Main Research and CV
Dr. Christian Hagendorf, Group Manager Diagnostics and Metrology
Main Research
- Failure diagnostics and measurement technology in crystalline and thin-film photovoltaic technology
- Applied research on photovoltaic materials
- Atomic structure, electronic and optical properties of PV components and devices
- Reliability and deterioration of the PV module
- Thin film deposition technology (physical and chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition)
- Laser processing and nanostructured surfaces
- Surface properties of functional dielectric layers and perovskite oxides
Academic Résumé
- since 2009
Group manager Diagnostics and Metrology at Fraunhofer CSP: science, budget and personnel management, support of young scientists (students, PhD students, PostDocs)
- 2007-2009
Scientific assistant at Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM and Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP: acquisition and implementation of industrial cooperations and scientific projects (national and international)
- 1996-2007
Research assistant in the Surface and Interface group at the Physics Institute of Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg: teaching (lectures, seminars, internships) and research (public project)
Training
- 2000
PhD at University of Halle-Wittenberg, topic »Surface science investigation of single and polyrystalline barium titana-te«, summa cum laude
- 1996-2000
Doctoral thesis at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- 1996
Diploma thesis in physics at the University of Frankfurt: excellent
- 1990-96
Physics and political science at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany