Photovoltaics (IMD-3)

Inferring Material Parameters from Current–Voltage Curves in Organic Solar Cells via Neural Network-Based Surrogate Models

Top Award for Jülich PV Researcher Uwe Rau

Prof. Dr. Uwe Rau has been awarded the 2026 IEEE William R. Cherry Award at the 54th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) in the US. The award is one of the most prestigious honors in the field of photovoltaics worldwide. It recognizes Rau’s fundamental contributions to the development of more efficient solar cells—a key technology for the climate-neutral energy supply of the future.

Battery pushes PV-driven CO2 reduction beyond its limits

Thérèse Cibaka's work under the top 10% of papers in EES Solar.

Persistent CO2 reduction performance of an Ag nanoparticle gas diffusion electrode in realistic dynamic PV-driven operation

High-Efficiency Silver-Free Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) Solar Cells:

Photoluminescence in halide perovskite films with shallow traps

Determination of Electron Extraction in Semiconductor Photoanodes

HITEC Communicator Award: 4 winners

Prof. Christoph Brabec new member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Pushing solar-to-hydrogen efficiency by batteries

Coupling PV with electrochemical water splitting for storage of green hydrogen.

Unfolding Electrolyzer Characteristics to Reveal

Solar-to-Chemical Efficiency Potential:

Rapid Analysis Method Bridging Electrochemistry and Photovoltaics

A photovoltaics emulator for electrochemistry using Python and SCPI

EU-funded SUPERVAL project

EU invests €3.5M in a project to convert carbon and nitrogen emissions into valuable resources

Inferring Material Parameters from Current–Voltage Curves in Organic Solar Cells via Neural Network-Based Surrogate Models

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Top Award for Jülich PV Researcher Uwe Rau

Prof. Dr. Uwe Rau has been awarded the 2026 IEEE William R. Cherry Award at the 54th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) in the US. The award is one of the most prestigious honors in the field of photovoltaics worldwide. It recognizes Rau’s fundamental contributions to the development of more efficient solar cells—a key technology for the climate-neutral energy supply of the future.

Battery pushes PV-driven CO2 reduction beyond its limits

Thérèse Cibaka's work under the top 10% of papers in EES Solar.

Persistent CO2 reduction performance of an Ag nanoparticle gas diffusion electrode in realistic dynamic PV-driven operation

High-Efficiency Silver-Free Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) Solar Cells:

Photoluminescence in halide perovskite films with shallow traps

Determination of Electron Extraction in Semiconductor Photoanodes

HITEC Communicator Award: 4 winners

Prof. Christoph Brabec new member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Pushing solar-to-hydrogen efficiency by batteries

Coupling PV with electrochemical water splitting for storage of green hydrogen.

Unfolding Electrolyzer Characteristics to Reveal

Solar-to-Chemical Efficiency Potential:

Rapid Analysis Method Bridging Electrochemistry and Photovoltaics

A photovoltaics emulator for electrochemistry using Python and SCPI

EU-funded SUPERVAL project

EU invests €3.5M in a project to convert carbon and nitrogen emissions into valuable resources

Institute of Energy Materials and Devices (IMD)

Sustainable Photovoltaics - Basics and Technology

At the Institute of Energy, Materials and Devices - Photovoltaics (IMD-3), novel materials as well as innovative device architectures for sustainable photovoltaics based on thin films are being researched.

At the Institute of Energy, Materials and Devices - Photovoltaics (IMD-3), novel materials as well as innovative device architectures for sustainable photovoltaics based on thin films are being researched.

At the Institute of Energy, Materials and Devices - Photovoltaics (IMD-3), novel materials as well as innovative device architectures for sustainable photovoltaics based on thin films are being researched.

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Inferring Material Parameters from Current–Voltage Curves in Organic Solar Cells via Neural Network-Based Surrogate Models

Top Award for Jülich PV Researcher Uwe Rau

Battery pushes PV-driven CO2 reduction beyond its limits

High-Efficiency Silver-Free Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) Solar Cells:

Photoluminescence in halide perovskite films with shallow traps

Determination of Electron Extraction in Semiconductor Photoanodes

HITEC Communicator Award: 4 winners

Prof. Christoph Brabec new member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Pushing solar-to-hydrogen efficiency by batteries

Solar-to-Chemical Efficiency Potential:

A photovoltaics emulator for electrochemistry using Python and SCPI

EU-funded SUPERVAL project

Inferring Material Parameters from Current–Voltage Curves in Organic Solar Cells via Neural Network-Based Surrogate Models

Top Award for Jülich PV Researcher Uwe Rau

Battery pushes PV-driven CO2 reduction beyond its limits

High-Efficiency Silver-Free Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) Solar Cells:

Photoluminescence in halide perovskite films with shallow traps

Determination of Electron Extraction in Semiconductor Photoanodes

HITEC Communicator Award: 4 winners

Prof. Christoph Brabec new member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Pushing solar-to-hydrogen efficiency by batteries

Solar-to-Chemical Efficiency Potential:

A photovoltaics emulator for electrochemistry using Python and SCPI

EU-funded SUPERVAL project

Inferring Material Parameters from Current–Voltage Curves in Organic Solar Cells via Neural Network-Based Surrogate Models

Research Groups

Autonomous Discovery of Advanced Materials

Knowledge-Based PV

Data-Based PV

PV Technology Incubation Lab (PV-ThynC)

Sustainable PV

Solar TAP

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH