We are proud to present the PhD students and Post Docs working in our Centre
These clever, aspiring and inspiring persons will make sure that our Centre, SUSOLTECH, is producing high quality research in all topics during the Centre lifetime.
Presentation PhDs:
Name: Basant Raj Paudyal
Nationality: Nepalese
Grant period start – end: January 2018 – January 2021
Employee at: University of Agder, Grimstad Campus
Financed by: University of Agder
Topic: Outdoor monitoring and Performance of PV Systems
Work package: 4 End use and impact
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Name: Mengyi Zhu
Nationality: China
Grant period start – end: August 2017-August 2020
Employee at: NTNU
Financed by: SuSolTech
Topic: Silicon purification by slag refining and acid leaching techniques
Work package: 2 High performance silicon ingots and wafers
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Name: Martin Nyborg
Nationality: Norwegian
Grant period start – end: August 2017 – July.2020
Employee at: Department of Physics – University of Oslo
Financed by: SuSolTech
Topic: Novel Semiconductor Materials Towards Photovoltaic Applications
Work package 3: High efficiency silicon-based solar cells and modules
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Name: Hogne Lysne
Nationality: Norwegian
Grant period start – end: August 2017-August 2021
Employee at: NTNU
Financed by: SuSolTech
Topic: Intermediate band materials
Work package: 3 High efficiency silicon-based solar cells and modules
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Name: Guro Marie Wyller
Nationality: Norwegian
Grant period start – end: July 2017 – December 2018
Employee at: Institute for Energy Technology
Financed by: IFE and FME Solar United
Topic: Pyrolysis of monosilane
Work package: 1 Sustainable Si feedstock production
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Name: Torbjørn Mehl
Nationality: Norwegian
Grant period start – end: March 2017 – August 2018
Employee at: NMBU
Financed by: NMBU
Topic: Characterization of silicon wafers and solar cells by spectral photoluminescence
Work package: 2 High performance silicon ingots and wafers
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Presentation PDs:
Name: Dimitra Chasanidou
Nationality: Greek
Grant period start – end: May 2018- May 2021
Employee at: TIK Center for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo
Financed by: SuSolTech/ University of Oslo
Topic: Innovation studies, solar energy and sustainability transitions
Work package: 4 End use and impact
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Name: Øyvind Sunde Sortland
Nationality: Norwegian
Grant period start – end: June 2017 – June 2019
Employee at: NTNU – Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Financed by: SuSolTech
Topic: Structure loss in Czochralski silicon ingots
Work package: 2 High performance silicon ingots and wafers
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Name: Philip M. Weiser
Nationality: United States
Grant period start – end: August 2017 – August 2020
Employee at: Dept. of Physics, Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), University of Oslo
Financed by: SuSolTech
Topic: Oxygen-related defects in Czochralski-grown silicon
Work Package 2: High performance silicon ingots and wafers
