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A/Prof. Thorsten Trupke

PhD Karlsruhe

Associate Professor

Deputy Director (ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence)

Contact Details
Office Location:Room 132, Electrical Engineering Building
Email: t.trupke@unsw.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9385-4054
Fax: +61 2 9385-7762

Thorsten Trupke's CV (PDF 60 kb)

Research Interests

  • Third generation photovoltaic concepts
  • Application of luminescent up- and down-coversion to Photovoltaics
  • Light emitting devices based on bulk silicon and on Silicon on insulator
  • Theoretical analysis of photoluminescence and electroluminescence
  • Device characterisation - lifetime measurements

Selected Publications

  • P. Würfel, T. Trupke, T. Puzzer, E. Schäffer, W. Warta, S.W. Glunz, Diffusion Lengths of Silicon Solar Cells from Luminescence Images, J.Appl.Phys., 101, 123110 (2007).
  • T. Trupke, E. Pink, R.A. Bardos and M.D. Abbott, Spatially resolved series resistance of silicon solar cells obtained from luminescence imaging, Applied Physics Letters, 90, 093506 (2007).
  • T. Trupke, R.A. Bardos, M.C. Schubert and W. Warta, Photoluminescence imaging of silicon wafers, Appl.Phys.Lett. 89, 044107 (2006).
  • R.A. Bardos, T. Trupke, M.C. Schubert and T. Roth, Trapping artifacts in quasi-steady- state photoluminescence and photoconductance lifetime measurements on silicon wafers, Appl.Phys.Lett. 88, 053504 (2006).
  • T. Trupke, R.A. Bardos, M.D. Abbott, Self-Consistent calibration of photoluminescence and photocoductance lifetime measurements, Appl.Phys.Lett. 87, 184102 (2005).
  • A. Shalav, B.S. Richards, T. Trupke, K.W. Krämer and H.U. Güdel, The Application of NaYF4: Er3+ Up-Converting Phosphors for Enhanced Near-Infrared Silicon Solar Cell Response, Appl.Phys.Lett. 86, 013505 (2005).
  • T. Trupke and R.A. Bardos, Photoluminescence: A surprisingly sensitive lifetime technique, 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Orlando, USA, January 2005.
  • J. Zhao, G. Zhang, T. Trupke, A. Wang, F. Hudert and M.A. Green, Near-band edge light emission from silicon semiconductor on insulator diodes, Appl.Phys.Lett. 85, 2830 (2004).
  • T. Trupke, M.A. Green, P. Würfel, P.P. Altermatt, A. Wang, J. Zhao, R. Corkish, Temperature dependence of the radiative recombination coefficient of intrinsic crystalline silicon, J.Appl.Phys. 94, (2003) 4930.
  • T. Trupke, J. Zhao, A. Wang, R. Corkish and M.A. Green, Very efficient light emission from bulk crystalline silicon, Appl.Phys.Lett. 82, (2003) 2996.
  • T. Trupke, M.A. Green, P. Würfel, Improving solar cell efficiencies by down-conversion of high-energy photons, J.Appl.Phys. 92, (2002) 1668.
  • T. Trupke, M.A. Green, P. Würfel, Improving solar cell efficiencies by up-conversion of sub-band-gap light, J.Appl.Phys. 92, (2002) 4117.

** More of Dr Trupke's publications can be viewed in the Publications section of this website.

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