Prof. Dr. Stefan Glunz
Research focus
- Design and fabrication of high-efficiency silicon solar cells
- Analysis of loss mechanisms in solar cells and photovoltaic materials (silicon, III-V, perovskites)
- Characterisation of fundamental semiconductor parameters as Auger recombination in silicon
- Development of novel solar cell concepts (perovskite/silicon tandem cells)
Publications: Google Scholar
Curriculum vitae
Since 01/2024 Head of division at Fraunhofer ISE "Photovoltaics"
Since 2022 Head of INATECH (Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering), Faculty of Engineering, University Freiburg
Since 06/2015 Professorship (W3, Full Professor) at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany, “Laboratory for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion”
04/2011 Head of division at Fraunhofer ISE “Solar Cells – Development and Characterization” (later "Photovoltaic - Research")
01/2007 – 03/2011 Head of department at Fraunhofer ISE “Silicon Solar Cells – Development and Characterization”
10/1999 – 12/2006 Head of group at Fraunhofer ISE “High-efficiency silicon solar cells”
01/1996 – 10/1999 Scientist in the high-efficiency silicon solar cell group at Fraunhofer ISE
12/1995 Ph.D. (physics), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg
Awards and outstanding achievements
2004: First multicrystalline silicon solar cells above 20% efficiency
2008: Eni Award (for the promotion of science and technology in the field of renewable energies): Science and Technology Award
2013: First publication on TOPCon technology (now the leading industrial solar cell technology) by Fraunhofer ISE
2014: Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics 2014
2015: First both-side contacted monocrystalline silicon solar cell with an efficiency above 25% (TOPCon)
2022: Two-terminal III-V//Si triple-junction solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 35.9%
2023: Monolithic two-terminal perovskite/perovskite/silicon triple-junction solar cell with an open-circuit voltage > 2.8V
2023: Fully textured perovskite/silicon tandem cell with an efficiency of 30% using an industrially upscalable process route