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Bjoern Niesen

Researcher at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Publications -  51
Citations -  9005

Bjoern Niesen is an academic researcher from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Perovskite (structure) & Silicon. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 51 publications receiving 7228 citations. Previous affiliations of Bjoern Niesen include Katholieke Universiteit Leuven & University of Basel.

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Organometallic Halide Perovskites: Sharp Optical Absorption Edge and Its Relation to Photovoltaic Performance

TL;DR: Using highly sensitive photothermal deflection and photocurrent spectroscopy, the absorption spectrum of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite thin films at room temperature is measured, finding a high absorption coefficient with particularly sharp onset and a compositional change of the material.
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Fully textured monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with 25.2% power conversion efficiency.

TL;DR: An optimized two-step deposition process allows the formation of uniform layers of metal halide perovskites on textured silicon layers, enabling tandem silicon/perovskite solar cells with improved optical design and efficiency.
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Interpretation and evolution of open-circuit voltage, recombination, ideality factor and subgap defect states during reversible light-soaking and irreversible degradation of perovskite solar cells

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed perovskite solar cells with different architectures (planar, mesoporous, HTL-free), employing temperature dependent measurements (currentvoltage, light intensity, electroluminescence) of the ideality factor to identify dominating recombination processes that limit the open-circuit voltage (Voc).
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Complex Refractive Index Spectra of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Films Determined by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Spectrophotometry

TL;DR: The complex refractive index of planar CH3NH3PbI3 thin films at room temperature is investigated by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry and spectrophotometry and results agree well with previously reported data of the absorption coefficient and are consistent with Kramers-Kronig transformations.
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Efficient Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with Cell Area >1 cm2

TL;DR: A low-temperature process for semitransparent perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem solar cells is presented, yielding efficiencies up to 14.5%, and the effects of varying the intermediate recombination layer and hole transport layer thicknesses on tandem cell photocurrent generation are presented, experimentally and by transfer matrix simulations.