Projects at LENS/The Semiconductor Physics Group

Currently running research projects per April 2022

• New thermoelectric ANtimonides and Silicides With EntRopy stabilization (ANSWER)

• Novel (M,Ga)2O3 thin films for two-dimensional electron gas devices (GO2DEVICE) (sintef.no)

• Defect control in Gallium Oxide for next gen POWer electronics (GO-POW)

• High entropy alloys for thermal, electronic and optical applications (HEATER)

• Improved efficiency for solid-state Neutron DETectors (INDET)

• New MAterials for Tandem Solar cells (MATS)

• Norwegian laboratory for silicon-based solar cell technology

• Novel silicon carbide for radiotherapy and radiation monitoring (NoSiCaR)

• Non-parabolic Effects Applied to Thermoelectric materials (NEAT)

• Towards PeRovskite Large Area PhotoVoltaic (PERLA-PV)

• Sino-Norwegian Alliance in Photovoltaics (SiNorAPV)

• The SOLARIS initiative

• The Research Center for Sustainable Solar Cell Technology (FME SuSolTech)

• Quantum emitters in semiconductors for future Technologies (QuTe)

Completed research projects since 2013

• Functionalizing Defects in Advanced Semiconductors (FUNDAMeNT)

• Novel Semiconducting Alloys in Energy Technology (SALIENT)

• Graphene integrated with semiconductor devices for high performance (GraSeRad)

• Oxygen complexes in solar silicon (OxSil)

• Functional OXides through HOlistic UNDerstanding (FOXHOUND)

• Newstar

• Efficient exploitation of the sun with intermediate ban gap Silicon Carbide (SunSiC)

• Perovskites for Photovoltaic Efficient Conversion Technology (PERPHECT)

• Pilotline 4 PowerBase 2 Compact Power Applications (Powerbase)

• Polarization PhotoVoltaics (P2V)

• High-performance tandem heterojunction solar cells for specific applications (SOLHET)

• The Norwegian Research Centre for Solar Cell Technology (Solar United)

• Methodology for Interface and Defect Assessments in Semiconductors using a combination of synchrotron radiation and electrical measurements (MIDAS)

• ICE 2016: New process for production of ultra pure Silicon Carbide UP-SiC

• Wide Bandgap Semiconductors - Defects and Dopants (WEDD)

• Technologies for high performance wafer-level-encapsulated micro-sensors and micro-actuators (MSENS)

• Development of a Hetero-Junction Oxide-Based Solar Cell Device (HeteroSolar)

• IDEAS - Innovation driven education and science in modern photovoltaics via Norwegian-Chinese collaboration

• Dynamic interplay between defects and dopants in Zinc Oxide (DYNAZOX)

• Cross-scale modeling of CO2/hydrocarbon conversion in hydrofractured shale (NanoSHALE)

• Silicon based 3D mini- and microdosimeter (3DMiMic)

• Solar Hydrogen

• Understanding of defects and impurities in ZnO; synthesis, doping, and band gap engineering (Understanding ZnO)

• Hydrogen in solar-grade p-type silicon: dominant complexes and solar cell efficiency (HydSil)

• Challenging atomistic processes in SiC (CapSiC)

• Conducting Oxides and Nanostructures for Energy Technology (CONE)

• Nanostructuring of novel semiconductors by ion beams (NanoSiB)