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van Heerden, Rik (author)Solar cells can play a key role in the transition towards a sustainable future. This transition is one of the major challenges our society faces during the coming decades. Development of high-efficiency photovoltaic solutions at reasonable costs will help accelerating the transformation of our energy system. In this respect, perovskite solar...master thesis 2020
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Vasileiadis-Sakatias, Thanasis (author)TU Delft, being in the frontier of research and progress in Europe and worldwide, is always interestedin exploring the possibilities of renewable energy production. In that respect, the Facility ManagementDepartment (FMD) of the university approached the Photovoltaic Materials and Devices (PVMD) group,whose research covers a wide area in the...master thesis 2019
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Eijkens, Casper (author)The present thesis approaches the improvement of the performance metrics of industrially fabricated solar cells. It aims to develop an optimization method that uses machine learning to identify an improved configuration of solar cell production lines. Conventional methods for process improvement rely on modelling experimental data to improve a...master thesis 2019
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Kawa, Eliora (author)Although front and back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells exhibit promising external parameters, they are limited by the front highly absorptive doped layers. Due to their opto-electronic properties, research and development groups have demonstrated that transition metal oxides (TMO) are potential alternatives for doped layers in solar...master thesis 2019
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Ferri, Carlotta (author)With cities getting more densely populated and more energy demanding, infrastructure integrated PV technology has gained more interest from researchers, companies and governmental institutions. Among the many urban surfaces that have been studied to be used to generate solar energy, roads are one of the most enticing but controversial as well....master thesis 2019
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Martinez Lopez, Arturo (author)As solar energy finds its way into unexpected applications such as buildings or objects, the traditional rectangle-shaped module becomes inadequate. Although traditional modules have been optimized to deliver a large amount of power, they cannot be fitted easily into a façade or a wearable. This is why, new methods for integrating solar power...master thesis 2019
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Pandey, Saksham (author)Hydrogenated Indium Oxide (IOH) has been recognized as a high performance transparent conductive oxide (TCO) due to its excellent mobility (>100 cm2/Vs) and high transparency (>90%) in the visible and near infrared region of the spectrum. Plasma enhanced spatial atomic layer deposition (PESALD), a new type of deposition process developed...master thesis 2019
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Weegink, Raoul (author)In urban environments, more and more building added and building integrated photovoltaic (PV) systems are found. These systems use conventional PV modules which have a poor performance under non-uniform illumination conditions. When the module is partially shaded, either at least one subgroup is bypassed or the module current is limited by the...master thesis 2019
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Keijzer, Martijn (author)The need for research of PV system performance in urban areas is increasing as more and more PV systems are installed each year. To facilitate this research, a PV monitoring station is constructed on the campus of the TU Delft in a complex urban geometry. Unfortunately, the diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) measurements that are measured using...master thesis 2019
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Mandrampazakis, Antonis (author)Carrier-selective passivating contacts (CSPC) are one of the most promising silicon solar cell contact structures. These contacts enable the passivation of the silicon surface as well as a high carrier selectivity. So far excellent results have been demonstrated with the use of poly-Si in stack with SiO2. In this work, we optimize an alternative...master thesis 2019
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Wapperom, Sander (author)There is a 95% certainty that human activity is the dominant cause of observed warming since the mid-20thcentury [1]. Burning fossil fuels for energy is the dominant cause of greenhouse gas emissions. 32% of the Dutch energy supply is consumed by the built environment. The façade is the largest area of the building envelope. Consequently, the...master thesis 2019
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Choubey, Anjali (author)Crystalline silicon (c-Si) has low absorption coefficient in the near infra-red spectrum(NIR), which results in transmission losses in this region. This means there is a need for a back reflector in c-Si solar cells to capture the NIR light. One of the easiest ways of capturing NIR light is by using a reflective metal layer deposited onto a...master thesis 2019
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van Nierop y Sanchez, Chris (author)Whilst research in solar cell materials lead to higher efficiencies every year, new difficulties arise with every breakthrough to get an even higher efficiency. Therefore, every component of a PV system should be examined, as well as how their behaviour under operation affects performance to improve the overall PV yield. In particular the...master thesis 2019
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Xu, Haiyuan (author)In this thesis, contact resistivity for carrier-selective contacts (CSCs) is evaluated by using finite element simulations TCAD Sentaurus. First, the process of transmission line measurement (TLM) is modelled and validated based on current-voltage (I-V) data comparison between reference experiment and simulation results on polycrystalline...master thesis 2018
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Villa, Simona (author)Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) has the potential to play a major role in the ongoing transition towards nearly zero energy buildings. However, the BIPV market is still a niche market, representing only 1% of the global PV share. One of the main barriers that hinder the deployment of BIPV is the lack of aesthetic flexibility. Architects...master thesis 2018
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de Vries, Tim (author)A quick-scan algorithm has been developed in order to evaluate rooftop PV potential in the Netherlands. Both its panel fitting and yield prediction functions have been validated with existing systems monitored by Solar Monkey. The calculation times of different parts of the algorithm were measured and decreased while keeping the accuracy of the...master thesis 2018
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Garro Etxebarria, Julen (author)Bifacial PV modules and floating PV systems are two fast-growing technologies in the photovoltaic sector. Bifacial PV modules make use of the irradiance that is incident on both faces of the module, leading to higher energy yields. Several techniques are used in order to enhance this bifaciality effect, one of them being the use of reflectors....master thesis 2018
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Saez Armenteros, Aurora (author)Interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction (IBC-SHJ) solar cells have demonstrated 26.6\% world record efficiency by combining outstanding passivation of Si thin film layers with the absence of front shading contact in the crystalline silicon (c-Si) absorber bulk. Furthermore, this type of solar cell merges advantages of c-Si with Si...master thesis 2018
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Raja Reddy, Chiraag (author)Solar Photovoltaics has been a major source of clean renewable energy. Globally, PV has seen an exponential rise in installed capacity in the last decade. Better accessibility of PV technologies have created new opportunities for Urban<br/>applications. Building Integrated PV is one such promising application where PV technologies are used to...master thesis 2018