Researcher Profile

Field: Photovoltaic Technologies

Main Research: Thin film photovoltaic devices

Experience: PhD-studies at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna, research and teaching. PhD thesis (2007) in the field of ultra-thin intermetallic films. Experience abroad for scientific work at the HZB (Berlin, DE), LLB (Saclay, F), ERSF (Grenoble, F) and BWR-6 KKL (Leibstadt, CH). Since 2008 scientist at the Austrian Institute of Technology, Energy Department, Photovoltaic Systems (PVS). Experiences in the R&D-fields of photovoltaics, thin film photovoltaics, spectral measurements and building integration of photovoltaics (BIPV). Specialisation and research topics are about the behavior of thin film devices under environmental influence (irradiance, spectrum, temperature) and the correlation between material level and device level.

• 2002-2007: Research fellow
  University of Vienna / Austria
• 2007-2008: Assistant
  University of Vienna / Austria
• 2008--: Scientist
  Austrian Institute of Technology / Austria
• 1998-2008: Tutor to practical courses
  University of Vienna / Austria
• 2012--: Lecturer
  University of Vienna / Austria
• 2013--: Lecturer
  Advanced college: Technikum Wien / Austria

• 2013: Session editor for a special session of the IEEE - IECON 2013, Vienna
• 2009 - : representative of the AIT in the technologyplatform Photovolatic Austria
• 2014 -: EERA SP5 "PV Systems", leader of sub task 5.2. BIPV
• 2011 -: member of the "working group energy" of the Austrian Physical Society OEPG

• 2009: Loschmidt-Prize of the Chemisch-Physikalischen Gesellschaft for the PhD thesis
• 2012: Winner of the Scientific Poster Presentation Award in the category „photovoltaic systems“ at the PV-SEC 2012, Frankfurt, DE
• 2014: VERENA (VERBUND E-Novation Award); Sonderpreis der Energieforschung im Rahmen des Staatspreises 2014 für das Projekt "smartflowerTM" entstanden im Projekt REMULES

• INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF CONTRAILS ON DIRECT AND DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE
  Author(s): Ph. Weihs, E. Feitzinger, D. Baumgartner, J. Wagner, M. Rennhofer, W. Laube and J. Gadermaier
  Journal: AIP Conf. Proc, 1531 (2013) ; 536-539
• ELECTRICAL METASTABILITIES IN CHALCOGENIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
  Author(s): S. Novalin, M. Rennhofer, J. Summhammer
  Journal: Thin Solid Films, 535 (2013) ; 261-264

• ULTRA SLOW DYNAMICS IN INTERMETALLIC THIN FILMS;
  Intermetallics Research Progress
  Author(s): M. Rennhofer
  Publisher: Nova Publishers; New York; 2008; 237-259; 1-60021-982-9
  Series: Ed. Yakov N. Berdovsky; 1

• SHORT-TERM METASTABLE EFFECTS IN AMORPHOUS SILICON SOLAR MODULES
  Author(s): A. Mittal, M. Rennhofer, I. Riedel, R. Leidl, G. Újvári
  Conference EU-PVSEC, Paris
• RELATIVE FEUCHTE UND UMWANDLUNGSEFFIZIENZ VON DÜNNSCHICHTPHOTOVOLTAIK
  Author(s): M. Nikbakhti, M. Rennhofer, K. Berger, J. Wagner, R. Leidl, W. Laube, D. Baumgartner, Ph. Weihs und V. Schlosser
  Conference 28. Symposium Photovoltaische Solarenergie, Bad Staffelstein

• Elemental practical course in experimental physics (2007)
  University of Vienna
• eLearnPhysik (2007)
  University of Vienna
• Photovoltaik: eine Option zur Energieautarkie (2012)
  University of Vienna
• Photovoltaik: eine Option zur Energieautarkie (2013)
  University of Vienna
• Photovoltaic systems and its application (2013)
  OEAD
• Photovoltaik: eine Option zur Energieautarkie (2014)
  University of Vienna
• Photovoltaic systems and its application (2014)
  OEAD
• Photovoltaik für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung (2014)
  TU Graz

• Herstellungsverfahren strukturierter Dünnschicht Photovoltaik
  Inventor: M. Rennhofer, K. Berger
  Submission Date: 30.03.2012
  Issue Date: 15.12.2013
• Multifunktionales Fassadenmodulsystem
  Inventor: M. Müller, H. Wascher, U. Kernler, R. Braun, M. Rennhofer, G. Siegel, S. Gosztonyi, T. Mach, W. Streicher, . Moßhammer, M. Grobbauer
  Submission Date: 04.10.2012
  Issue Date: 15.03.2014

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