The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Dr. Dirk König

Dipl. Ing. (EE), TU Chemnitz, Germany,  Dr. rer. nat. (Ph), TU Chemnitz, Germany

Postdoc Research Fellow

Contact Details
Office Location:Room 464H, Electrical Engineering Building
Email: dirk.koenig@unsw.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9385-4259
Fax: +61 2 9385-5412

Dirk König's CV (PDF 21 kb)

Research Interests

  • Concepts of practical realisation of third generation PV devices
  • Novel/alternative materials for quantum structures and hot carrier absorbers
  • Quantum & solid state physics, HF-DFT (Gaussian03), EMA (MatLab), reactivity and thermochemistry of solids
  • Thin film characterisation (I,C,G/V, DLTS, PES, IPES, RBS, SIMS, TEM, EELS, PL, FT-IR)
  • Preparation of quantum structures (wet chemistry, sputtering, anneal/RTP, passivation, metallisation)

Selected Publications

  • M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, D. König, Y.-H- Cho, T. Fangsuwannarak, T. Trupke, T. Puzzer, Progress With All-Silicon Tandem Cells Based on Silicon Quantum Dots in a Dielectric matrix, plenary presentation 1AP.1.2, 21 st European PVSEC, 4 - 8 Sept. 2006, Dresden, Germany, proc. on CD-ROM
  • D. König, R. Corkish, Energy Selective Contacts as Ultrafast Rectifiers for Optical Antennas, oral presentation 1BO.9.1, 21 st European PVSEC, 4 - 8 Sept. 2006, Dresden, Germany, proc. on CD-ROM
  • D. König, M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, Y. Takeda, T. Ito, T. Motohiro, T. Nagashima, DF-HF Computation of Si QDs: Intrinsic Stress, Iso-Valent Impurities and Validity of the Effective Mass Approximation, oral presentation 1CO.6.4, 21 st European PVSEC, 4 - 8 Sept. 2006, Dresden, Germany, proc. on CD-ROM
  • D. König, C.W. Jiang, G. Conibeer, Y. Takeda, T. Ito, T. Motohiro, T. Nagashima, Static Distribution of Hot Electrons and Energy Selective Extraction Observed by Optically Assisted IV Measurements, poster 1BV2.23, 21 st European PVSEC, 4 - 8 Sept. 2006, Dresden, Germany, proc. on CD-ROM
  • D. König, M. Rennau, M. Henker, Direct tunneling effective mass of electrons determined by intrinsic charge-up process, submitted to Sol. Stat. Eltron., April 2006
  • D. König, R. Scholz, D.R.T. Zahn, G. Ebest, Band diagram of the AlF 3/SiO 2/Si system, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 093707 (2005)
  • D. König, D. R. T. Zahn, G. Ebest, Field effect of fixed negative charges on oxidized Si induced by AlF 3 layers with Fluorine deficiency, Appl. Surf. Sci. 234, 222 (2004)
  • D. König, K. König, Solarzellen-Oberfläche, German Patent DE 100 57 296 B4, filed on 17 th November 2000, certified on 19 th February 2004
  • D. König, G. Ebest, New contact frame design for minimizing losses due to edge recombination and grid-induced shading, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 75, 381 (2003)
  • D. König, K. König, Solarzellen unter Verwendung eines Kontaktrahmens und Verfahren zu deren Herstellung, German Patent DE 100 57 297 C2, filed on 17 th November 2000, certified on 30 th Januar 2003
  • Thurzo, T.U. Kampen, D.R.T. Zahn, D. König, Electron capture kinetics at AlF 3/SiO 2 interfaces, Appl. Surf. Sci. 212-213, 753 (2003)
  • D. König, D. R. T. Zahn, R. Reich, K. Gottfried, G. Ebest, p-inversion layer Si solar cells as test for the I - S structure: results and prospects, poster 1P-D3-21, 3 rd W-PVSEC, May 11 - 18, 2003, Osaka, Japan, proc. on CD-ROM
  • D. König, R. Scholz, S. Gemming, I. Thurzo, T.U. Kampen, D.R.T. Zahn, G. Ebest, Evidence for high negative charge densities in AlF 3 coatings on oxidized silicon: a promising source for large drift fields, Physica E 14, 259 (2002)
  • D. König, K. König, Solar Cell Surface, international patent application (PCT) no. WO 02/41408 A1, filed on 16 th November 2001, published on 23 rd May 2002
  • D. König, K. König , Solar Cell Using A Contact Frame And Method Of Production Thereof, international patent application (PCT) no. WO 02/41409 A3, filed on 16 th November 2001, published on 23 rd May 2002
  • D. König, T. Otto, R. Streiter, Anordnung zum Aufbau einer Solarzelle für polykristalline/amorphe Halbleiter, German Patent DE 197 29 522 C2, filed on 10 th July 1997, certified on 8 th November 2001
  • D. König, G. Ebest, Hole collecting contacts by Pt with PtSi formation, poster VC1.28, 17 th European PVSEC, 22 - 26 October 2001, Munich, Germany, proc. pp. 1503
  • D. König, R. Scholz, S. Gemming, I. Thurzo, T.U. Kampen, D.R.T. Zahn, G. Ebest, Evidence for high negative charge densities in AlF 3 coatings on oxidized silicon: a promising source for large drift fields, poster P28, International Workshop on Nanostructures in Photovoltaics, 28 July - 4 August 2001, Max-Planck-Institut für komplexe Systeme (MPI-PKS) Dresden
  • D. König, M. Rennau, M. Henker, G. Ebest, Evidence of a high density of fixed negative charges in an insulation layer compound on silicon, Thin Solid Films 385, 126 (2001)
  • D. König, G. Ebest, The negatively charged insulator-semiconductor structure: concepts, technological considerations and applications, Sol. State Electron. 44, 111 (2000)
  • D. König, G. Ebest, Antipolar counterpart to the positively charged SiO xN y layer for improvement of field effect solar cells, oral presentation OC9.5, 16 th European PVSEC, Glasgow, Great Britain, 1 - 5 May 2000, proc. pp. 88
  • D. König, G. Ebest, Novel thin film solar cell model with two antipolar MIS structures, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 56, 67 (1998)

 

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