Markus Rinio

 
Professor in renewable energy - solar cells

Research

<p>Leader of the <a href="https://www.kau.se/fysik/forskning/materialfysik/kiselsolcellsforskning… solar cell research group</a></p>

<ul>
<li>Influence of defects on the solar cell performance</li>
<li>Engineering of defects in solar cells</li>
<li>High resolution 2-dimensional mapping techniques<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (LBIC, dislocation density mapping, µ-XRF)</li>
<li>Automatic image analysis</li>
<li>Next generation solar cell structures</li>
</ul>

Collaboration

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<li><a href="http://www.glavaenergycenter.se/">Glava Energy Center</a>, Sweden</li>
<li><a href="https://www.kth.se">KTH</a&gt;, Sweden</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en?set_language=en">Fraunhofer ISE</a>, Germany</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sintef.no/en/contact-us2/all-employees/?InstituteId=1500&amp…;, Norway</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ntnu.edu/mse/research">NTNU</a&gt;, Norway</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ife.no/en">IFE</a&gt;, Norway</li>
<li><a href="http://nano.aalto.fi/en/">Aalto University</a>, Finland</li>
<li><a href="http://pv.mit.edu/">MIT</a&gt;, USA</li>
<li><a href="http://www.im2np.fr">IM2NP</a&gt;, France</li>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and others ...</p>

Bio

<ul>
<li>Since 2012 Professor for renewable energy, Karlstad University</li>
<li>2002 – 2012 Deputy leader of Laboratory- and Servicecenter Gelsenkirchen at Fraunhofer ISE, Germany</li>
<li>1996 – 2002 Project manager of joint research projects at Technical University Freiberg</li>
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Selected publications

<ul>
<li>S. A. McHugo, A. C. Thompson, A. Mohammed, G. Lamble, I. Perichaud, S. Martinuzzi, M. Werner, M. Rinio, W. Koch, H.-U. Hoefs, C. Häßler, "<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1330552">Nanometer-scale metal precipitates in multicrystalline silicon solar cells</a>", J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 89, No. 8 (2001), p. 4282, DOI 10.1063/1.1330552</li>
<li>M. Rinio, S. Peters, M. Werner, A. Lawerenz, H. J. Möller, "<a href="http://www.scientific.net/SSP.82-84.701">Measurement of the normalized recombination strength of dislocations in multicrystalline silicon solar cells</a>", Solid State Phenomena, Vols. 82-84, (Diffusion and Defect Data / B) (2002), p. 701</li>
<li>M. Rinio, A. Hauser, H. J. Möller, "<a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1305234">Topography correlation - a powerful tool applied to the visualisation of remote plasma hydrogen passivation effects</a>", Proc. 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Osaka, Japan, 11-18 May 2003, Japan: Arisumi Printing Inc, Vol.1 (2003), p. 11</li>
<li>M. Rinio, "<a href="http://d-nb.info/972397868/34">Untersuchung der prozessabhängigen Ladungsträgerrekombination an Versetzungen in Siliziumsolarzellen</a>", Dissertation, TU Freiberg (2004), <a href="http://d-nb.info/972397868/34&quot; title="http://d-nb.info/972397868/34">http://d-nb.info/972397868/34</a></li&gt;
<li>H. J. Möller, C. Funke, M. Rinio, S. Scholz, „<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.01.061">Multicrystalline silicon for solar cells</a>“, Thin Solid Films, Switzerland, vol 487 (1 Sept. 2005), no 1-2, p. 179, DOI 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.01.061</li>
<li>M. Rinio, A. Yodyunyong, S. Keipert-Colberg, Y. P. Botchak Mouafi, D. Borchert, A. Montesdeoca-Santana, "<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1002">Improvement of multicrystalline silicon solar cells by a low temperature anneal after emitter difusion</a>", Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl. Vol 19 (2011), p. 165, DOI 10.1002/pip.1002</li>
<li>M. Rinio, A. Yodyunyong , S. Keipert-Colberg, D. Borchert, A. Montesdeoca-Santana, "<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201084022">Recombination in ingot cast silicon solar cells</a>", physica status solidi (a) (2011), Phys. Status Solidi A, Vol. 208, no 4, p 25 (2011), DOI 10.1002/pssa.201084022</li>
<li>D. P. Fenning, J. Hofstetter, M. I. Bertoni, S. Hudelson, M. Rinio, J. F. Lelièvre, B. Lai, C. del Cañizo, T. Buonassisi, "<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3575583">Iron distribution in silicon after solar cell processing: Synchrotron analysis and predictive modelling</a>", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 98 (2011), p. 162103, DOI 10.1063/1.3575583</li>
<li>M. I. Bertoni, D. P. Fenning, M. Rinio, V. Rose, M. Holt, J. Maser and T. Buonassisi, "<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C1EE02083H">Nanoprobe X-ray fluorescence characterization of defects in large-area solar cells</a>", Energy and Environmental Science (2011), DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02083H</li>
<li>S. Castellanos, M. Kivambe, J. Hofstetter, M. Rinio,B. Lai, T. Buonassisi, "<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4876445">Variation of dislocation etch-pit geometry: An indicator of bulk microstructure and recombination activity in multicrystalline silicon</a>", Journal of applied physics 115, 183511 (2014)</li>
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Publications