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Overview

Stephan Buecheler is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans materials science and engineering, with particular focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering as subfields.

Their work extensively covers topics including:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces

Buecheler's recent publications illustrate the diverse scientific areas they contribute to. Notable papers include:

  • Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Mitigation of Vacuum and Illumination-Induced Degradation in Perovskite Solar Cells by Structure Engineering, 2020, Joule
  • How band tail recombination influences the open-circuit voltage of solar cells, 2021, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Challenges and opportunities for an efficiency boost of next generation Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells: prospects for a paradigm shift, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • CCDC 1824047: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Romain Carron
  • Ayodhya N. Tiwari
  • Susanne Siebentritt
  • Enrico Avancini
  • Philip Jackson

Buecheler has contributed to various scientific venues each hosting one or more of their publications, such as:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Joule
  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Best Publications

  • Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells

    Adrian Chirilă;Patrick Reinhard;Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Bloesch

  • Planar perovskite solar cells with long-term stability using ionic liquid additives

    Sai Bai;Sai Bai;Peimei Da;Cheng Li;Cheng Li;Zhiping Wang

  • Highly efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells grown on flexible polymer films

    Adrian Chirilă;Stephan Buecheler;Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Bloesch

  • Low-temperature-processed efficient semi-transparent planar perovskite solar cells for bifacial and tandem applications

    Fan Fu;Thomas Feurer;Timo Jäger;Enrico Avancini

  • Unveiling the effects of post-deposition treatment with different alkaline elements on the electronic properties of CIGS thin film solar cells.

    Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Reinhard;Adrian Chirilă;Benjamin Bissig

  • Progress in thin film CIGS photovoltaics – Research and development, manufacturing, and applications

    Thomas Feurer;Patrick Reinhard;Enrico Avancini;Benjamin Bissig

  • High-efficiency inverted semi-transparent planar perovskite solar cells in substrate configuration

    Fan Fu;Thomas Feurer;Thomas Paul Weiss;Stefano Pisoni

  • Doping of polycrystalline CdTe for high-efficiency solar cells on flexible metal foil

    Lukas Kranz;Christina Gretener;Julian Perrenoud;Rafael Schmitt

  • Advanced Alkali Treatments for High-Efficiency Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells on Flexible Substrates

    Romain Carron;Shiro Nishiwaki;Thomas Feurer;Ramis Hertwig

  • I2 vapor-induced degradation of formamidinium lead iodide based perovskite solar cells under heat–light soaking conditions

    Fan Fu;Fan Fu;Stefano Pisoni;Quentin Jeangros;Jordi Sastre-Pellicer

  • Features of KF and NaF Postdeposition Treatments of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorbers for High Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cells

    Patrick Reinhard;Patrick Reinhard;Benjamin Bissig;Benjamin Bissig;Fabian Pianezzi;Fabian Pianezzi;Enrico Avancini;Enrico Avancini

  • High-Efficiency Polycrystalline Thin Film Tandem Solar Cells

    Lukas Kranz;Antonio Abate;Thomas Feurer;Fan Fu

  • Highly Transparent and Conductive ZnO: Al thin films from a low temperature aqueous solution approach

    Harald Hagendorfer;Karla Lienau;Shiro Nishiwaki;Carolin M. Fella

  • Potassium Postdeposition Treatment-Induced Band Gap Widening at Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Surfaces – Reason for Performance Leap?

    Evelyn Handick;Patrick Reinhard;Jan-Hendrik Alsmeier;Leonard Köhler

  • Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects

    Susanne Siebentritt;Enrico Avancini;Marcus Bär;Jakob Bombsch

  • Spray-deposited Al-doped ZnO transparent contacts for CdTe solar cells

    A. Crossay;S. Buecheler;L. Kranz;J. Perrenoud

  • Formation of a K—In—Se Surface Species by NaF/KF Postdeposition Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cell Absorbers

    Evelyn Handick;Patrick Reinhard;Regan G. Wilks;Fabian Pianezzi

  • Electronic properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells on stainless steel foils without diffusion barrier

    F. Pianezzi;A. Chirilă;P. Blösch;S. Seyrling

  • A comprehensive picture of Cu doping in CdTe solar cells

    J. Perrenoud;L. Kranz;C. Gretener;F. Pianezzi

  • Alkali-templated surface nanopatterning of chalcogenide thin films: a novel approach toward solar cells with enhanced efficiency.

    Patrick Reinhard;Benjamin Bissig;Fabian Pianezzi;Harald Hagendorfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Ayodhya N. Tiwari
Ayodhya N. Tiwari Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Yaroslav E. Romanyuk
Yaroslav E. Romanyuk Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Rolf Erni
Rolf Erni Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Susanne Siebentritt
Susanne Siebentritt University of Luxembourg
Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Stefan Zaefferer
Stefan Zaefferer Max Planck Society
Dimitrios Hariskos
Dimitrios Hariskos University of Stuttgart
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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