Recent research on vaccum refining published in Langmuir
The first attempt to stop the silicon loss in the course of vacuum refining process without slowing down the rate of phosphorus removal.
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Interesting results from the Centre presented this week at IEEE PVSC
Snow loss modelling and bifacial performance in the Nordics, in addition to automated fault detection, module effects of microcracks and spectral irradiance quantification.
New activity starting in WP3
Ingrid Hallsteinsen, NTNU, will head the new activity within new solar cell consepts
PhD Defence – Arman Hoseinpur Kermani
Arman will defend his thesis: "Vacuum and Gas Refining of Silicon for Solar Cell Applications" on Friday 18th of June.
Centre PhD defence
On Friday 19th of March at 13:15, Mengyi is defending his PhD thesis on "Silicon purification by acid leaching and slag refining techniques"
New report: Successful Building Integration of Photovoltaics – A Collection of International Projects
BIPV is an important area for the Centre and its Partner. Centre researchers have contributed to this new report from IEA, showcasing several success stories from Norwegian BIPV
New knowledge on vaccum refining of Si
Research performed in the centre shows how phosphorous removal through vaccum refining can be done with about 10 times less power consumption
REC Solar and NorSun receives Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
An important step towards acknowledgement of the sustainability of Norwegian silicon and wafer production.
New results published – Cuprous oxide – silicon tandem solar cell
Work done through the Centre at the University of Oslo shows that despite promising theoretical results, lithium does not seem to decrease but rather increase the acceptor concentration in cuprous oxide thin films.
Improving the metallurgical produced solar cell Si through Centre collaboration
Read about the collaboration between our PhD student Mengyi Zhu and REC Solar Norway in Teknisk Ukeblad