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  • Bromine etching of kesterite thin films: perspectives in depth defect profiling and device performance improvement 

    Tiwari, Kunal; Jiménez Arguijo, Alex; Giraldo, Sergio; Placidi, Marcel Jose; Calvo-Barrio, L; Fonoll Rubio, Robert; Izquierdo Roca, Víctor; Sánchez González, Yudania; Perez Rodriguez, Alejandro; Saucedo Silva, Edgardo Ademar; Jehl Li-Kao, Zacharie (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
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    Using a controlled bromine etching on kesterite absorbers, two major results are obtained. We establish the first defect depth profiling and secondary phases depth profiling of a state of the art Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) film ...
  • Study of PV systems for self-consumption at the UPC based on simulations by using PVSol 

    Silvestre Bergés, Santiago (Czech Technical University, 2022)
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    The aim of this work is to carry out a sustainability study in five campuses of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC) around Catalunya, i.e. Campus North and South Campuses in Barcelona city, Campus ...
  • Laser fired contacts on amorphous silicon deposited by hot-wire cvd on crystalline silicon 

    Blanque, S; Voz Sánchez, Cristóbal; Muñoz Cervantes, Delfina; Martín García, Isidro; Orpella García, Alberto; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim; Alcubilla González, Ramón (WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. Planungs-KG, 2008)
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    In this work we study aluminium laser-fired contacts for intrinsic amorphous silicon layers deposited by Hot-Wire CVD. This structure could be used as an alternative low temperature back contact for rear passivated ...
  • The origin of emitter-like recombination for inverted c-Si surfaces 

    Martín García, Isidro; Hoex, B; Sanden, M C M van de; Alcubilla González, Ramón; Kessels, W M M (WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. Planungs-KG, 2008)
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    c-Si samples whose surface passivation is based on highly inverted surfaces experimentally show a decrease in effective lifetime at low illumination levels while a flat dependence is expected from the current theoretical ...
  • Understanding noise-shaping in sigma-delta controls of surface potential for MOX gas sensors 

    Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Kowalski, Lukasz; Monge Villora, Oscar; Olm Miras, Josep Maria; Navarrete Gatell, Eric; Llobet Valero, Eduard; Pons Nin, Joan (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE), 2018)
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    The objective of this paper is to explain how quantization noise-shaping can be achieved for the output bitstream of sigma-delta controls of surface potential (SP) in MOX gas sensors. These controllers use temperature ...
  • Exploring the performance of a miniature 3D wind sensor under extreme martian winds up to the dust devil scale 

    Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Kowalski, Lukasz; Jiménez Serres, Vicente; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María; Soria Guerrero, Manel (2019)
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    The objective of this paper is to explore the performance of a miniature 3D spherical wind sensor for Mars atmosphere, working under extreme wind speeds, up to the Dust Devil scale. The experimental campaign has been made ...
  • Testing campaign of a martian spherical wind sensor at the AWTSII Wind Tunnel Facility 

    Kowalski, Lukasz; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Atienza García, María Teresa; Jiménez Serres, Vicente; Castañer Muñoz, Luis María; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (2018)
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  • Effect of permanent dipole layers in the electrical characteristics of electronic devices and solar cells 

    Ros Costals, Eloi; Pusay Villarroel, Benjamín Andrés; Almache Hernández, Rosa Estefanía; Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael; Voz Sánchez, Cristóbal; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim (2019)
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  • Macroporous silicon for high-capacitance devices using metal electrodes 

    Vega Bru, Didac; Reina Marsinyach, Jordi; Zapata Rodríguez, Mireya; Pavón Urbano, Ramón; Rodríguez Martínez, Ángel (Universitat de València, 2014)
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  • Study of PV systems for self-consumption at the UPC 

    Silvestre Bergés, Santiago; Fontanilles, Daniel (WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. Planungs-KG, 2019)
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    The goal of this work was to develop a sustainability study in five campuses of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) around Catalunya, i.e. Campus Nord and Campus Sud in Barcelona city, Campus Baix Llobregat, ...
  • Origin of the negative differential resistance in the output characteristics of a picene-based thin-film transistor 

    Ros, Eloi; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim; Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael; Voz Sánchez, Cristóbal (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
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    In this work, we have fabricated and studied p-type picene thin-film transistors. Although the devices exhibited good electrical performance with high field-effect mobility (up to 1.3 cm2/V¿s) and on/off ratios above ...
  • Electron selective contacts based on Al2O3/TiO2/ZnO stacks for crystalline silicon solar cells 

    Zafoschnig, Lisa; Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael; Martín García, Isidro; Masmitjà Rusiñol, Gerard; López Rodríguez, Gema; Alcubilla González, Ramón (2018)
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    In the last years, our research group has focused on the development of Interdigitated Back Contacted (IBC) solar cells based on transition metal oxides. In particular, a very thin Al2O3/TiO2 stack deposited by ALD has ...

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