Markus Rinio

Leader of the silicon solar cell research group

• Influence of defects on the solar cell performance
• Engineering of defects in solar cells
• High resolution 2-dimensional mapping techniques
       (LBIC, dislocation density mapping, µ-XRF)
• Automatic image analysis
• Next generation solar cell structures

• Physical Electronics (FYGC07)
• Wave Physics and Electric Circuits (FYGA17)
• Experimentation and data analysis (FYGA25)

• Glava Energy Center, Sweden
• KTH, Sweden
• Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
• SINTEF, Norway
• NTNU, Norway
• IFE, Norway
• Aalto University, Finland
• MIT, USA
• IM2NP, France

      and others ...

• Since 2012 Professor for renewable energy, Karlstad University
• 2002 – 2012 Deputy leader of Laboratory- and Servicecenter Gelsenkirchen at Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
• 1996 – 2002 Project manager of joint research projects at Technical University Freiberg

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

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Running externally financed projects:

• BUSSARD - Busbarless solar cells with passivated contacts for Next Gen Module Integration

ORCID: 0000-0003-2181-3820