Prof. Dr. Thomas Kirchartz

Direktor

Kontaktperson

+49 2461/61-96500

+49 2461/61-3735

E-Mail

http://www.fz-juelich.de/iek/iek-5

Adresse

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institute of Energy Materials and Devices (IMD)

Photovoltaik (IMD-3)

Gebäude 02.6 / Raum 4006

Warum und woran ich forsche

Thomas Kirchartz is currently a professor (W3) of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the RWTH Aachen and director at the IMD-3 Photovoltaics at Research Centre Jülich. Previously, he was a professor of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University Duisburg-Essen. From 2010 to 2013, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. His research interests include all aspects regarding the fundamental understanding of photovoltaic devices including their characterization and simulation.

Vita

Since 4/2026	Director of IMD-3 and Professor for Photovoltaics at RWTH Aachen
10/2017 - 4/2026	Deputy Head of Institute of the IMD-3, Research Centre Jülich and Head of Division (Abteilung) of Analytics and Simulation at the IMD-3 (previously IEK-5)
11/2013 - 4/2026	Professor at the University Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Engineering, Division Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
10/2013 – 9/2017	Head of Division (Abteilung) Organic and Hybrid Photovoltaics at the Research Center Jülich (Germany), Institute for Energy Research 5 – Photovoltaics (IEK5)
10/2010 – 9/2013	Imperial College London, Department of Physics (Experimental Solid State Physics), Junior Research Fellow
1/2009 – 7/2010	Research Center Jülich (Germany), Institute for Energy Research 5 – Photovoltaics (IEK5), Post Doc
2/2009	RWTH Aachen (Germany), Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Dr. Ing
7/2007 – 12/2008	Research Center Jülich (Germany), Institute for Energy Research 5 – Photovoltaics (IEK5), PhD student
7/2006 – 6/2007	Universität Stuttgart (Germany), Institute for Physical Electronics, PhD student
6/2006	Universität Stuttgart (Germany), Diplom Engineer in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Publikationen

Krückemeier L.; Krogmeier, B.; Liu, Z.; Rau, U.; Kirchartz, T. Understanding Transient Photoluminescence in Halide Perovskite Layer Stacks and Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 11, 202003489.

Liu, Z.; Siekmann, J.; Klingebiel, B.; Rau, U.; Kirchartz, T. Interface Optimization via Fullerene Blends Enables Open-Circuit Voltages of 1.35 V in CH₃NH₃Pb(I_0.8Br_0.2)₃ Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 11, 2101474..

Köhler, M.; Pomaska, M.; Procel, P.; Santbergen, R.; Zamchiy, A.; Macco, B.; Lambertz, A.; Duan, W.; Cao, P.; Klingebiel, B.; Li, S.; Eberst, A.; Luysberg, M.; Qiu, K.; Isabella, O.; Finger, F.; Kirchartz, T.; Rau, U.; and Ding, K. A silicon carbide based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%. Nat. Energy 2021, 6, 529–537

Kirchartz, T.; Marquez, J.A.; Stolterfoht, M.; Unold, T. Photoluminescence-Based Characterization of Halide-Perovskites for Photovoltaics, Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1904134.

de Quilettes, D. W.; Frohna, K.; Emin, D.; Kirchartz, T.; Bulovic, V.; Ginger, D. S.; Stranks, S. D. Charge-Carrier Recombination in Halide Perovskites, Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 11007

Stolterfoht, M.; Caprioglio, P.; Wolff, C. M.; Marquez, J.A.; Nordmann, J.; Zhang, S.; Rothhardt, D.; Hörmann, U.; Amir, Y.; Redinger, A.; Kegelmann, L.; Zu, F.; Albrecht, S.; Koch, N.; Kirchartz, T.; Saliba, M.; Unold, T.; Neher, D. The impact of energy alignment and interfacial recombination on the internal and external open-circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells. Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 2778.

Guillemoles, J.F.; Kirchartz, T.; Cahen, D.; Rau, U. Guide for the perplexed to the Shockley-Queisser model for solar cells, Nat. Photonics 2019, 13, 501.

Liu, Z.; Krückemeier, L.; Krogmeier, B.; Klingebiel, B.; Marquez, J. A.; Levcenko, S.; Öz, S.; Mathur, S.; Rau, U.; Unold, T., Kirchartz, T. Open-circuit voltages exceeding 1.26 V in planar methylammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells, ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4, 110.

Baran, D.; Ashraf, R. S.; Hanifi, D. A.; Abdelsamie, M.; Gasparini, N.; Rohr, J. A.; Holliday, S.; Wadsworth, A.; Lockett, S.; Neophytou, M.; Emmott, C. J. M.; Nelson, J.; Brabec, C. J.; Amassian, A.; Salleo, A.; Kirchartz, T.; Durrant, J. R.; McCulloch, I. Reducing the efficiency-stability-cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells. Nat. Materials 2017, 16, 363-369.

Baran, D.; Kirchartz, T.; Wheeler, S.; Dimitrov, S.; Abdelsamie, M.; Gorman, J.; Ashraf, R. S.; Holliday, S.; Wadsworth, A.; Gasparini, N.; Kaienburg, P.; Yan, H.; Amassian, A.; Brabec, C. J.; Durrant, J. R.; McCulloch, I. Reduced voltage losses yield 10% efficient fullerene free organic solar cells with >1 V open circuit voltages. Energy Environ. Sci. 2016, 9, 3783-3793

Letzte Änderung: 29.04.2026