IFE

IFE is an international energy research institute. It is an independent, non-profit, private foundation with about 700 employees. Renewable energy and environmental technology are one of the main research activities at IFE. The Department for Solar Energy (DSE) at IFE has outstanding expertise on preparation and study of Si-based solar cells, materials for solar cells, and electronic defects in semiconductors. The IFE activity within solar cells was initiated about 15 years ago. Today, it has a modern and well-equipped processing and characterization laboratory where, among other activities, a well characterized and stable industrial baseline process is running.IFE has experience on and have developed a set of characterization methods (PL-imaging, lifetime characterization, passivation layer characterization, optical characterization) and simulation tools well suited for analysing and testing new cell concepts