Helena Stange

Energy

Research Topics

• Renewable energies
• Energy efficiency and sustainable energy systems
• Energy policy instruments

Curriculum Vitae

• Since 2020 research associate at ifeu, Berlin Office
• 2019 – 2020 Post Doc at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Department Microstructure and Residual Stress Analysis
• 2018 PhD in Material Science, Technische Universität Berlin
• 2013 – 2018 Research associate (PhD student) at Technischen Universität Berlin, Institute of Material Science, Departement Metallic Materials. Guest scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
• 2010 – 2013 M. Sc. Physics at Humboldt Universität Berlin
• 2007 – 2010 B. Sc. Physics at Humboldt Universität Berlin and Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Selected Projects

• Wärmewende: Die Energiewende im Wärmebereich
• Sektorziele 2030 und klimaneutrales Baden-Württemberg 2040
• DETECTIVE - Energy saving by digitalisation
• Energy consumption labelling for new air-conditioning and ventilation systems
• Scientific examination of the development of energy consumption and measures to inprove product-related energy efficiency

Selected Publications

• Stange, H., Brunken, S., Greiner, D., Heinemann, M. D., Yani, D. A. B., Wägele, L. A., Li, C., Simsek Sanli, E., Kahnt, M., Schmidt, S. S., Bäcker, J.-P., Kaufmann, C. A., Klaus, M., Scheer, R., Genzel, C., Mainz, R. (2019): Stacking fault reduction during annealing in Cu-poor CuInSe₂ thin film solar cell absorbers analyzed by in situ XRD and grain growth modeling, Journal of Applied Physics 125, 3, 035303.
• Stange, H., Brunken, S., Greiner, D., Heinemann, M. D., Kaufmann, C. A., Schmidt, S. S., Bäcker, J.-P., Klaus, M., Genzel, C., Mainz, R. (2016): Diffusion-induced grain boundary migration as mechanism for grain growth and defect annihilation in chalcopyrite thin films, Acta Materialia 111, S. 377-384.
• Mainz, R., Simsek Sanli, E., Stange, H., Azulay, D., Brunken, S., Greiner, D., Hajaj, S., Heinemann, M. D., Kaufmann, C. A. Klaus, M.,  Ramasse, Q. M., Rodriguez-Alvarez, H., Weber, A., Balberg, I., Millo, O., van Aken, P. A., Abou-Ras, D. (2016): Annihilation of structural defects in chalcogenide absorber films for high-efficiency solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science 9, 5, S. 1818-1827.
• Stange, H., Brunken, S., Hempel, H., Rodriguez-Alvarez, H., Schäfer, N., Greiner, D., Scheu, A., Lauche, J., Kaufmann, C. A., Unold, T., Abou-Ras, D., Mainz, R. (2015): Effect of Na presence during CuInSe₂ growth on stacking fault annihilation and electronic properties, Applied Physics Letters 107, 15, 152103.