Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg
Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg
Director Fraunhofer CSP Department Reliability and Technology for Grid Parity
Educational Background
- 12/2001: PhD Viva
- 05/1996 - 04/2000: PhD titled ‘Environmental Influences on the Performance of Thin Film Solar Cells’, Loughborough University, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), UK
- 10/1994 - 09/1995: MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology(CREST), UK, specializing in solar cells, with a thesis on amorphous silicon solar cell energy prediction
- 10/1990 - 09/1999: Physics (Diplom), specializing in solar cells and computer science. Thesis on thin film solar cell performance in different environments, University Fridericiana, Karlsruhe
Scientific Career
- since 04/2018: Director Fraunhofer-Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP, Department Reliability and Technology for Grid Parity
- since 04/2018: Professor of Photovoltaic Energy Systems at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen
- 10/2004 - 04/2018: Professor of Applied Photovoltaics at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
- 10/2004 - 09/2009: Advanced Research Fellow, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC, UK
- 06/2000 - 09/2004: Researcher at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
- 09/1996 - 04/2000: Part Time Researcher at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University , UK
- 10/1995 - 04/1996: Research Engineer, Energy Research Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe
Main Research Areas
- Performance of photovoltaic devices and systems
- Life cycle prognosis and evaluation
- Quality assurance of systems and components
- Applied metrology
https://www.csp.fraunhofer.de/
Publikationen
- Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT : volume 12, issue 1 : Koethen, Germany, 19 March 2024 / Siemens, Eduard *1969-*. - Köthen, Germany : Edition Hochschule Anhalt, [2024]
- The effects of increasing filler loading on the contact resistivity of interconnects based on silver–epoxied conductive adhesives and silver metallization pastes / Devoto Acevedo, Maria Ignacia. - Enthalten in: Progress in photovoltaics (2024)
- Analysis of Threshold Conditions for Cementation of Soiling on PV Modules and Telescope Mirrors / Willers, Guido. - Enthalten in: IEEE journal of photovoltaics (2024), S.1-7
- show all publications in OPAC
Professor - FB EMW
ralph.gottschalg(at)hs-anhalt.de
Tel.: +49 (0) 3496 67 2351
Geb. 01 - Rotes Gebäude
Dachgeschoss
Raum 415
Bernburger Straße 55
D-06366 Köthen
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