| Project (Partners) | Duration | Sponsor |
| Cu(In,Ga)Se2 buffer interfaces for the improvement of thin
film solar cells
Collaboration with Prof.Kostorz, IAP, ETHZ |
Oct. 2002-Sept.2004 | SNSF |
| New buffer layers for efficient chalcopyrile solar cells (NEBULES)
EU-collaborative project |
Nov. 2002-Oct. 2005
(to be approved) |
BBW - EU |
| Towards the roll-to-roll manufacturing of cost effective CIS modules
- intermedialiesteps
EU-collaborative project |
Dec. 2001-Nov. 2004 | BBW - EU |
| Production of large area CIS based modules (PROCIS)
EU-collaborative project |
Jan. 2001-Dec. 2003 | BBW - EU |
| Superstrate CIGS cells | Apr. 2001-Sept. 2003 | GR-Stiftung |
| Nanomaterials for high efficiency and low cost Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells (NANOCIS-II) | Oct. 2001-Sept.2003 | KTI |
| Space solar arrays based on thin film solar cells (Thin film solar
cells phase 1)
Collaborative project |
Nov. 2001-Oct. 2002 | ESA / ESTEC & Contraves space |
| Solar cells of high efficiency with low cost processes (Institutional partnership with institutes of Eastern Europe) | Sept. 2001-Feb. 2004 | SNSF |
| Microstructural characterization of thin film solar cells of compound
semiconductors
Collaboration with Prof. Kostorz, IAP, ETH |
Sept. 1999-Aug. 2002 | ETH Zurich |
| Encapsulated flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells on polymer for space applications | Juli 2000-Oct. 2001 | ESA (ESTEC) |
| Doping in chalcopyrile layers for high efficiency thin film solar cells | Juli 1999-June 2002 | SNSF |
Projects (in past):
| Project (Partners) | Duration | Sponsor |
| The CdTe thin film solar cell- imroved back contact (CADBACK).
(JOULE III) (ANTEC GmbH Kelkheim, Uni Parma, IQE-ETHZ Zürich, JRC Ispra, ISFH-Hannover, Solaronix SA Aubonne, Uni Gent, Uni Durham) |
7.98-6.2001 | BBW-EU |
| CIS* thin film solar cells on flexible substrates (FLEXIS)
(JOULE III) (ZSW Stuttgart, Uni Uppsala, CIEMAT Madrid, Uni Stuttgart, IQE-ETHZ Zürich, ASE/PST GmbH Putzbrunn, Leybold Systems GmbH Hanau, ISOVOLTA Werndorf, NSE AB Kista) |
7.98-6.2001 | BBW-EU |
| Wide gap chalcopyrites for advanced PV devices (WIDE GAP CPV)
(JOULE III) (HMI-Berlin, Epichem-Bromborough, AIXTRON-Aachen, Uni. Montpellier, Uni. Stuttgart, IQE-ETHZ Zürich) |
4.97-3.2000 | BBW-EU |
| Large area CdTe electrodeposition for thin film solar cells (LACTEL)
(JOULE III) (BP Solar Ltd- Sunbary, ENSCP-Paris, CEC-JRC-Ispra, FhG-Freiburg, INM-Saarbrücken, IQE-ETHZ Zürich, Philips-Eindhoven) |
5.97-4.2000 | BBW-EU |
| Thin film solar cells of compound semiconductors (TFSCCS)
(IQE-ETHZ Zürich, Uni. Kharkov, CLSE Sofia, Uni. Warsaw ) |
4.97-12.99 | NF-CEEC/NIS |
| Properties of chalcopyrite and ZnSe layers and interfaces for optoelectronic
devices
(IQE-ETHZ Zürich, ISPH Novosibirsk, IPH Prague) |
11.96-10.98 | NF-CEEC/NIS |
| Properties of CuInxSey layers for thin film solar cells | 12.96-11.98 | NF |
| Dünnschichtsolarzellen aus Verbindungshalbleitern | 6.96-11.97 | PSEL |
| Verlängerung EUROCIS II | 1.96-12.96 | BEW&BBW |
| Properties of CuInxSey layers and interfaces for thin film solar cells | 12.94-11.96 | NF |
| EUROCAD: The CdTe thin film solar cells (JOULE II)
(ANTEC GmbH , BP Solar Ltd. MC Ltd, Uni. Durham, Uni Gent, Uni Northumbria, Uni Parma, Uni Bath, ENSCP Paris, AFIF Zürich) |
12.93-11.95 | BBW-EU |
| EUROCIS II: Chalcopyrite based thin film solar cells: Upscaling for
submodule
production & fundamental studies for improved materials and devices (JOULE II) (ZSW &Uni Stuttgart, KTH Stockholm, ENSCP Paris, Uni Gent, ENEA Portici, Uni Northumbria, CIEMAT Madrid, Uni Montpellier, Uni Madrid, MC Ltd Espoo, AFIF Zürich) |
1.93- 10.95 | BBW-EU |
| Entwicklung von photovoltaischen Solarzellen in Dünnschichttechnik Dünnschicht-Solarzellen | 5.92-4.93 | NEFF |
| Entwicklung von supraleitenden dünnen Schichten (AFIF, Prof. P. Martinoli, Uni. Neuchatel) | 5.90- 6.91 | NF Supra2+ |
| Einkristalline CdTe Dünnschicht-Solarzellen, Phase I, II, Iia | 12.88-1.91 | NEFF |
* CIS is Cu(In,Ga)Se2