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… to the homepage of the division Next Generation Photovoltaics and the cross-institutional "Taskforce Perovskite Photovoltaics at KIT" led by Tenure-Track-Prof. Dr. Ulrich W. Paetzold. If you look for us in person, you will find us at both the Institute of Microstructure Technology and the Light Technology Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Enjoy reading about our work and always feel invited to contact us. Do not forget to check out our latest updates and news @PeroTaskforce.

Tenure-Track-Prof. Dr. Ulrich W. Paetzold

At the heart of a sustainable future, inexpensive electrical energy needs to be guaranteed to all people on this planet. Photovoltaics bear the potential to generate the required amount of electrical energy at low cost by harvesting the globally available and inexhaustible energy resource of the sun. Unfolding the full potential of next generation photovoltaic technologies by research, innovation, and academic education is our scientific mission and ambition.

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Ulrich W. Paetzold Receives ERC Consolidator Grant

T.T. Prof. Ulrich W. Paetzold has been awarded a highly endowed ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He leads an international and highly interdisciplinary research group on new materials and processes for next generation photovoltaics. The ERC award will further strengthen his research on perovskite (tandem) photovoltaics. The proposed project aims to develop a radically new manufacturing process for high quality perovskite semiconductor that has the potential to overcome key challenges of perovskite thin film processing.

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On a way to the market; Fully scalable Perovskite/Perovskite tandem solar modules

Light management, high-throughput laser interconnections and industrial coationg methods pave the way to the world’s first all perovskite tandem solar module - The team of T.T.Prof. U. Paetzold reports in Nature Energy

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Thin-film photovoltaics: Efficient and versatile in a double pack

Stacking solar cells on top of each other increases efficiency. Researchers from the Perovskite Photovoltaics Taskforce, together with partners in the EU project PERCISTAND, have now produced perovskite/CIS tandem solar cells with an efficiency of almost 25 percent - the highest to date for this technology.

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Best contributed talk award at the 2021 Material Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting

Doctoral student Ahmed Farag from the Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) received an award for the best contributed talk at the hybrid 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) fall meeting in Boston. The award was given for his oral presentation on ‘’ Micrometer-Thick Solution Processed Perovskite Solar Cells on Industrial-Like Textured Si Substrates for Efficient Light Harvesting’’.

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Ms. M.Sc. Kristina Geistert receives the 2020 Study Award of the SEW EURODRIVE FOUNDATION

Ms. M.Sc. Kristina Geistert was awarded the study prize of the SEW EURODRIVE STIFTUNG 2020 on 7.5.2021.
The award was given due to her outstanding study performance and master thesis on the topic "Production of perovskite solar cells based on non-hazardous volatile solvent systems". We congratulate the award winner and wish the PhD student at the Institute of Light Technology continued success.

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All-evaporated Perovskite Solar Modules reaching efficiency > 18%

Upscaling perovskite photovoltaics from cell to module level with scalable processes is a key challenge. Researchers at IMT and LTI have now produced perovskite solar modules with almost no loss of scaling. They combine laser-scribed interconnection lines with the ease of co-evaporated perovskites.

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Tenure-Track-Prof. Dr. Ulrich W. Paetzold appointed to the Tenure-Track-Professorship Next Generation Photovoltaics

Effective March 1st, 2021, Ulrich W. Paetzold has been appointed to the Tenure-Track-Professorship Next Generation Photovoltaics of the KIT Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in Area III. Ulrich W. Paetzold and his interdisciplinary team develop and research new materials, future-oriented device architectures, and innovative manufacturing processes for perovskite photovoltaics. The enormous progress in perovskite research makes this material system a beacon of hope for high-performance and cost-effective solar cells.

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Dr. Tobias Abzieher Receives Award for an Outstanding Dissertation

 

Dr. Tobias Abzieher receives one of the renowned Young Scientist Awards 2020 of the Gips-Schüle-Stiftung for his dissertation. Due to its high relevance for the sustainable and responsible use of resources, the foundation chose the work of Dr. Abzieher as one of the three best technical and scientific dissertations in Baden-Württemberg in 2019/20.

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The Optical Society (OSA) features the work of Helge Eggers

The Optical Society (OSA) features the work of Helge Eggers presented on Inkjet-Printed Perovskite Photovoltaics at the Optical Society (OSA) 2020 Advanced Photonics Congress with a press release. Helge Eggers, doctoral student in the research group of Dr. Ulrich W. Paetzold from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, presented his latest achievements of a perovskite solar cells with inkjet-printed absorber and extraction layers, reaching power conversion efficiencies above 17%.

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Saba Gharibzadeh received the poster award

02.10.2019 - Doctoral student Saba Gharibzadeh received the poster award at the International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO 2019) in Lausanne (Switzerland). The award was given for her poster on “Record Open Circuit Voltage in High Efficiency Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells” by Prof. M. Graetzel.

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Prize for the best PhD presentation at the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress

01.08.2019 - Doctoral student Raphael Schmager from the Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) received an award for the best student presentation at the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress in San Francisco. The award was given for his oral presentation on “Nanophotonic Perovskite Thin-Film Solar Cells by Thermal Nano-imprint Lithography” in the topical meeting on “Optical Devices and Materials for Solid Energy and Solid-state Lightning"

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Tandem solar modules: More power from the double pack

Since the efficiency of commercially available solar cells can only be increased to a limited extent, researchers have combined perovskite semiconductors with semiconductors made of copper, indium, gallium and selenium (CIGS) to form tandem solar cells. This achieves efficiencies of over 30%, while retaining all the advantages of thin-film technology.

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SWR Report on Perovskite Research at KIT

SWR Aktuell reports on perovskite research at KIT and on the world records recently achieved there for inkjet-printed perovskite solar cells.

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Tobias Abzieher, KIT
Novel transport layer enables high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

Photovoltaics plays a crucial role in harnessing the sun as an inexhaustible source of energy. Researchers at the LTI on the KIT campus have succeeded in developing a novel, highly efficient nickel oxide hole conductor layer that helps perovskite solar cells achieve record efficiencies.

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