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PhD-Postdoc series

The Next Generation Solar Energy (NGSE) PhD-Postdoc series aims to promote the work of emerging scientists in the field of solar energy. Whereas many talks at mainstream conferences are given by experienced professors and group leaders, here only early career researchers will be given a stage to promote a new generation of promising scientists.
Group leaders and professors are more than welcome to attend the talks and ask questions to the speaker. In this fashion, the series will provide a platform for experienced scientists to give feedback and challenge the young generation, but also to scout for future potential collaborators and colleagues.
This series aims to facilitate discussions and to allow for deeper insights into phenomena as well as characterization techniques. As such, presentations will focus on clearly defined topics covered in-depth, rather than a list of big achievements.
The series is organized by a committee of early career researchers.

Presentations will be around 30 minutes with copious time for questions. The series runs online via Zoom on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month. Sessions start at 5 PM Berlin time (GMT+2), which, depending on your location, translates, into 8 AM Los Angeles (GMT-7), 11 AM Montreal (GMT-4) or 11 PM (GMT+8) Beijing.

With the speakers’ permission (embargo period possible) the talks will be recorded and uploaded to the NGSE YouTube channel.

We look forward to welcoming all of you to these events,

Dr. V.M. Le Corre | Dr. Simon Kahmann | Dr. Loreta Muscarella

Next talk on March 22nd at 5 PM CET:

Kunal Datta

Design and development of perovskite-based multijunction photovoltaics.
Abstract:
Perovskite-based monolithic multijunctions are a potentially inexpensive route to increase photovoltaic efficiency of solar cells. This talk deconstructs such systems and provide experimental strategies to develop and optimize tandem solar cells combining all-perovskite and perovskite-silicon platforms. Key areas of focus of this research are photostability, processing challenges with active layers and interfaces, non-radiative recombination, tandem integration, and light-management.

Registration:

The registration to attend the NGSE – PhD-Postdoc series is free of charge!

To register in advance please follow the links below:

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Note that if you register once for either of the meetings you will not have to register again.

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Schedule:

Date:Speaker:Title:Registration link:
22-Mar-2023Kunal Datta
– Eindhoven University of Technology, NL		Design and development of perovskite-based multijunction photovoltaicsLink
12-Apr-2023Raisa-Ioana Biega
– University of Twente, NL		Diversity of excitons in lead-free heterogeneous 3D and quasi-2D double perovskites: a first principles studyLink
26-Apr-2023Jeffrey DuBose
– Caltech, US		Hole Trapping in Halide Perovskites Induces Phase SegregationLink
10-May-2023Zuzanna Molenda
– University of Bordeaux, FR		To be announcedLink
24-May-2023Yuanbao Lin
– Oxford University, UK		Enhanced Performance and Stability of Organic Solar Cells by Interface and Photo-Active Layer EngineeringLink

Youtube Channel:

Past speakers:

Date:Speaker:Title:Relevant papers:Youtube Video link:
08-Mar-2023Olivier Ronsin
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Helmholtz Institute for renewable energy, DE		Understanding the morphology formation of photoactive layers in perovskite and organic solar cellsLink 1
Link 2
Link 3		Available soon
22-Feb-2023Marise García-Batlle
– Universitat Jaume I, ES		High Quality Perovskite Materials for X-Ray Detection:
Effect of Mobile Ions on Dark Current Stability		Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Available soon
08-Feb-2023Jules T Bertrandie
– KAUST, KSA		Determination of the energy levels of organic semiconductors in solar cellsLink 1Link
25-Jan-2023Tiarnan Doherty
– University of Cambridge, UK
University of Oxford, UK		Scanning electron diffraction of tilted halide perovskitesLink 1Unavailable
11-Jan-2023Konstantin Schötz
– University of Bayreuth, DE		Investigating perovskite film formation using in situ optical spectroscopyLink 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
14-Dec-2022 Arava Zohar
– UC Santa Barbara, US 		In Operando, Photovoltaic, and Microscopic Evaluation of Recombination Centers in Halide Perovskite-Based Solar CellsLink 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
23-Nov-2022 Amran Al-Ashouri
– Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, DE		Boosting Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells and Exploring Charge Carrier Dynamics with Self-Assembled MonolayersLink 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
09-Nov-2022Sapir Bitton
– Technion Israel Institute of Technology, IL		Iodine Reactions as Mobile Recombination Centers – a Drift-Diffusion Reaction Simulation of Perovskite Cells’ DegradationLink 1
Link 2		Link
26-Oct-2022Tobias Osterrieder
– Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE		Autonomous Optimization of ternary OPV devices on automated research linesAvailable soon Link
12-Oct-2022Carlo A.R. Perini
– Georgia Institute of Technology, US		Halide perovskite photovoltaics: tailoring interfaces to maximize the energy yieldLink 1
Link 2
Link 3 		Link
28-Sep-2022 Daniel A. Jacobs
– EPFL, CH 		Lateral Ion Migration Accelerates Degradation in Halide Perovskite Devices Link Link
22-Jun-2022 Basita Das
– Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE 		Parameter estimation in Perovskite solar cells using Bayesian Inference.Available soon Link
08-Jun-2022 Mohammed Azzouzi
– Imperial College London, UK		Multiscale modelling of OPV devices: Reconciling models of interfacial state kinetics and device performance in organic solar cells. Link 1Link
25-May-2022Safakath Karuthedath
– KAUST, KSA 		Role of Ionization Energy Offset in Binary and Ternary Organic Solar Cells. Link 1
Link 2		Link
11-May-2022Clément Maheu
– TU Darmstadt, DE		Photoelectron Spectroscopies provide insights in solar energy materials and their interfaces.Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Available soon
27-Apr-2022 loretaLoreta A. Muscarella
– AMOLF, NL
– Utrecht University, NL 		Strain-induced stabilization of phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskites.Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
13-Apr-2022 Nutifafa Y. DoumonNutifafa Doumon
– INRS, Ca
– NREL, US 		Challenges Faced by Emerging (Organic) Photovoltaic Technologies. Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
23-Mar-2022 Pietro Caprioglio
– University of Oxford, UK		Open-circuit and short-circuit loss management in inverted wide-gap perovskite pin solar cells.Link 1
Link 2
Link 3 		Link
09-Mar-2022Rhiannon Kennard
– UC Santa Barbara, US
– University of Sheffield, UK 		Using Grazing Incidence X-Rays to Understand Halide Perovskite Films. Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
23-Feb-2022Mathias U. RothmannMathias Uller Rothmann
– University of Oxford, UK		Advanced Electron Microscopy of Metal Halide Perovskites.Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
09-Feb-2022Erkan Aydin
– KAUST, KSA		Solution-processed perovskites on textured interfaces: A successful platform for efficient perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
26-Jan-2022 Simon Kahmann
– University of Cambridge, UK 		Taking a closer look: the power of optical microscopy to unravel the complex world of two-dimensional perovskites. Link 1
Link 2
Link 3		Link
24-Nov-2021Lorena Perdigón Toro‬
– University of Potsdam, DE		What have we learned so far from state-of-the-art organic solar cells?Link 1
Link 2		Link
10-Nov-2021Felix Lang
– University of Potsdam, DE		Perovskite-based Tandem Photovoltaics for Near-Earth, Moon, Mars and Deep Space Applications.
From Radiation Tolerance to Open Challenges.		Link 1
Link 2		Link
27-Oct-2021Moritz Futscher
– EMPA, CH		Ion migration in halide perovskites: Opportunities and challenges.Link 1
Link 2		Link
13-Oct-2021Jarla Thiesbrummel
– University of Oxford, UK		Universal Current Losses in Perovskite Solar Cells Due to Mobile Ions.Link 1
Link 2		Link
22-Sep-2021Christian M. Wolff
– EPFL, CH		Light management in perovskite single- and multi-junction solar cells.Link