Jin, Chen (Date of defense: 2018-10-31)
This thesis contributes to the fabrication technology of c-Si solar cells on thin substrates based on Interdigitated Back-Contacted (IBC) structures. The potential of this structure to obtain high ...
Cárdenas Araujo, Juan José (Date of defense: 2013-07-11)
Nowadays, it would be very difficult to deny the need to prioritize sustainable development through energy efficiency at all consumption levels. In this context, an energy management system (EMS) is a ...
Gomez Cid-Fuentes, Raül (Date of defense: 2016-07-22)
Powering wireless sensors has become a key challenge to enable the Internet of Things vision. A common approach to achieve this is to use Energy Harvesting. By means of this technology, sensors have ...
Sala Cardoso, Enric (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
The efficacy of the energy management systems at dealing with energy consumption in buildings has been a topic with a growing interest in recent years due to the ever-increasing global energy demand and ...
Kowalski, Lukasz (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)
The thermal anemometry is a method which allows to estimate wind magnitude be the mean of measuring heat transfer to the ambient in a forced convection process. For Earth's atmosphere condition, this ...
Alexandru, Mihaela (Date of defense: 2013-09-10)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) has received a special attention in the last decades thanks to its superior electrical, mechanical and chemical proprieties. SiC is mostly used for applications where Silicon is ...
Gerling Sarabia, Luis Guillermo (Date of defense: 2017-11-15)
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells can be considered a highly industrialized and mature product with a record conversion efficiency of 26.6%, not far from the practical limit of 29.4% (for single ...
Florentín, Matthieu (Date of defense: 2016-05-20)
Silicon (Si) power device’ technologies have reached a high maturity level, but current limitations on mechanic, temperature operation and electric performances require to investigate other semiconductor ...
Ghorbani, Hamidreza (Date of defense: 2019-09-18)
Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power semiconductors are widely employed in industrial applications. This power switch capability in high voltage blocking and high current-carrying has expanded ...
Masmitjà Rusiñol, Gerard (Date of defense: 2019-09-25)
The photovoltaic industry is mainly dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, in which contact selectivity is usually achieved by doping the wafer surfaces with phosphorous (n+) and boron ...
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