TUTORIAL SESSION

Solar Cells

Prof. Ruud Schropp
Utrecht University, Netherlands
r.e.i.schropp@uu.nl

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Prof. Dr. R.E.I. (Ruud) Schropp obtained his PhD degree in 1987 from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, in the field of Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) made of amorphous silicon. After that he worked several years at vacuum equipment manufacturer Glasstech Solar, Inc., in Colorado, USA. Since 1990 he has been employed at Utrecht University (UU), and in Mid-2000, became a full professor in "Physics of Devices". He has over 25 years of experience in the field of thin film semiconductors for displays and solar energy, and now heads the Nanophotonics section of the Faculty of Science at Utrecht University. He also initiated many projects (both national and European) related to thin films and devices, including projects on flexible cells, thin film poly-Si, and nanocrystalline TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cells, composite PPV/TiO2 cells, thin film Si based tandem and triple junction cells (coordinator of international EU project), c-Si heterojunctions, TFTs, and recently for instance, low-temperature thin film silicon cells. Dr. Schropp has been project leader for multiple national SenterNovem funded projects and various STW (Technology Foundation) and Novem (Renewable Energy) projects. He has been visiting professor at NREL, USA, and at 3 different institutes (AIST, JAIST, and TITECH) in Japan. His current research activities are catalytic Hot Wire CVD (silicon and polymer thin films) and advanced VHF CVD for next generation thin films for photovoltaics. He has been an advisor of 23 PhD's, has guided many students inside and outside UU, and authored/co-authored more than 350 papers.

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