E. Vallat‐Sauvain

4.9k citations

54 papers · 3.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 27

Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 1%
Materials Chemistry top 1%
Biomedical Engineering top 5%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 10%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 10%

Co-authors: U. Kroll C. Droz J. Meier Christophe Ballif S. Faÿ A. Shah J. Bailat N. Wyrsch
Topics: Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (52 papers)Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (51 papers)Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (39 papers)
Cited by: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Materials Chemistry Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Journals: Applied Physics Letters Journal of Applied Physics Physical Review B
Partner nations: Switzerland Czechia Germany

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E. Vallat‐Sauvain

53 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Thin‐film silicon solar cell technology

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Novel intermediate reflector layer for optical and morphological tuning in the Micromorph thin film tandem cell 2013 ·MRS Proceedings ·(unknown),E. Vallat‐Sauvain,(unknown),U. Kroll,J. Meier,Edith Laux,(unknown),(unknown),H. Keppner	0
2	Measurements of Raman crystallinity profiles in thin-film microcrystalline silicon solar cells 2013 ·Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ·(unknown),E. Vallat‐Sauvain,(unknown),L. Fesquet,U. Kroll,J. Meier	11
3	From R&D to Large-Area Modules at Oerlikon Solar 2010 ·MRS Proceedings ·J. Meier,(unknown),J. Bailat,(unknown),J. Steinhauser,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),E. Vallat‐Sauvain,U. Kroll	2
4	Properties of interfaces in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunctions 2010 ·physica status solidi (a) ·Sara Olibet,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,L. Fesquet,Christian Monachon,Aïcha Hessler‐Wyser,J. Damon-Lacoste,Stefaan De Wolf,Christophe Ballif	67
5	Advanced light management in Micromorph solar cells 2010 ·Energy Procedia ·(unknown),J. Bailat,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),J. Steinhauser,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),E. Vallat‐Sauvain,U. Kroll,J. Meier	5
6	Electrical transport in boron‐doped polycrystalline zinc oxide thin films 2008 ·physica status solidi (a) ·J. Steinhauser,S. Faÿ,(unknown),E. Vallat‐Sauvain,(unknown),U. Kroll,Christophe Ballif	36
7	Kinetics of creation and of thermal annealing of light-induced defects in microcrystalline silicon solar cells 2008 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Fanny Meillaud,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,Arvind Shah,Christophe Ballif	7
8	Model for a-Si:H/c-Si interface recombination based on the amphoteric nature of silicon dangling bonds 2007 ·Physical Review B ·Sara Olibet,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,Christophe Ballif	231
9	Rough ZnO layers by LP-CVD process and their effect in improving performances of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon solar cells 2006 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·S. Faÿ,L. Feitknecht,(unknown),U. Kroll,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,(unknown)	184
10	Efficiency limits for single-junction and tandem solar cells 2006 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Fanny Meillaud,A. Shah,C. Droz,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,C. Miazza	304
11	Influence of the substrate's surface morphology and chemical nature on the nucleation and growth of microcrystalline silicon 2005 ·Thin Solid Films ·E. Vallat‐Sauvain,J. Bailat,J. Meier,X. Niquille,U. Kroll,A. Shah	35
12	Light-induced degradation of thin film amorphous and microcrystalline silicon solar cells 2005 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·Fanny Meillaud,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,X. Niquille,Mukul Dubey,J. Bailat,A. Shah,Christophe Ballif	15
13	Simulation of the growth dynamics of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon 2004 ·Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids ·J. Bailat,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,(unknown),(unknown)	10
14	Electrical and microstructural characterisation of microcrystalline silicon layers and solar cells 2003 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·C. Droz,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,J. Bailat,L. Feitknecht,J. Meier,X. Niquille,A. Shah	6
15	Relationship between Raman crystallinity and open-circuit voltage in microcrystalline silicon solar cells 2003 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·C. Droz,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,J. Bailat,L. Feitknecht,J. Meier,A. Shah	162
16	Microcrystalline silicon and ‘micromorph’ tandem solar cells 2002 ·Thin Solid Films ·Arvind Shah,J. Meier,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,C. Droz,U. Kroll,N. Wyrsch,J. Guillet,U. Graf	88
17	Application of Raman Spectroscopy for the Microstructure Characterisation in Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells 2002 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·C. Droz,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,J. Bailat,L. Feitknecht,(unknown)	4
18	Microcrystalline/micromorph silicon thin-film solar cells prepared by VHF-GD technique 2001 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·J. Meier,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,S. Dubail,U. Kroll,(unknown),(unknown),L. Feitknecht,P. Torres,S. Faÿ,D. Fischer,A. Shah	106
19	Intrinsic microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) deposited by VHF-GD (very high frequency-glow discharge): a new material for photovoltaics and optoelectronics 2000 ·Materials Science and Engineering B ·A. Shah,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,P. Torres,J. Meier,U. Kroll,(unknown),C. Droz,(unknown),N. Wyrsch,M. Vaněček	53
20	Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon: From Material to Solar Cells 2000 ·MRS Proceedings ·N. Wyrsch,C. Droz,L. Feitknecht,(unknown),U. Kroll,J. Meier,P. Torres,E. Vallat‐Sauvain,A. Shah,M. Vaněček	4

About E. Vallat‐Sauvain

E. Vallat‐Sauvain is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 54 papers that have together received 3.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (52 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (51 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (3.5k citations), Materials Chemistry (2.8k citations) and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (147 citations). E. Vallat‐Sauvain has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Czechia and Germany. Frequent co-authors include U. Kroll, C. Droz, J. Meier, Christophe Ballif, S. Faÿ, A. Shah, J. Bailat, N. Wyrsch, Fanny Meillaud and L. Feitknecht. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

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