; Patel, Hemangi; Reichel, Christian; Masuch, Paul; Benick, Jan; Glunz, Stefan
Vortrag
Presentation
2022 Plated Copper Electrodes for Two-Terminal Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Hatt, Thibaud; Schulze, Patricia; Er-Raji, Oussama; Richter, Armin; Schultz-Wittmann, Oliver; Efinger, Raphael; Tutsch, Leonard; Kabakli, Özde Seyma; Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph; Kluska, Sven; Glatthaar, Markus; Bartsch, Jonas; Glunz, Stefan
Vortrag
Presentation
2022 Passivating contacts for high-efficiency silicon solar cells based on poly-Si/SiOx structures - From Lab to Fab
Glunz, Stefan; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Richter, Armin; Steinhauser, Bernd; Müller, Ralf; Benick, Jan; Reichel, Christian; Kafle, Bishal; Goraya, Baljeet Singh; Mack, Sebastian; Nold, Sebastian; Rentsch, Jochen; Hermle, Martin; Preu, Ralf
Vortrag
Presentation
2021 Electroplated Copper Metal Contacts on Perovskite Solar Cells
Hatt, Thibaud; Kabakli, Özde Seyma; Schulze, Patricia S. C.; Richter, Armin; Glunz, Stefan W.; Glatthaar, Markus; Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph; Bartsch, Jonas
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2021 Driven-in RVD Emitters and Adapted TOPCon Layers for Simultaneous Crystallization During RVD
Richter, Armin; Drießen, Marion; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Feldmann, Frank; Steinhauser, Bernd; Ohnemus, Markus; Benick, Jan; Janz, Stefan
Vortrag
Presentation
2021 The Potential of Cast Silicon
Schubert, Martin C.; Schindler, Florian; Benick, Jan; Riepe, Stephan; Krenckel, Patricia; Richter, Armin; Müller, Ralph; Hammann, Benjamin; Nold, Sebastian
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2021 Metallization by Means of Physical Vapour Deposition
Richter, Armin
Aufsatz in Buch
Book Article
2021 Post-Separation Processing for Silicon Heterojunction Half Solar Cells With Passivated Edges
Münzer, Anna; Baliozian, Puzant; Steinmetz, Anamaria; Geipel, Torsten; Pingel, Sebastian; Richter, Armin; Roder, Sebastian; Lohmüller, Elmar; Spribille, Alma; Preu, Ralf
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2021 Extraordinarily High Minority Charge Carrier Lifetime Observed in Crystalline Silicon
Steinhauser, Bernd; Niewelt, Tim; Richter, Armin; Eberle, Rebekka; Schubert, Martin C.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2021 Driven-in RVD Emitters and Adopted TOPCon Layers for Simultaneous Crystallization During RVD
Drießen, Marion; Richter, Armin; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Feldmann, Frank; Steinhauser, Bernd; Ohnemus, Markus; Weiss, Charlotte; Benick, Jan; Janz, Stefan
Vortrag
Presentation
2021 Hydrophobic AlOx surfaces by adsorption of a SAM on large areas for application in solar cell metallization patterning
Hatt, Thibaud; Bartsch, Jonas; Davis, Victoria; Richter, Armin; Kluska, Sven; Glunz, Stefan W.; Glatthaar, Markus; Fischer, Anna
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2021 On the influence of the sample properties on the measurement of the implied open-circuit voltage
Steinhauser, Bernd; Richter, Armin; Fell, Andreas; Hermle, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2021 Design rules for high-efficiency both-sides-contacted silicon solar cells with balanced charge carrier transport and recombination losses
Richter, Armin; Müller, Ralph; Benick, Jan; Feldmann, Frank; Steinhauser, Bernd; Reichel, Christian; Fell, Andreas; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2020 Simultaneous Boron Emitter Diffusion and Crystallization of TOPCon Layers via Rapid Vapour-Phase Direct Doping
Drießen, Marion; Richter, Armin; Steinhauser, Bernd; Feldmann, Frank; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Sahajad, F.; Ohnemus, Markus; Weiss, Charlotte; Benick, Jan; Janz, Stefan
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2020 Post-Metallization Passivated Edge Technology (PET) for Bifacial Silicon Shingle Solar Cells - pSPEERPET
Baliozan, Puzant; Lohmüller, Elmar; Fellmeth, Tobias; Richter, Armin; Münzer, Anna; Bhandary, A.; Wöhrle, Nico; Spribille, Alma; Preu, Ralf
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2020 25.1% High-Efficiency Monolithic Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with a High Bandgap Perovskite Absorber
Schulze, Patricia S. C.; Bett, Alexander J.; Bivour, Martin; Caprioglio, Pietro; Gerspacher, F.M.; Kabakli, Özde Seyma; Richter, Armin; Stolterfoht, Martin; Zhang, Q.; Neher, Dieter; Hermle, Martin; Hillebrecht, H.; Glunz, Stefan W.; Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2020 Postmetallization "Passivated Edge Technology" for Separated Silicon Solar Cells
Baliozian, Puzant; Al-Akash, Mohammad; Lohmüller, Elmar; Richter, Armin; Fellmeth, Tobias; Münzer, Anna; Wöhrle, Nico; Saint-Cast, Pierre; Stolzenburg, H.; Spribille, Alma; Preu, Ralf
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2020 Silicon-Based Monolithic Triple-Junction Solar Cells with Conversion Efficiency >34%
Müller, Ralph; Schygulla, Patrick; Lackner, David; Höhn, Oliver; Hauser, Hubert; Richter, Armin; Fell, Andreas; Bläsi, Benedikt; Predan, Felix; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin; Dimroth, Frank; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2020 Ultrathin Plasma Oxide for Passivation of Phosphorus-Diffused Silicon Solar Cell Emitters
Okasha, A.M.O.M.; Richter, Armin; Saint-Cast, Pierre; Hofmann, Marc
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2020 Influence of Layer Thickness on Passivation Properties in SiOx/Al2O3 Stacks
Ek, A.; Reichel, Christian; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2019 Both Sides Contacted Silicon Solar Cells. Options for Approaching 26% Efficiency
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Feldmann, Frank; Fell, Andreas; Steinhauser, Bernd; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Tucher, Nico; Murthy, J.N.; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2019 Edge Recombination Analysis of Silicon Solar Cells Using Photoluminescence Measurements
Stolzenburg, Hannah; Fell, Andreas; Schindler, Florian; Kwapil, Wolfram; Richter, Armin; Baliozan, Puzant; Schubert, Martin C.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2019 Large Area TOPCon Cells Realized by a PECVD Tube Process
Feldmann, Frank; Fellmeth, Tobias; Steinhauser, Bernd; Nagel, Henning; Ourinson, Daniel; Mack, Sebastian; Lohmüller, Elmar; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Benick, Jan; Richter, Armin; Moldovan, Anamaria; Bivour, Martin; Clement, Florian; Rentsch, Jochen; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2019 PERC-Based Shingled Solar Cells and Modules at Fraunhofer ISE
Baliozian, Puzant; Klasen, Nils; Wöhrle, Nico; Kutter, Christoph; Stolzenburg, H.; Münzer, Anna; Saint-Cast, Pierre; Mittag, Max; Lohmüller, Elmar; Fellmeth, Tobias; Al-Akash, Mohammad; Kraft, Achim; Heinrich, Martin; Richter, Armin; Fell, Andreas; Neuhaus, Dirk Holger; Preu, Ralf
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2019 Analysis of Temperature Dependent Characteristics of Diffused Regions in Silicon Solar Cells
Eberle, Rebekka; Fell, Andreas; Richter, Armin; Niewelt, Tim; Schindler, Florian; Schubert, Martin C.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2018 Rapid vapor-phase direct doping for high-efficiency solar cells
Kühnhold-Pospischil, Saskia; Steinhauser, Bernd; Richter, Armin; Gust, Elke; Janz, Stefan
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Tunnel oxide passivating electron contacts as full‐area rear emitter of high‐efficiency p‐type silicon solar cells
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Müller, Ralph; Feldmann, Frank; Reichel, Christian; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Large Area TOPCon Technology Achieving 23.4% Efficiency
Steinhauser, Bernd; Feldmann, Frank; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Tutsch, Leonard; Arya, Varun; Grübel, Benjamin; Fischer, Andreas; Moldovan, Anamaria; Benick, Jan; Richter, Armin; Brand, Andreas; Kluska, Sven; Hermle, Martin
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2018 Towards the Efficiency Limits of Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells
Schindler, Florian; Fell, Andreas; Müller, Ralph; Benick, Jan; Richter, Armin; Feldmann, Frank; Krenckel, Patricia; Riepe, Stephan; Schubert, Martin C.; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Light scattering at random pyramid textures: Effects beyond geometric optics
Höhn, Oliver; Tucher, Nico; Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin; Bläsi, Benedikt
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2018 Impact of bulk impurity contamination on the performance of high‐efficiency n‐type silicon solar cells
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Fell, Andreas; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Taking Monocrystalline Silicon to the Ultimate Lifetime Limit
Niewelt, Tim; Richter, Armin; Kho, T.; Grant, N.; Bonilla, Ruy S.; Steinhauser, Bernd; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Feldmann, Frank; Hermle, Martin; Murphy, J.; Phang, S.; Kwapil, Wolfram; Schubert, Martin C.
Vortrag
Presentation
2018 A study on the charge carrier transport of passivating contacts
Feldmann, Frank; Nogay, Gizem; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Steinhauser, Bernd; Richter, Armin; Schmiga, Christian; Hermle, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Insulating and passivating plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposited aluminum oxide thin films for silicon solar cells
Reichel, Christian; Reusch, M.; Kotula, S.; Granek, Filip; Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Carrier-Selective Contacts for High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells
Glunz, Stefan W.; Feldmann, Frank; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Steinhauser, Bernd; Müller, Ralph; Fell, Andreas; Richter, Armin; Niewelt, Tim; Schindler, Florian; Kökbudak, G.; Turan, R.; Nogay, G.; Löper, Philipp; Young, D.L.; Lee, Benjamin G.; Stradins, P.; Bivour, Martin; Cariou, Romain; Benick, Jan; Dimroth, Frank; Hermle, Martin
Vortrag
Presentation
2018 Taking monocrystalline silicon to the ultimate lifetime limit
Niewelt, Tim; Richter, Armin; Kho, T.C.; Grant, N.E.; Bonilla, Ruy S.; Steinhauser, Bernd; Polzin, Jana-Isabelle; Feldmann, Frank; Hermle, Martin; Murphy, J.D.; Phang, S.P.; Kwapil, Wolfram; Schubert, Martin C.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Limiting Effects in Crystalline Silicon for High-Efficiency Solar Cells
Niewelt, Tim; Richter, Armin; Eberle, Rebekka; Post, Regina; Schön, Jonas; Schindler, Florian; Hermle, Martin; Kwapil, Wolfram; Schubert, Martin C.
Vortrag
Presentation
2017 Rapid vapor-phase direct diffused emitter for solar cell applications
Kühnhold-Pospischil, Saskia; Gust, Elke; Amiri, Diana; Richter, Armin; Steinhauser, Bernd; Drießen, Marion; Michl, Bernhard; Greulich, Johannes M.; Benick, Jan; Lindekugel, Stefan; Janz, Stefan
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2017 Low Temperature perovskite solar cells with an evaporated TiO2 compact layer for perovskite silicon tandem solar cells
Bett, Alexander J.; Schulze, Patricia S. C.; Winkler, Kristina; Gasparetto, J.; Ndione, Paul F.; Bivour, Martin; Hinsch, Andreas; Kohlstädt, Markus; Lee, S.; Mastroianni, Simone; Mundt, Laura E.; Mundus, Markus; Reichel, Christian; Richter, Armin; Veit, Clemens; Wienands, Karl; Würfel, Uli; Veurman, Welmoed; Glunz, Stefan W.; Hermle, Martin; Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 Long-term stability of aluminum oxide based surface passivation schemes under illumination at elevated temperatures
Niewelt, Tim; Kwapil, Wolfram; Selinger, M.; Richter, Armin; Schubert, Martin C.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 Approaching 22% efficiency with multicrystalline n-type silicon solar cells
Benick, Jan; Müller, Ralph; Schindler, Florian; Richter, Armin; Hauser, Hubert; Feldmann, Frank; Krenckel, Patricia; Riepe, Stephan; Schubert, Martin C.; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2017 Stability of effective lifetime of float-zone silicon wafers with AlOx surface passivation schemes under illumination at elevated temperature
Niewelt, Tim; Kwapil, Wolfram; Selinger, M.; Richter, Armin; Schubert, Martin C.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 n-Type Si solar cells with passivating electron contact: Identifying sources for efficiency limitations by wafer thickness and resistivity variation
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Feldmann, Frank; Fell, Andreas; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 Optimized multicrystalline silicon for solar cells enabling conversion efficiencies of 22%
Schindler, Florian; Michl, Bernhard; Krenckel, Patricia; Riepe, Stephan; Benick, Jan; Müller, Ralph; Richter, Armin; Glunz, Stefan W.; Schubert, Martin C.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 Interdigitated back contact silicon solar cells featuring ion-implanted poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts
Reichel, Christian; Müller, Ralph; Feldmann, Frank; Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2017 Passivating and Carrier-Selective Contacts - Basic Requirements and Implementation
Glunz, Stefan W.; Bivour, Martin; Meßmer, Christoph Alexander; Feldmann, Frank; Müller, Ralph; Reichel, Christian; Richter, Armin; Schindler, Florian; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2017 High-Efficiency n-Type HP MC Silicon Solar Cells
Benick, Jan; Richter, Armin; Müller, Ralph; Hauser, Hubert; Feldmann, Frank; Krenckel, Patricia; Riepe, Stephan; Schindler, Florian; Schubert, Martin C.; Hermle, Martin; Bett, Andreas W.; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 Fabrication and modeling of high-efficiency front junction n-type silicon solar cells with tunnel oxide passivating back contact
Rohatgi, Ajeet; Rounsaville, Brian; Ok, Young-Woo; Tam, Andrew M.; Zimbardi, Francesco; Upadhyaya, Ajay D.; Tao, Yuguo; Madani, Keeya; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 How to achieve efficiencies exceeding 22% with multicrystalline n-type silicon solar cells
Schindler, Florian; Michl, Bernhard; Krenckel, Patricia; Riepe, Stephan; Benick, Jan; Müller, Ralph; Richter, Armin; Glunz, Stefan W.; Schubert, Martin C.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 Impact of the homogeneous junction breakdown in IBC solar cells on the passivation quality of AL2O3 and SiO2. Degradation and regeneration behavior
Müller, Ralph; Reichel, Christian; Yang, Xinbo; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2017 Influence of the transition region between p-and n-type polycrystalline silicon passivating contacts on the performance of interdigitated back contact silicon solar cells
Reichel, Christian; Müller, Ralph; Feldmann, Frank; Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2016 Silicon solar cells with full-area passivated rear contacts
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Feldmann, Frank; Fell, Andreas; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Vortrag
Presentation
2016 Precise parameterization of the recombination velocity at passivated phosphorus doped surfaces
Kimmerle, Achim; Rahman, M.M.; Werner, Sabrina; Mack, Sebastian; Wolf, Andreas; Richter, Armin; Haug, Halvard
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2016 Ultrathin titanium dioxide nanolayers by atomic layer deposition for surface passivation of crystalline silicon
Gad, K.M.; Vössing, D.; Richter, Armin; Rayner, B.; Reindl, L.M.; Mohney, S.E.; Kasemann, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2016 Activation Energy of Negative Fixed Charges in Thermal ALD Al2O3
Kühnhold-Pospischil, Saskia; Saint-Cast, Pierre; Richter, Armin; Hofmann, Marc
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2015 Approaching efficiencies above 25% with both sides-contacted silicon solar cells
Hermle, Martin; Feldmann, Frank; Eisenlohr, Johannes; Benick, Jan; Richter, Armin; Lee, B.; Stradins, P.; Rohatgi, A.; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2015 Aluminum oxide for the surface passivation of high efficiency silicon solar cells
Richter, Armin
Dissertation
Doctoral Thesis
2015 The irresistible charm of a simple current flow pattern - approaching 25% with a solar cell featuring a full-area back contact
Glunz, Stefan W.; Feldmann, Frank; Richter, Armin; Bivour, Martin; Reichel, Christian; Steinkemper, Heiko; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2015 Emitters grown by rapid vapour-phase direct doping for high efficiency solar cells
Lindekugel, Stefan; Rachow, T.; Milenkovic, N.; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Janz, Stefan; Reber, S.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2014 Properties of the c-Si/Al2O3 interface of ultrathin atomic layer deposited Al2O3 layers capped by SiNx for c-Si surface passivation
Schuldis, D.; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Saint-Cast, Pierre; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2014 Evaluation of implantation annealing for highly-doped selective boron emitters suitable for screen-printed contacts
Müller, Ralph; Benick, Jan; Bateman, Nicholas; Schön, Jonas; Reichel, Christian; Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2014 Study of dielectric layers for bifacial n-type silicon solar cells with regard to optical properties, surface passivation quality, and contact formation
Kalio, André; Richter, Armin; Schmiga, Christian; Glatthaar, Markus; Wilde, Jürgen
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2014 21.8% efficient n-type solar cells with industrially feasible plated metallization
Bartsch, Jonas; Kamp, Mathias; Hartleb, D.; Wittich, C.; Mondon, Andrew; Steinhauser, Bernd; Feldmann, Frank; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Glatthaar, Markus; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2014 Reaction kinetics during the thermal activation of the silicon surface passivation with atomic layer deposited Al2O3
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2014 Passivation of phosporus diffused silicon surfaces with Al2O3: Influence of surface doping concentration and thermal activation treatments
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Kimmerle, Achim; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2014 Upconverter silicon solar cell devices for efficient utilization of sub-band-gap photons under concentrated solar radiation
Fischer, S.; Ivaturi, A.; Fröhlich, B.; Rüdiger, Marc; Richter, Armin; Krämer, K.; Richards, B.; Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph
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Journal Article
2013 Study of contact formation of printed contacts through different passivation layers on lowly doped emitters
Kalio, André; Richter, Armin; Glatthaar, Markus; Wilde, Jürgen
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2013 Parameterization of free carrier absorption in highly doped silicon for solar cells
Rüdiger, Marc; Greulich, Johannes M.; Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2013 Reassessment of the limiting efficiency for crystalline silicon solar cells
Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2013 Boron emitter passivation with AI2O3 and AI2O3/SiNx stacks using ALD AI2O3
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2013 Excellent average diffusion lenghts of 600 µm of n-Type multicrystalline silicon wafers after the full solar cell process including boron diffusion
Michl, Bernhard; Benick, Jan; Richter, Armin; Bivour, Martin; Yong, J.; Steeman, R.; Schubert, Martin C.; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2012 Influence of different post deposition treatments on the passivation quality and interface properties of thermal ALD Al2O3 capped by PECVD SiNx
Schuldis, D.; Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2012 Thermal stability of spatial ALD deposited Al2O3 capped by PECVD SiNx for the passivation of lowly- and highly-doped p-type silicon surfaces
Richter, Armin; Souren, F.M.M.; Schuldis, D.; Görtzen, R.M.W.; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2012 Improved parameterization of Auger recombination in silicon
Richter, Armin; Werner, F.; Cuevas, Andrés; Schmidt, J.; Glunz, Stefan W.
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2012 Improved quantitative description of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon
Richter, Armin; Glunz, Stefan W.; Werner, F.; Schmidt, J.; Cuevas, Andrés
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Journal Article
2012 Analysis of the temperature dependence of the open-circuit voltage
Löper, Philipp; Pysch, Damian; Richter, Armin; Hermle, Martin; Janz, Stefan; Zacharias, Margit; Glunz, Stefan W.
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Journal Article
2012 Very low surface recombination velocity of boron doped emitter passivated with plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor-deposited AlOx layers
Saint-Cast, Pierre; Richter, Armin; Billot, Etienne; Hofmann, Marc; Benick, Jan; Rentsch, Jochen; Preu, Ralf; Glunz, Stefan W.
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2011 Excellent silicon surface passivation with 5 Å thin ALD Al2O3 layers
Richter, Armin; Benick, Jan; Hermle, Martin; Glunz, Stefan W.
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Journal Article
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