TEAM
The consortium
The Micro and Nanotechnology Group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
The Solar Energy Group at the Universitat de Barcelona
The Photovoltaic Solar Energy Group at the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
The Centro Láser at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Background
This consortium maintains a strong collaboration that has been strengthened in previous calls of the R+D+i national plan.
It has also cooperated with the industrial sector in big specific projects implemented for technological transfer.
Numbers Speak For Themselves
The Micro and Nanotechnology Group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
This group has lead the research on high-effiency silicon solar cells in Spain. It has a developed a unique capability to fabricate interdigitated-back-contact solar cell structures. It was one of the first groups demonstrating the viability to fabricate silicon-based solar cells with novel selective contacts.
Cristobal Voz
Fabrication technology of semiconductor devices - High‐efficiency silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells - New materials as charge-carrier selective contacts for silicon-based devices.
Gerard Masmitjà
Design, fabrication and characterization of solar cells using novel selective contacts and the interdigitated back-contacted structure.
Pablo R. Ortega
Development of high-efficiency c-Si photovoltaic devices - Surface passivation and selective contacts for solar cells based on transition metal oxides (TMOs) and new materials - Photovoltaic devices for space applications.
Eloi Ros
Non-conventional crystalline silicon heterojunctions for photovoltaics applications.
The Solar Energy Group at the Universitat de Barcelona
This group has experience in the fabrication of thin-film and heterojunction silicon solar cells. The last years it has been investigating new materials and multilayer structures for heterojunction solar It has a deep knowledge of transparent electrodes and light-confinment techniques in solar cells.
Joan Bertomeu
Development of photovoltaic materials and devices - Development of transparent conductive oxides - Characterization of materials.
Julià López
Optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices - Development of transparent and conductive electrodes. Development of transport layers - Material characterization.
Ana Luz Muñoz Rosas
Photonics and photovoltaic materials and devices. Materials and devices characterization.
José Miguel Asensi
Solar cells - Electrical and optical measurements - Device modeling.
Thomas Tom
Development of photovoltaic materials and devices - Characterization of materials and devices.
The Photovoltaic Solar Energy Group at the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
This group was pioneering in the research of thin-film silicon solar cells in In previous projects, it also developed a complete silicon heterojunction solar cell technology. Recently, it has been investigating non- conventional materials for solar cells, as the use of graphene at the electrodes, and it has optimized low-cost silicon absorbers.
Javier Gandía
Deposited-silicon solar cells - Development of unconventional structures - Application of graphene in solar cells.
Rocío Barrio
Semiconductor materials and optoelectronic devices - Heterojunction solar cells - Materials for the development of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.
Nieves González
Semiconductor materials based on deposited silicon - Chemical treatments for the conditioning of silicon wafer surfaces.
José Pablo González
Thin Film Depositions - Materials and Process Development and Characterization - Equipment and Maintenance.
Carmen Morant
Synthesis and characterization of thin films, coatings and nanostructures.
María Isabel Rodríguez
Fabrication of cupper nitride by magnetron sputtering - Characterization of semiconductor materials - Graphene and related materials for transparent conductive electrodes
Susana Fernández
Fabrication of semiconductor materials - Development of advanced transparent conductive electrodes.
Ignacio Torres
Semiconductor materials and devices - Silicon heterojunction solar cells - Amorphous silicon emitters and transparent conductive electrodes.
Begoña Asenjo
Fabrication and characterization of materials for energy by using chemical and electrochemical processes.
Marina de la Cruz
Development of web applications - Software development for research projects - Bio-inspired models of computation. Explainable Artificial Intelligence.
María Molero
Characterization of materiales for energy devices.
The Centro Laser at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
This is the leading group in Spain for the research of laser technologies in micromanufacturing. The last decades, it has developed a set of laser-assisted technologies related to solar cell manufacturing. The versatility of the laser sources can be used either for laser treatments or device
Miguel Morales
Micro and nano laser fabrication - Laser ablation - LIFT laser printing.
Sara Lauzurica
Micro and nano laser fabrication - Laser ablation - LIFT laser printing.
David Canteli
Selective Contacts - Laser Ablation - LIFT Laser Printing.
Juan José Moreno
Miguel A. Rodríguez
Synthesis of materials - Ceramic processing.
Carlos Molpeceres
Micro and nano laser fabrication - Laser ablation - LIFT laser printing.
David Muñoz
Laser Microprocessing - LIFT Additive Manufacturing.
Cristina Muñoz
Selective Contacts - Laser Ablation - LIFT Laser Printing.
