FAU Solar News
icp2025 – the 32nd International Conference on Photochemistry is coming!
We are excited to announce that the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations is now open on our…
Research of the FAU Solar is highlighted in the PV Magazine
Our recent research led by the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN), FAU Solar, KIT has been featured…
Closing the Loop: Faster Discovery of High-Performance Perovskite Materials
A team of researchers led by Prof. Christoph Brabec, spokesperson of the FAU Solar Profile Center and Chair of Materials…
NGSE9 in Nürnberg from 10th to 12th December!
This year, the NGSE9 conference will take place from December 10th to December 12th at EnCN in Nürnberg, with attendance…
Congratulations to Prof. Brabec on Achieving Highly Cited Researcher for the 11th Consecutive Time!
We are proud to announce that Prof. Brabec has once again been recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) by…
Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi Honored with Robert Bunsen Lecture
We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi has been awarded the prestigious Robert Bunsen Lecture Award.…
Visit of Andrew Hufton, Editor-in-Chief of Patterns, to FAU Solar
On November 12th, FAU Solar will have the honor of welcoming Andrew Hufton, Editor-in-Chief of Patterns, a Cell Press journal…
SCUT Delegation Visit Paves the Way for Future Research Collaborations
FAU Solar had the pleasure of hosting delegation from South China University of Technology (SCUT), that consistent headed by Dr.…
Congratulations to Dr. Juan Pedró on His ETI Award for Chiral Nanographene Research
The Perez-Ojeda group is proud to announce that our postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Juan Pedro Mora Fuentes, has been awarded the…
Establishing Standards for Flexibility in Photovoltaic Technologies
Flexible and lightweight PV devices are becoming an essential direction in photovoltaics. Driven by the progress in organic and perovskite…
ENLIGHTENED: Official Project Kick-off Meeting
In the last week of September, the ENLIGHTENED consortium convened in Linköping, Sweden, to officially kick off the project. This…
13th SolTech Conference 2024 in Nürnberg (25 – 27 Sept. 2024)
The 13th SolTech Conference is organized by FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and will take place from Sept. 25 (noon) – 27, 2024…
New YouTube Channel by Mario Liebensteiner Makes Energy Markets Fun and Accessible
Mario Liebensteiner, Assistant Professor of Energy Markets at FAU and member of FAU Solar, has recently launched a YouTube channel…
Transforming Solar Power: Helmholtz Spearheads Breakthroughs in Printed PV
Prof Brabec is initiator of the Helmholtz Association’s Solar Technology Acceleration Platform (Solar TAP) and serves as the spokesperson for…
Congratulations to Dr Lingpeng Yan for successfully completing his academic visit to FAU Solar
Dr. Yan Lingpeng, an Associate Professor at Taiyuan University of Technology in China, focuses on the stability of organic solar…
Dirk presents pioneering talk at the 29th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry
We are thrilled to announce that Prof Dirk Guldi, a leading expert in the field of photochemistry, recently delivered an…
Prof. Christoph Brabec at the IPVF Scientific Day
Prof. Christoph Brabec participated in the recent IPVF Scientific Day. He presented insights on leveraging AI and automation to accelerate…
Highlight from ICPP 13: Prof. Dirk Guldi’s Contribution
We are pleased to share insights from the 13th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP), held from June 23-28,…
The man in black is back!
Alan Jay Heeger, an American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry “for their discovery and development of conductive…
Eighth Graders from Eichendorffschule Visit FAU Solar Laboratories
Recently, students from the eighth grade of Eichendorffschule in Erlangen visited the laboratories of the FAU Solar. The visit was…
Lightweight, Recyclable Solar Films Take Root in Erlangen
Copyrights: Bayerische Staatszeitung Erlangen Stadtwerke is taking a step towards sustainable energy with Heliatek‘s solar film technology. These thin films…
“Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Titanium Alloyed Copper Powder for Power Electronic Substrates” Receives Excellent Paper Award at ISSE 2024
At the 47th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology (ISSE 2024) in Prague, the paper “Laser Powder Bed Fusion of…
The Future of Solar Power: Perpetual Utility Through Recycling
The research by Marius Peters from the FAU Solar Team published in the journal Joule, titled “Cradle-to-cradle recycling in terawatt…
Material Discovery for Emerging-PV Technologies: A Talk by Christoph J. Brabec at SENECA Talks
Professor Christoph J. Brabec presented a thought-provoking talk titled “Material Discovery for Emerging-PV Technologies” at the SENECA Talks, a monthly…
Professor Dirk Guldi Shares Research at The Electrochemical Society Meeting
Professor Dirk Guldi, a FAU Solar member participated in the 245th meeting of The Electrochemical Society (ECS) held in San…
Christoph joins the Scientific Advisory Board of Aixelo
Delighted to share that Christoph J. Brabec has joined the Scientific Advisory Board of Aixelo, an exciting AI-enterprise solutions company…
Advancing Sustainability: A New Recycling Method for Perovskite Solar Cells
In a recent study published in Energy & Environmental Science, FAU Solar Marius Peter’s group has developed a new recycling…
SAOT Innovation Award 2024 Winner Announced
We are pleased to announce that the SAOT Executive Committee has selected Albert’s project proposal, “Development of Recyclable Perovskite Solar…
Congratulations to Huiying on winning the SAOT student award for her paper in ACS Energy Letters titled ‘Engineering Stable Perovskite Film for High Color Purity Display Applications’
Huiying’s paper suggests the solution to the limited environmental stability of perovskites, that restricts their application in display technologies. The…
Molecule as supplier and energy storage solution for solar energy
Until now, electricity from solar energy has been generated and stored in various devices, which is associated with conversion losses.…
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