- U. Aeberhard, A. Schiller, Y. Masson, S. J. Zeder, B. Blülle, B. Ruhstaller,
Analysis and optimization of organic tandem solar cells by full opto-electronic simulation,
Frontiers in Photonics 3 (2022)
- U. Aeberhard, S. Zeder, B. Ruhstaller
Reconciliation of dipole emission with detailed balance rates for the simulation of
luminescence and photon recycling in perovskite solar cells,
Optics Express 29, 14773 (2021)
- F. Li, W. Duan, M. Pomaska, M. Köhler, K. Ding, Y. Pu, U. Aeberhard, U. Rau
Quantum Transport across Amorphous-Crystalline Interfaces in Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact Solar Cells: Direct versus Defect-Assisted Tunneling,
Chinese Physics Letters 38 (3), 36301 (2021)
- S. Zeder, C. Kirsch, U. Aeberhard, B. Blülle, S. Jenatsch, B. Ruhstaller,
Coupled 3D master equation and 1D drift‐diffusion approach for advanced OLED modeling,
J. Soc. Inf. Disp. 28, 440-449 (2020)
- A. Gonzalo, A. D. Utrilla, U. Aeberhard, V. Braza, D. F. Reyes, D. Fuertes Marrón, J. M. Llorens, B. Alén, T. Ben, D. González, A. Guzman, A. Hierro, J. M. Ulloa,
Diluted nitride type-II superlattices: Overcoming the difficulties
of bulk GaAsSbN in solar cells,
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 210, 110500 (2020)
- P. Czaja, M. Celino, S. Giusepponi, M. Gusso and U. Aeberhard,
Ab initio study on localization and finite size effects in the structural, electronic, and optical properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon
Computational Materials Science 155, 159-168 (2018)
- F Li, U. Aeberhard, H Wu, M Qiao, Y Li
Global minimum beryllium hydride sheet with novel negative Poisson's ratio: first-principles calculations
RSC Advances 8, 19432-19436 (2018)
- U. Aeberhard,
Nano-Structure Solar Cells,
in: Handbook of Optoelectronic Device Modelling and Simulation, pp. 441-447, Taylor&Francis Oct. 2017, Ed. J. Piprek
doi:10.1201/9781315152318-20
- U. Aeberhard, P. Czaja, M. Ermes, B. E. Pieters, G. Chistiakova, K. Bittkau, A. Richter, K. Ding, S. Giusepponi, M. Celino
Towards a multi-scale approach to the simulation of silicon hetero-junction solar cells,
Journal of Green Engineering 5, 11-32 (2016)
- E. Moulin, T. C. M. Müller, M. Warzecha, A. Hoffmann, U. W.
Paetzold and U. Aeberhard,
Highly transparent front
electrodes with metal fingers for p-i-n thin-film silicon solar cells,
EPJ Photovoltaics 6,
60501 (2015)
- U. Aeberhard,
Quantum-kinetic theory of
steady-state photocurrent generation in thin films: Coherent versus
incoherent coupling,
Phys.
Rev. B 89, 115303 (2014)
- K. Ding, U. Aeberhard,
F. Finger, and U. Rau,
Amorphous
silicon oxide
buffer layers for silicon heterojunction solar cells with
microcrystalline silicon oxide contact layers,
J.
Appl. Phys. 113, 134501 (2013)
- U. Aeberhard,
Theoretical investigation of
direct and phonon-assisted tunneling currents in InAlGaAs-InGaAs bulk
and quantum well interband tunnel junctions for multijunction solar
cells,
Phys.
Rev. B 87, 081302(R)
(2013)
- U. Aeberhard, R.
Vaxenburg, E. Lifshitz and S. Tomic,
Fluorescence of colloidal
PbSe/PbS QD in NIR luminescent solar concentrators,
Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys. 14,
16223 (2012)
- K. Ding, U. Aeberhard,
O. Astakhov, W. Beyer, F. Köhler, U. Breuer, F. Finger, R. Carius and
U. Rau,
Annealing induced defects in SiC,
SiOx single layers and SiC/SiOx hetero-superlattices,
Physica
Status Solidi A 209,
1960 (2012)
- U. Aeberhard,
Non-equilibrium Green's function
theory of excitonic effects in the photocurrent response of
semiconductor nanostructures,
Phys.
Rev. B 86, 115317
(2012)
- K. Ding, U. Aeberhard,
O. Astakhov, U. Breuer, M. Beigmohamadi, S. Suckow, B. Berghoff, W.
Beyer,
F. Finger, R. Carius and U. Rau,
Defect passivation by hydrogen
reincorporation for silicon quantum dots in SiC/SiOx
hetero-superlattice,
J.
Non-Cryst. Solids 358, 2145
(2012)
- K. Ding, U. Aeberhard,
F. Finger and U. Rau,
Silicon heterojunction solar cell
with amorphous silicon oxide buffer and microcrystalline silicon oxide
contact layers,
Physica Status
Solidi (RRL) 6,
193 (2012)
- T. C. M. Müller, E. Moulin and U. Aeberhard,
Improvement of hydrogenated
microcrystalline (μc−Si:H) single junction solar cells with upconverter
at rear
side,
Energy
Procedia 10,
76 (2011)
- K.Ding, U. Aeberhard,
O. Astakhov, F. Köhler, W.Beyer, F. Finger, R.Carius and U. Rau,
Silicon quantum dot formation in
SiC/SiOx
hetero-superlattices,
Energy
Procedia 10,
249 (2011)
- U. Aeberhard, K.
Wakabayashi and M. Sigrist,
Effect
of spin-orbit coupling on zero-conductance
resonances in
asymmetrically coupled one-dimensional rings,
Phys.
Rev. B 72, 075328
(2005)
-
U. Aeberhard, M. Neukom, A. Schiller, S. Zuefle, S. Jenatsch, B. Bluelle, S. Altazin, L. Stepanova, E. Knapp, C. Kirsch, B. Ruhstaller,
Computational device optimization and parameter extraction for perovskite-based solar cells
Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IX, 11275, 112750B (2020)
-
U. Aeberhard, S. Altazin, L. Stepanova, A. Stous, B. Blülle, C. Kirsch, E.Knapp, B. Ruhstaller,
Numerical optimization of organic and hybrid multijunction solar cells
Proc. 46th IEEE PVSC, Chicago, June 2019
-
U. Aeberhard,
Simulation of Thermal Photocarrier Escape in Quantum Well Solar Cells:
Electron-Electron vs. Electron-Phonon Interaction
Proc. 46th IEEE PVSC, Chicago, June 2019
- A. Gonzalo, A. D. Utrilla, U. Aeberhard, J. M. Llorens, B. Alén, D. Fuertes Marrón, A. Guzman, A. Hierro, and J. M. Ulloa,
Type-II GaAsSb/GaAsN superlattice solar cells
Proc.
SPIE, 10527, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VII (2018)
- U. Aeberhard,
Simulation of absorption,
photogeneration and carrier extraction in nanostructure-based and
ultra-thin film solar cell devices beyond the classical picture
Proc.
SPIE, published online
- U. Aeberhard and
U. Rau,
Microscopic theory of
absorption and emission in
nanostructured solar cells: beyond the generalized Planck formula
Proc. 24th EU PVSEC,
Hamburg, 2009
- U. Aeberhard and
R.H. Morf,
Photovoltaic properties
of coupled quantum well structures:
microscopic theory and numerical simulation
Proc. 23rd EU PVSEC,
Valencia, 2008)
- U. Aeberhard and
R.H. Morf,
Microscopic Modelling of
Quantum Well Solar Cells
Proc. 22nd EU PVSEC, Milano, 2007
- U. Aeberhard and
R.H. Morf,
Microscopic Modelling of
Quantum Well Solar Cells
SISPAD 07, Wien, 2007
- SJ Zeder, U. Aeberhard, B. Ruhstaller, W. Tress,
Photon recycling in metal halide perovskites: Its modeling and relevance to optoelectronic devices,
in: Metal Halide Perovskites for Generation, Manipulation and Detection of Light, pp. 507-545, Elsevier, 2023,
10.1016/B978-0-323-91661-5.00001-5
- U. Aeberhard,
Nano-Structure Solar Cells,
in: Handbook of Optoelectronic Device Modelling and Simulation, pp. 441-447, Taylor&Francis Oct. 2017, Ed. J. Piprek,
doi:10.1201/9781315152318-20
- U. Aeberhard and
R.H. Morf,
Photovoltaic Effects in
Quantum Confined Systems: Microscopic
Theory and Numerical Simulation
Chapter 4 of: "Physics of Nanostructured Solar Cells", Nova Science
Publishers, 2010
- U. Aeberhard,
A Microscopic
Theory of Quantum Well Photovoltaics,
(PhD thesis, ETH Zuerich, 2008)
- Advanced simulation of perovskite-based tandem solar cells
(SPIE Photonics West 2023, San Francisco (USA), 30.1.23)
- Simulation of photon recycling in thin film solar cells - from non-equilibrium Green's functions to luminescent coupling in perovskite-based tandems
(UW-Madison's Grainger Institute Computing in Engineering Forum 2022, online, 20.9.22)
- Quantum Transport with Light-Matter Interaction (CECAM workshop on Quantum Transport Methods and Algorithms: From Particles to Waves Approaches, Zürich, 8.7.22)
- Computational device optimization and parameter extraction for perovskite-based solar cells
(SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2020, 05.02.20)
- Computational characterization of passivated contacts for silicon solar cells
(Renewable Energy meets HPC: Final conference of EoCoE, Nicosia, Cyprus, 17.9.18)
- Microscopic Simulation of Recombination & Transport at Heterointerfaces in Solar Cells
(SimOEP18, Winterthur, 5.9.18)
- NEGF Theory of Photovoltaics at the Nanoscale - Progress & Challenges
(PNGFVII, Frascati, Italy, 30.8.18)
- A quantum-kinetic perspective on PV device operation in nanostructure-based solar cells
(MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, 21.4.17)
- Multi-scale simulation of nanostructure-based solar cell devices
(SLQM opening workshop, FZ Jülich, 4.4.17)
- Photovoltaic reciprocity and quasi-Fermi level splitting in nanostructure-based solar cells
(SPIE Photonics West OPTO, 1.2.17)
- Quasi-ballistic hot-carrier transport in ultrathin solar cells
(HEMP 2016 workshop, Imperial College London,15.9.16)
- NEGF theory of photovoltaics at the nanoscale -
from quantum fields to solar cell characteristics
(Invited seminar at Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, 2.5.16)
- Simulation of nanostructure-based solar cells beyond the limits
of the semiclassical approximation
(Theory and Modelling for PV,
Univ. Aix-Marseille, 1.10.15)
- Nonequilibrium Green's function theory of nanostructure solar
cells
(PNGF VI conference, Lund University, 21.8.15)
- Keldysh theory of photovoltaics at the nanoscale - from quantum
fields to solar cell characteristics
(LOMA Seminar, University of Bordeaux, 15.5.15)
- Radiative subband transitions in quantum photovoltaic device
architectures
(HEMP 2014 workshop, Imperial College London, 22.7.14)
- Nonequilibrium Green's functions for optoelectronic devices
(NEWLED workshop, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 9.4.14)
- Simulation of absorption, photogeneration and carrier extraction
in nanostructure based and
ultra-thin film solar cell devices beyond the classical picture
(SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, 2.2.14)
- Mesoscopic simulation of charge carrier photogeneration and
extraction in nanostructure-based solar cell devices
(NESEC workshop, PROMES/Université de Perpignan, 11.12.12)
- Simulation of direct and phonon-assisted tunneling currents in
bulk and quantum well interband tunnel junctions for multijunction
solar cells
(HEMP 2012 workshop, Imperial
College London, 18.9.12)
- Quantum-kinetic theory of nanostructure
based photovoltaic devices
(IWCE 2012, Madison, 23.5.12)
- Quantum-kinetic theory of nanostructure
based photovoltaic devices
(IRDEP/Chimie ParisTech,
Paris,
17.2.12)
- Quantum-kinetic theory of nanostructure
based photovoltaic devices
(CSE seminar at STFC Daresbury
Laboratory, 17.1.12)
- Towards an effective microscopic theory of quantum dot solar
cells
(High efficiency materials for photovoltaics workshop,
Imperial
College London, 11.8.11)
- Microscopic theory and numerical simulation of quantum well
solar cells
(SPIE Photonics
West 2010, San Francisco, 25.1.10)
- Microscopic
theory of coupled quantum well structures in photovoltaics
(MRS spring
meeting 2008, San Francisco, 25.3.08)
- Microscopic simulation of hot carrier effects in quantum well solar cells
(SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2020, 4.2.20)
-
Numerical Optimization of Organic and Hybrid Multijunction Solar Cells
(46th IEEE PVSC Chicago, 17.6.19)
- Computational characterization of pasivating contacts for silicon solar cells
(EERA-AMPEA-EoCoE Joint Workshop, Brussels, 7.6.2018)
- Computational investigation of quantum well superlattice solar cells
(Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society, Berlin, 12.3.2018)
- Computational challenges in the
NEGF simulation of mesoscopic solar cell components
(Euro-TMCS II, Cork, Ireland, 9.12.2016)
- Simulation of Ultra-thin Solar Cells Beyond the Limits of the Semi-classical Bulk Picture
(43rd IEEE PVSC, Portland, USA, 10.6.2016)
- Towards a multi-scale approach to the simulation of silicon
heterojunction solar cells
(MultiscaleSolar workshop, Valencia, Spain, 4.11.2015)
- Photovoltaics at the nanoscale: limits of the semiclassical bulk
picture
(HEMP 2015, London, UK, 11.9.2015)
- Quantum-kinetic theory of non-radiative processes in
nanostructures for photovoltaic energy conversion
(Euro-TMCS I 2015, Granada, Spain, 30.1.2015)
- Fluorescence spectra of colloidal QD: impact of QD configuration
and carrier dynamics
(TMCS IV 2014, Salford, UK, 24.1.2014)
- Photon Green's functions for a consistent theory of absorption
and emission in nanostructure-based solar cell devices
(NUSOD 2013, Vancouver, Canada, 19.8.2013)
- Rigorous Simulation of InAlGaAs-InGaAs Bulk and Quantum Well
Tunnel Junctions for Multijunction Solar Cells
(IEEE PVSC 39, Tampa FL,
USA, 17.6.2013)
- Quantum-kinetic Theory of Defect-mediated Recombination in
Nanostructure-based Photovoltaic Devices
(MRS Fall Meeting 2012, Boston, 27.11.2012)
- Quantum-kinetic theory of nanostructure
based photovoltaic devices
(NREL, Golden, 21.5.2012)
- NEGF theory of quantum-dot fluorescence
(TMCS III workshop 2012, Leeds, 19.1.2012)
- Effective microscopic theory of quantum
dot superlattice solar cells
(NUSOD conference 2011, Rome, 7.9.2011)
- Theory and simulation of charge carrier
photogeneration and transport in silicon quantum dot superlattices
(E-MRS
Spring Meeting & Bilateral Energy Conference 2011, Nice, 11.5.2011)
- Quantum-kinetic theory and numerical simulation of
photogeneration and transport in Si-SiOx superlattice absorbers
(E-MRS
Fall Meeting 2010, Warsaw, 14.10.2010)
- Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Theory of Quantum Photovoltaic
Devices
(CECAM workshop on empirical methods in semiconductor nano-structure
design and modeling , Manchester University, 25.6.2010)
- Theory and Simulation of Quantum Photovoltaic Devices
(3rd Generation Photovoltaics Symposium, HWU Edinburgh, 26.5.2010)
- Quantum-kinetic theory of photovoltaic devices with
low-dimensional absorbers
(Talk at the ITP ETH Zürich, 17.3.2010)
- Quantum-kinetic theory of photovoltaic devices with
low-dimensional absorbers
(Talk at the Quantsol Workshop 2010, Brigels CH, 10.3.2010)
- Theory and Simulation of Quantum Photovoltaic Devices
(24th Umbrella Symposium, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 19.1.2010)
- Theory and simulation of quantum photovoltaic devices: challenges
and strategies
(Quantum Photovoltaics Group, Imperial College, London, 17.12.2009)
- Spectral properties of photogenerated carriers in quantum well
solar cells
(E-MRS 2009, Strasbourg, 6. 2009)
- Towards
a microscopic theory of quantum well photovoltaics
(Balents group meeting, UCSB, 19.3.2008)
- Quantum
well solar cells: microscopic theory and numerical simulation
(CSULB Physics Colloquium, Long Beach, 17.3.2008)
- Absorption and Photocurrent of
semiconductor quantum wells: a multiband NEGF approach
(APS march meeting, New Orleans, 12.3.2008)
- Towards a Microscopic Non-Equilibrium
Theory of Quantum Well Photovoltaics
(IHT, RWTH Aachen, 2.11.2007)
- Microscopic Non-Equilibrium Theory of
Quantum Well Solar
Cells
(Heraus Seminar 07, Bad Honnef, 31.10.2007)
- Microscopic modelling of quantum well
solar cells
(SISPAD 07, TU Wien, 26.9.2007)
- Microscopic modelling of quantum well
solar cells
(22nd EU PVSEC, Milano, 3.9.2007)
- Microscopic Theory of Quantum Well
Solar Cells
(Imperial College, Quantum Photovoltaics Group, 8. 2007)
- Microscopic modelling of quantum well
solar cells
(Quantsol, Bad Hofgastein, Austria, 3. 2007)
- NEGF modelling of QWSC
(APS march meeting, Denver, USA, 3.2007)
- Theory and simulation of nanostructure-based high efficiency
photovoltaic devices
(Next generation solar energy II workshop, Erlangen, 9-11.12.13)
- Non-equilibrium Green's function theory of excitonic effects in
the photocurrent
response of semiconductor nanostructures
(HEMP 2012 workshop, Imperial College London, 17-18.9.12)
- Microscopic theory of absorption and emission in
nanostructured solar cells:
beyond the generalized Planck formula
(24th
EU PVSEC, Hamburg, 21-25.9.09)
- Photovoltaic properties of coupled quantum well structures:
microscopic theory and
numerical simulation
(23rd EU PVSEC, Valencia, 1.-5.9.08)
- Microscopic modelling of quantum well
solar cells
(SISPAD 2007, 24.9.-26.9.07,TU Wien)
- Nonequilibrium Green's function modelling of
quantum well
solar cells
(SPG Meeting 2007, 21.-22.2.07, University of Zurich)