PVcomB
Competence Centre Photovoltaics Berlin
Solar cells and catalysts of the next generation: PVcomB offers a unique combination of applied R&D with top level education in worldwide unique laboratory structures for the whole range of photovoltaics as well as for catalysts for green hydrogen and sustainable fuels.
Technology Transfer – Bridging the gap between fundamental science and industry
Photovoltaic and catalytic technologies, materials and products are developed at PVcomB together with partners from research and industry. The transfer of technology and knowledge takes place in research projects with industrial partners and through the training of highly qualified specialists.
For our research and also for cooperation with national and international partners, we have a wide range of industry-related preparation, process and coating facilities as well as extensive analytical methods at our disposal. The focus is on the development of technologies for photovoltaics and catalysis. We benefit from the synergies that arise in cross-technology issues such as the development of metal oxides (e.g. optically transparent, electrically conductive, catalytically active), electrical contacts, nano- and microstructures and barrier layers or laser-based interconnection or post-treatment technology. The processes are optimized at the highest level in terms of function, structure, yield and reliability through accompanying analyses and modelling.
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Recent publications
"Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Above 30% Conversion Efficiency on Submicron-Sized Textured Czochralski-Silicon Bottom Cells with Improved Hole-Transport Layers" Harter, A.; Artuk, K.; Mathies, F.; Karalis, O.; Hempel, H.; Al-Ashouri, A.; Albrecht, S.; Schlatmann, R.; Ballif, C.; Stannowski, B.; Wolff, C.M., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 (2024), p. 62817–62826
doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c09264
"The way to predict outdoor lifetime", Khenkin, M.; Albrecht, S., Nature Energy 9 (2024), p. 12-13
doi: 10.1038/s41560-023-01419-0
"Top performance whatever the doping", Stannowski, B.; Korte, L., Nature Energy 9 (2024), p. 1058–1059
doi: 10.1038/s41560-024-01618-3
"Rationally designed laterally-condensed-catalysts deliver robust activity and selectivity for ethylene production in acetylene hydrogenation", Li, Z.; Öztuna, E.; Skorupska, K.; Vinogradova, O.V.; Jamshaid, A.; Steigert, A.; Rohner, C.; Dimitrakopoulou, M.; Prieto, M.J.; Kunkel, C.; Stredansky, M.; Kube, P.; Götte, M.; Dudzinski, A.M.; Girgsdies, F.; Wrabetz, S.; Frandsen, W.; Blume, R.; Zeller, P.; Muske, M.; Delgado, D.; Jiang, S.; Schmidt, F.P.; Köhler, T.; Arztmann, M.; Efimenko, A.; Frisch, J.; Kokumai, T.M.; Garcia-Diez, R.; Bär, M.; Hammud, A.; Krohnert, J.; Trunschke, A.; Scheurer, C.; Schmidt, T.; Lunkenbein, T.; Amkreutz, D.; Kuhlenbeck, H.; Bukas, V.J.; Knop-Gericke, A.; Schlatmann, R.; Reuter, K.; Cuenya, B.R.; Schlögl, R., Nature Communications 15 (2024), p. 10660
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54784-z
"Cost versus environment? Combined life cycle, techno-economic and circularity assessment of silicon- and perovskite-based photovoltaic systems", Bartie, N.; Cobos-Becerra, L.; Mathies, F.; Dagar, J.; Unger, E.; Fröhling, M.; Reuter, M.A.; Schlatmann, R, Journal of Industrial Ecology 27 (2023), p. 993–1007
doi: 10.1111/jiec.13389
"Photovoltaics at multi-terawatt scale: waiting is not an option", Haegel, N.M.; Verlinden, P.; Victoria, M.; Altermatt, P.; Atwater, H.; Barnes, T.; Breyer, C.; Case, C.; Wolf, S.D.; Deline, C.; Dharmrin, M.; Dimmler, B.; Gloeckler, M.; Goldschmidt, J.C.; Hallam, B.; Haussener, S.; Holder, B.; Jaeger, U.; Jaeger-Waldau, A.; Kaizuka, I.; Kikusato, H.; Kroposki, B.; Kurtz, S.; Matsubara, K.; Nowak, S.; Ogimoto, K.; Peter, C.; Peters, I.M.; Philipps, S.; Powalla, M.; Rau, U.; Reindl, T.; Roumpani, M.; Sakurai, K.; Schorn, C.; Schossig, P.; Schlatmann, R.; Sinton, R.; Slaoui, A.; Smith, B.L.; Schneidewind, P.; Stanbery, B.J.; Topic, M.; Tumas, W.; Vasi, J.; Vetter, M.; Weber, E.; Weeber, A.W.; Weidlich, A.; Weiss, D.; Bett, A.W., Science 380 (2023), p. 39-42
doi: 10.1126/science.adf6957