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Otwin Breitenstein

Otwin Breitenstein

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Materials Science

D-Index
49
Citations
7720
World Ranking
10634
National Ranking
593

Overview

Otwin Breitenstein is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and works primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science.

Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. This interdisciplinary approach supports investigations into the chemical and physical properties of materials, ion-surface interactions and analysis, as well as silicon and solar cell technologies.

Breitenstein's recent publication, titled Progress with luminescence imaging for the characterisation of silicon wafers and solar cells, was published in 2022 in the venue Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft).

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Thorsten Trupke
  • R.A. Bardos
  • Malcolm Abbott
  • P. Würfel
  • E. Pink

Their work has appeared mainly in Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft).

Key research topics addressed by Otwin Breitenstein include:

  • Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies

Best Publications

  • Lock-in Thermography: Basics and Use for Evaluating Electronic Devices and Materials

    O. Breitenstein;W. Warta;M. Langenkamp

  • Shunt Types in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

    O. Breitenstein;J. P. Rakotoniaina;M. H. Al Rifai;M. Werner

  • Explanation of potential-induced degradation of the shunting type by Na decoration of stacking faults in Si solar cells

    Volker Naumann;Dominik Lausch;Angelika Hähnel;Jan Bauer

  • Lock-in thermography : basics and use for functional diagnostics of electronic components

    O. Breitenstein;M. Langenkamp

  • On the detection of shunts in silicon solar cells by photo‐ and electroluminescence imaging

    Otwin Breitenstein;Jan Bauer;Thorsten Trupke;Robert A. Bardos

  • Understanding junction breakdown in multicrystalline solar cells

    Otwin Breitenstein;Jan Bauer;Karsten Bothe;Wolfram Kwapil

  • Shunts due to laser scribing of solar cells evaluated by highly sensitive lock-in thermography

    O. Breitenstein;M. Langenkamp;O. Lang;A. Schirrmacher

  • Quantitative evaluation of shunts in solar cells by lock-in thermography

    O. Breitenstein;J. P. Rakotoniaina;M. H. Al Rifai

  • On the mechanism of potential-induced degradation in crystalline silicon solar cells

    J. Bauer;V. Naumann;S. Großer;C. Hagendorf

  • Lock-in thermography

    Otwin Breitenstein;Wilhelm Warta;Martin Langenkamp

  • Potential-Induced Degradation (PID): Introduction of a Novel Test Approach and Explanation of Increased Depletion Region Recombination

    Dominik Lausch;Volker Naumann;Otwin Breitenstein;Jan Bauer

  • Nondestructive local analysis of current–voltage characteristics of solar cells by lock-in thermography

    Otwin Breitenstein

  • Explanation of commonly observed shunt currents in c-Si solar cells by means of recombination statistics beyond the Shockley-Read-Hall approximation

    Silke Steingrube;Otwin Breitenstein;Klaus Ramspeck;Stefan Glunz

  • Microscopic lock-in thermography investigation of leakage sites in integrated circuits

    O. Breitenstein;M. Langenkamp;F. Altmann;D. Katzer

  • Quantitative evaluation of electroluminescence images of solar cells

    O. Breitenstein;A. Khanna;Y. Augarten;J. Bauer

  • The role of stacking faults for the formation of shunts during potential-induced degradation of crystalline Si solar cells

    Volker Naumann;Dominik Lausch;Andreas Graff;Martina Werner

  • Hot spots in multicrystalline silicon solar cells: avalanche breakdown due to etch pits

    J. Bauer;J.-M. Wagner;A. Lotnyk;H. Blumtritt

  • Sodium Outdiffusion from Stacking Faults as Root Cause for the Recovery Process of Potential-induced Degradation (PID)

    Dominik Lausch;Volker Naumann;Andreas Graff;Angelika Hähnel

  • Defect induced non-ideal dark I–V characteristics of solar cells

    O. Breitenstein;J. Bauer;A. Lotnyk;J.-M. Wagner

  • Local efficiency analysis of solar cells based on lock-in thermography

    Otwin Breitenstein

  • Lock-In IR-Thermography – A Novel Tool for Material and Device Characterization

    S. Huth;Otwin Breitenstein;A. Huber;D. Dantz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Bauer
Jan Bauer Medical University of Vienna
Wilhelm Warta
Wilhelm Warta Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Thorsten Trupke
Thorsten Trupke University of New South Wales
Stefan W. Glunz
Stefan W. Glunz Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Martin A. Green
Martin A. Green University of New South Wales
Martin C. Schubert
Martin C. Schubert Fraunhofer Society
Peter Werner
Peter Werner Max Planck Society
Teh Y. Tan
Teh Y. Tan Duke University

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