1 Introduction
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Christophe Ballif is Head of the Photovoltaics-Laboratory (PVLab) of IMT Neuchâtel, now an integral part of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). He is also Director of the PV Centre within CSEM, a research and technology organization (RTO) and a public–private partnership located
in Neuchâtel, dedicated to technology transfer. His research
interests include materials for PV, high-efficiency crystalline
silicon solar cells and multijunction solar cells, module technology, Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), and Energy
systems. Christophe contributed to numerous innovations and
products. He received the Becquerel award in 2016. Prior to
his assignment in Neuchâtel (2004) he was Researcher at the
EMPA in Thun, after having spent several years at the Fraunhofer ISE (Germany), working on crystalline silicon photovoltaics. Christophe accomplished his postdoctoral research at
NREL (Golden, US) on compound semiconductor solar cells
(CIGS and CdTe). He received his Ph.D. in physics from EPFL,
Switzerland, in 1998. He is a newly elected member of the Swiss
Academy of Technical Science and a corresponding member of
the Slovenian Academy of Science and Engineering.
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Christophe Ballif is Head of the Photovoltaics-Laboratory (PVLab) of IMT Neuchâtel, now an integral part of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). He is also Director of the PV Centre within CSEM, a research and technology organization (RTO) and a public–private partnership located
in Neuchâtel, dedicated to technology transfer. His research
interests include materials for PV, high-efficiency crystalline
silicon solar cells and multijunction solar cells, module technology, Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), and Energy
systems. Christophe contributed to numerous innovations and
products. He received the Becquerel award in 2016. Prior to
his assignment in Neuchâtel (2004) he was Researcher at the
EMPA in Thun, after having spent several years at the Fraunhofer ISE (Germany), working on crystalline silicon photovoltaics. Christophe accomplished his postdoctoral research at
NREL (Golden, US) on compound semiconductor solar cells
(CIGS and CdTe). He received his Ph.D. in physics from EPFL,
Switzerland, in 1998. He is a newly elected member of the Swiss
Academy of Technical Science and a corresponding member of
the Slovenian Academy of Science and Engineering.