Prof. Heiss’ group SOPSEM (SOlution-Processed SEMiconductors), in collaboration within the IMEET department and several other FAU WW-s groups, has demonstrated a new approach of metal halide perovskites (MHP) heteroepitaxial crystal growth based on cheap and scalable inkjet printing. The paper...
During the last years, the development of new active materials has led to constant improvement in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of solution-processed organic photovoltaics (OPV) to nowadays record values above 17% on small lab cells. In this work, we show the developments and results of a s...
I-MEET celebrated its 10th anniversary with the holding of the Next Generation Solar Energy Conference in Nuremberg in December in the presence of many alumni and cooperation partners. I-MEET has established itself as one of FAU's research strongholds. With an above-average number of highly-cited p...
Andrej´s paper on the limitations of organic solar cells just went online in Nature Energy and got advertised in the News & View section of by a very profound comment from Tracey Clarke (thank you Tracey!). Andrej, Thomas and Larry went deep to understand the limiting factors enabling efficient...
Yakun has won the SAOT Student Award 2020 in the topic “Optical Materials and Systems” for her work “Evidencing Excellent Thermal- and Photostability for Single-Component Organic Solar Cells with Inherently Built-In Microstructure” published in “Advanced Energy Materials”.
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Congratulations to Johannes! Johannes completed his doctoral thesis with an inspiring and rousing defense. His performance was rewarded with Very Good success! Johannes investigated and developed non-destructive imaging methods to analyze material failure in photovoltaic cells and panels. He spe...
Solution-based processing of photovoltaic materials has important advantages, including lower overall costs and easier upscaling of fabrication, where the solvents play an essential role. Antisolvent crystallization technique is often applied to achieve high-quality perovskite materials. However,...
After three years in Erlangen Osbel finished his thesis on the topic of hysteretic effects in perovskite solar cells with excellence. An impressive number of publications, in combination with the development of novel impedance measurement methods and paired with a very strong defense convinced t...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, one unexpected outcome in cities around the world has been a reduction in air pollution, as people stay home to avoid contracting the coronavirus. Based on data collected in Delhi, India, researchers report that this cleaner air has led to more sunlight reaching so...
