Professor Rebecca Saive
Professor Rebecca Saive
Alumni - Academic Faculty
Dr. Rebecca Saive is a Professor of Applied Physics at the University of Twente, Netherlands. Her research focuses on advanced light management techniques for photovoltaic systems, aiming to enhance solar energy conversion efficiency. Dr. Saive's work bridges fundamental physics and applied technology. She earned her PhD from the University of Heidelberg and completed postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Saive co-founded a successful startup in the semiconductor sector and was named one of the Innovators Under 35 Europe and Global by MIT Technology Review in recognition of her innovative contributions to solar energy.
Selected Publications
Free-space diffused light collimation and concentrationLM Einhaus, GC Heres, J Westerhof, S Pal, A Kumar, JY Zheng, R Saive
ACS photonics 10 (2), 508-517
High aspect ratio triangular front contacts for solar cells fabricated by string‐printingM Van de Voorde, J Andersons, R Saive
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 31 (9), 960-968
Light trapping in thin silicon solar cells: A review on fundamentals and technologiesR Saive
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 29 (10), 1125-1137
Simulation of bifacial and monofacial silicon solar cell short-circuit current density under measured spectro-angular solar irradianceS Pal, A Reinders, R Saive
IEEE journal of photovoltaics 10 (6), 1803-1815
S-shaped current–voltage characteristics in solar cells: a reviewR Saive
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 9 (6), 1477-1484
The influence of spectral albedo on bifacial solar cells: A theoretical and experimental studyTCR Russell, R Saive, A Augusto, SG Bowden, HA Atwater
IEEE Journal of photovoltaics 7 (6), 1611-1618
Mesoscale trumps nanoscale: metallic mesoscale contact morphology for improved light trapping, optical absorption and grid conductance in silicon solar cellsR Saive, HA Atwater
Optics express 26 (6), A275-A282
Study of the interface in a GaP/Si heterojunction solar cellR Saive, H Emmer, CT Chen, C Zhang, C Honsberg, H Atwater
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 8 (6), 1568-1576
Imaging the electric potential within organic solar cellsR Saive, M Scherer, C Mueller, D Daume, J Schinke, M Kroeger, ...
Advanced Functional Materials 23 (47), 5854-5860
Effectively transparent front contacts for optoelectronic devicesR Saive, AM Borsuk, HS Emmer, CR Bukowsky, JV Lloyd, S Yalamanchili, ...
Advanced Optical Materials 4 (10), 1470-1474
Thin silicon interference solar cells for targeted or broadband wavelength absorption enhancementZ Durmaz, S Husein, R Saive
Optics express 29 (3), 4324-4337
Understanding and benchmarking ground reflectors for bifacial photovoltaic yield enhancementSS Pal, FHC van Loenhout, J Westerhof, R Saive
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 14 (1), 160-169
Impact of grass retroreflection on bifacial solar panel electricity yield in agrivoltaicsJ Westerhof, LM Horst, A Rikhof, SS Pal, D Busko, BS Richards, R Saive
Journal of Photonics for Energy 15 (3), 032702-032702
Spatial mapping of photovoltage and light-induced displacement of on-chip coupled piezo/photodiodes by Kelvin probe force microscopy under modulated illuminationZ Eftekhari, N Rezaei, H Stokkel, JY Zheng, A Cerreta, I Hermes, ...
Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 14 (1), 1059-1067
INTEGRATED SOLAR-DRIVEN DEVICE WITH A FRONT SURFACE SEMITRANSPARENT CATALYSTS FOR UNASSISTED CO2 REDUCTION
Wen-Hui Cheng, Matthias H. Richter, Ralph Müller, Michael Kelzenberg, Sisir Yalamanchili, Phillip R. Jahelka, Andrea N. Perry, Pin Chieh Wu, Rebecca Saive, Frank Dimroth, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Thomas Hannappel, and Harry A. Atwater
Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2201062 (2022)
HIGH BROADBAND LIGHT TRANSMISSION FOR SOLAR FUELS PRODUCTION USING DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES IN TIO2 NANOCONE ARRAYS
Sisir Yalamanchili, Erik Verlage, Wen-Hui Cheng, Katherine T. Fountaine, Philip R. Jahelka, Paul A. Kempler, Rebecca Saive, Nathan S. Lewis, and Harry A. Atwater
Nano Letters (2020)
VISUAL APPEARANCE OF MICROCONTACTS FOR SOLAR WINDOWS
Lucas J. Myers, Harry A. Atwater, and Rebecca Saivea
Journal of Photonics for Energy (2019)
STUDY OF THE INTERFACE IN A GAP/SI HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELL
Rebecca Saive, Hal Emmer, Christopher T. Chen, Chaomin Zhang, Christiana Honsberg, and Harry Atwater
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (2018)