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Rutger Schlatmann re-elected as ETIP PV Chair

Perovskite solar cells: TEAM PV develops reproducibility and comparability

Photovoltaic living lab reaches the 100 Megawatt-hour mark

HySPRINT Photovoltaics Lab inaugurated

Chilean President visits Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

Watching indium phosphide at work

Cooperation with the Korea Institute of Energy Research

Quantsol Summer School 2024 - Call for Application

A simpler way to inorganic perovskite solar cells

Best Innovator Award 2023 for Artem Musiienko

The future of BESSY

14 parameters in one go: New instrument for optoelectronics

Steve Albrecht is one of the “Highly Cited Researchers 2023”

Revolutionary material science: Helmholtz High Impact Award for Novel Tandem...

Record-breaking tandem solar cell now with precise scientific explanations

Bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik: HZB bei den Berliner Energietagen am 23.05.

“We are currently in a decisive phase for photovoltaics”

Fast and flexible solar energy from the printer

HZB receives funding to make innovations usable more quickly

Perovskite solar cells from the slot die coater - a step towards industrial...

Maria Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for Artem Musiienko

Stability of perovskite solar cells reaches next milestone

World record back at HZB: Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5 percent efficiency

On the way to mass production: perovskite silicon tandem cells

Tiburtius Prize for Eike Köhnen

Nanodiamonds can be activated as photocatalysts with sunlight

European pilot line for innovative photovoltaic technology based on tandem...

How photoelectrodes change in contact with water

Photocatalysis: Processes in charge separation recorded experimentally

A perfect match: perovskite meets perovskite

Tandem solar cells with perovskite: nanostructures help in many ways

Prof. Rutger Schlatmann is Chair of the European Platform for Photovoltaics

For strong non-university research in Berlin

Podcast | Der Klimawandel und die Stadt: Mehr Grün oder mehr Photovoltaik?

Environmental impact of perovskite-on-silicon solar PV modules lower than...

Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore visits HZB

Royal visit from Sweden at HZB

Perovskite solar cells: Properties still remain enigmatic

PhD Amran Al-Ashouri: Doubling down for the energy transition

Knowledge transfer: BAIP consulting office becomes permanent at HZB

From Lab to Fab: World Record Solar Cell Goes from Lab to Industry

Predicting solar cell performance from terahertz and microwave spectroscopy

“Workhorse” of silicon photovoltaics combined with perovskite in tandem for the...

Dissertation Prize Adlershof 2021 goes to Amran Al-Ashouri

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin appoints Eva Unger to professorship

A sundial of a different kind

An electronic rainbow – perovskite spectrometer by inkjet printing

A Wiki for Perovskite Solar Cell Research

World record again at HZB: Almost 30 % efficiency for next-generation tandem...

Germany on the road to net zero: a new Web Atlas shows the options

Professorship for Antonio Abate at Bielefeld University

Perovskite solar cells: Defects trap charge carriers - and release them again

Solar energy for a sport watch: HZB Technology Transfer Prize 2021 awarded

Royal Society of Chemistry praises HZB team’s paper on hybrid perovskite...

HZB uses electricity-producing facade wall as real laboratory

Perovskite solar cells: Interfacial loss mechanisms revealed

Mehr als nur "Fassade": Nachhaltige Energieversorgung durch Solarfassaden

Lead-free perovskite solar cells - How fluoride additives improve quality

VIPERLAB: EU project aims to boost perovskite solar industry in Europe

Perovskite Solar Cells: Insights into early stages of structure formation

How quantum dots can "talk" to each other

Perovskite solar cells: Hydrogen bonds measured

Green hydrogen: "Rust" as a photoanode and its limits

New insights into the structure of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites

Solar cells: Losses made visible on the nanoscale

The perfect recipe for efficient perovskite solar cells

Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells on the threshold of 30% efficiency

Perovskite Solar Cells: paving the way for rational ink design for...

Solar cells: Mapping the landscape of Caesium based inorganic halide perovskites

Order in the disorder: density fluctuations in amorphous silicon discovered

Perovskite materials: Neutrons show twinning in halide perovskites

Solar-cell façade at HZB undergoes real-life testing

Silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells: New facilities pave the way for...

Upconversion of photons at low light intensities – the key to new applications...

Research team provides concrete approach to improve the performance of CIGS...

Best electrolyser/photovoltaics combinations demonstrated in test fields

Seminar für Architekt*innen Bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik: Architektur –...

Optimize opto-electronic devices with new compact measuring system

Printed perovskite LEDs – an innovative technique towards a new standard...

On the road to non-toxic and stable perovskite solar cells

Portrait: The athlete in the lab coat

Tandem solar cell world record: New branch in the NREL chart

Doctoral student receives Erhard Höpfner Thesis Award

CIGSe thin-film solar cells: EU Sharc25 project increases efficiency

Perovskite solar cells: International consensus on ageing measurement protocols

World Record: Efficiency of perovskite silicon tandem solar cell jumps to 29.15...

Plants absorb lead from perovskite solar cells more than expected

Invitation: Climate change - from knowledge to action

Perovskite solar cells: Possible aspects of high efficiency uncovered

Berlin Science Award: Young Talent Award for Steve Albrecht

Jahrestagung FVEE zu aktuellen Herausforderungen der Energiewende

Poster award for Götz Schuck

Helmholtz Association promotes HZB cooperation with Slovenia on perovskite...

World record for tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cell

Stellungnahme des FVEE: Ausbaudeckel für Photovoltaik behindert erfolgreiche...

FOCUS TOPIC: Catching more light in solar cells

Charge transfer within transition-metal dyes analysed

Steve Albrecht wins the 2019 Karl Scheel Prize

Photovoltaics are growing faster than expected in the global energy system

Development of a miniaturised EPR spectrometer

HZB-Doktorand receives poster award

Energy for Antarctica: solar hydrogen as an alternative to crude oil?

Bernd Stannowski is Professor at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin

Copper oxide photocathodes: laser experiment reveals location of efficiency loss

Inorganic perovskite absorbers for use in thin-film solar cells

PhD student of HZB earns Best Presentation Award of the Young Crystallographers

Poster award for Johannes Sutter

Marcel Risch to form research group at the HZB with an ERC Starting Grant

Thin-film PV is key technology to drive global energy transition

HZB to participate in two Clusters of Excellence

Towards the Climate Neutral City: Independent consulting office for integrating...

Ultra-thin and extremely efficient: Thin-film tandem cells made of perovskite...

Marcus Bär accepts W2 professorship for X-ray spectroscopy in Erlangen-Nuremberg

Slovenian president awards HZB scientist with "Apple of Inspiration"

Steve Albrecht is Junior Professor at the Technical University of Berlin

Molecules that self-assemble into monolayers for efficient perovskite solar...

"Make our Planet great again": New Research Group at the HZB institute of...

Transition metal complexes: mixed works better

New records in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells through improved light...

Poster award to HZB doctoral student

Poster award for HZB PhD student

HZB researchers boost the efficiency of silicon solar cells

Machine learning helps improving photonic applications

Patented nanostructure for solar cells: Rough optics, smooth surface

Hanwha Q-Cells Quantsol Awards 2018

2.8 Mio Euro Funding for preparing perovskite solar cells for high volume...

Printing solar cells and organic LEDs

Insight into loss processes in perovskite solar cells enables efficiency...

ERC Starting Grant awarded to Antonio Abate

Wissenstransfer: Neues Standardwerk zu Energietechnologien in Deutschland

GRECO kick-off in Madrid: advancing photovoltaics through “open science”

New world record for direct solar water-splitting efficiency

Kostenloser Download: HZB-Forschung in Spektrum Kompakt

E-MRS: Prizes for two PhD students at HZB

Silicon heterojunction solar cell with a certified 23.1 % energy conversion...

Perovskite-silicon solar cell research collaboration hits 25.2% efficiency

Alliance Building Integrated Photovoltaics: Björn Rau joins Management Board

HZB experts present cooperation opportunities at Intersolar Europe in Munich

"Tandemtechnologie" - Wie die Produktion von Solarzellen nach Europa...

Helmholtz Virtual Institute MiCo: Article selected as journal highlight for 2017

Appointment to University of Florida

Registration for Summer School Quantsol is now open!

HI-SCORE international research school: Kick Off Meeting in Berlin

Kesterite solar cells: germanium promises better opto-electronic properties...

New solar solutions for sustainable buildings and cities

Register now: Smart City - Interdisciplinary conference on solar energy and...

Guest researcher at HZB: Bessel Prize Winner Benjamin Rotenberg

HZB launches Helmholtz International Research School in collaboration with...

Perovskite solar cells: mesoporous interface mitigates the impact of defects

Perovskite solar cells: perfection not required!

Oxford PV collaborates with HZB to move perovskite solar cells closer to...

Progress in solar technologies – from research to application

Solar energy: Defects in Kesterite semiconductors studied using neutrons

PVcomB and AVANCIS launch joint MyCIGS research project in order to improve...

New magazine “lichtblick” is out: Select articles can be read in English on the...

Approved! The EU INFINITE-CELL project

Great Interest in the HySPRINT Industry Day: Joining forces to advance...

Invitation to HySPRINT – Industry Day “New Frontiers in PV Research: Emerging...

Solar hydrogen production by artificial leafs:

Record- efficiency solar cells realised by the HyPerCells Graduate School

Intersolar Europe in Munich: HZB research meets solar industry

Trends and pathways to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

Registration open for Quantsol Summer School

CIGS Thin-film Solar Modules: HZB invites for workshop

Young investigator group at HZB: Scaling perovskite cells

How to increase efficiencies of ultrathin CIGSe solar cells

Dr. Alex Redinger receives assistant professorship at the University of...

Solar based hydrogen generation: EU-project PECSYS aiming for technological...

PVcomB will help mass-produce the raw photovoltaic materials used in Wysips®...

Prof. Dr. Martina Schmid assumes the professorship of experimental physics at...

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has gained a new Helmholtz Young Investigator Group to...

Speeding up CIGS solar cell manufacture

EMIL, a 2000-square-metre laboratory complex, has opened for research into new...

Nanotechnology for energy materials: Electrodes like leaf veins

Manual of characterisation techniques for thin-film solar cells published with...

European project for thin film Kesterite Solar cells has reached its goals

Monash University awards three HZB-scientist with adjunct professorships

Helmholtz Innovation Labs: HySPRINT at HZB

HZB receives financial support for improving the manufacturing process for CIGS...

Intersolar Europe / EU PVSEC / 7th IW-CIGSTech Workshop 2016 – Munich, 20-24...

Thin-film solar cells: how defects appear and disappear in CIGSe-cells

Riddle of missing efficiency in zinc oxide-based dye-sensitised solar cells...

The solar technologies race: thin-film photovoltaics are catching up

Optimum band gap for hybrid silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell

Alternative method for the representation of microstructures in polycrystalline...

Doped organic semiconductors explored

European Workshop on Nanophotonics for Solar Energy

PVcomB-25 paper awards for two HZB-Contributions

Distinguished Lectures at HZB: Prof. T. Krauss will talk about Photovoltaics...

Uppsala Berlin Joint Laboratory “Our willingness to cooperate is our strength”

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin auf der Jahrestagung des Forschungsverbunds...

Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell achieves record efficiency

Simone Raoux becomes a Professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Scientists demonstrate how to improve ultrathin CIGSe solar cells by...

German Solar Prize for scientist for Martha Lux-Steiner

Graphene as a front contact for silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells

Quantsol Sommerschule 2015 – erfolgreich im 8. Jahr

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin successfully at international Photovoltaic Conference...

Hydrogen from sunlight: new efficiency record for artificial photosynthesis

ISUenergy 2015 – the 7th successful year!

Charge transport in hybrid silicon solar cells

Transparent, electrically conductive network of encapsulated silver nanowires –...

Depletion and enrichment of chlorine in perovskites observed

Green solutions with diamond materials:

Eine lange Nacht geballtes Wissen tanken

Poster award for MatSEC PhD student at the MRS Spring Meeting

Poster Award for HZB-Postdoc at EMRS Spring Meeting

Joint Lab BeJEL receives 1.4 million EUR grant

Success rate 100 percent: HZB teams get third party funding for Solar Fuel...

Inkjet printing process for Kesterite solar cells

New opportunities for CIGS solar cells

EU funding strengthens solar cell research at HZB

Call for Applications open: International Summer University on Energy,...

New Opportunities for students in energy research:

Registration now open! Summer School Quantsol

Susan Schorr named DGK Chair

Eine neue Schülerlabor-AG am Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin experimentiert zu...

Workshop on “Microstructure Characterization and Modeling for Solar Cells”

Graduiertenschule MatSEC diskutiert über Kesterite für Solarzellen

Universität Bielefeld und HZB kooperieren zu Nanoschichten und komplexen...

Learning by eye: silicon micro-funnels increase the efficiency of solar cells

BerOSE - Joint Lab für Modellierung von Nanooptischen Strukturen

Heute schon geforscht? Bernd Rech im Podcast von Welt der Physik

Maximum efficiency, minimum materials and complexity

Organic layer adds light particles

Jahrestagung des ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien

Deutsch-Türkische Universität am HZB zu Gast

HZB Freigeist Fellow Dr. Annika Bande

SAVE THE DATE: Adlershofer Science Forum on 11.11.2014 with Poster Session

Tage der Forschung in Adlershof

Bernd Rech boardmember of the "work group of energy"

Collecting light with artificial moth eyes

Australian top-chemist gains Helmholtz International Fellowship to visit HZB...

Matthias May receives the Poster Prize at the Wilhelm und Else-Heraeus Seminar

Das ganze Spektrum der Elektrokatalyse an einem Tag

Tailored disorder for optical applications

New tool for Joint Lab to investigate the chemistry of nature

Even thinner solar cells through use of nanoparticles

New Thin Film Photovoltaic World Record announced on Conference in Berlin

The International Summer School Quantsol will inform on basics in photovoltaics...

Autumn School on Microstructural Characterization and Modelling of Thin Film...

International Summer University on Renewable Energies: Registration now open

A new cluster tool for EMIL

Light-induced degradation in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells

From a carpet of nanorods to a thin film solar cell absorber within a few...

Understanding a new type of solar cell

HZB team develops chalcopyrite solar cells without cadmium-based buffer layer

HERCULES has started: European collaboration will pave the way to the next...

Producing high performance solar cells at lower cost

Anbau an BESSY II im Rekordtempo: EMIL hat jetzt ein Dach über dem Kopf

Honorary doctorate for Prof. Hans-Werner Schock

New Materials for Photovoltaics: HZB starting its first own Graduate School

Major leap towards graphene for solar cells

Sommeruniversität für Erneuerbare Energien

World Record Solar Cell with 44.7% Efficiency

Interview with MIT-Expert Harry Tuller

Kooperationsvertrag für Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen-Nürnberg unterzeichnet

Groundbreaking for EMIL

Die Bauarbeiten beginnen: BESSY II erhält Anbau für neuen Laborkomplex

The best of two worlds: Solar hydrogen production breakthrough

Spektakulärer Einbau

Watching solar cells grow

Polymer-coated catalyst protects "artificial leaf"

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin stärkt Aktivitäten zur Forschung an solaren Brennstoffen in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

HZB-Forscher Ahmed Ennaoui in den Vorsitz von IRESEN gewählt

Materialforschung mit ultrahochempfindlicher Spektroskopie

In der Dünnschicht-Photovoltaik liegt enormes Potenzial - Experten für...

International summer school Quantsol conveys basics of photovoltaics and solar...

MIT's Prof. Tuller named new recipient of Helmholtz International Fellow Award

PD Dr. Silke Christiansen verstärkt Energieforschung

Workshop on analytical tools for PV, October 29th - November 4th, 2012

Virtuelles Institut „Mikrostrukturkontrolle für Dünnschichtsolarzellen“...

Matthias Fehr forscht ab Oktober als Humboldt-Stipendiat an der Universität von...

From sunlight to hydrogen

Henning Döscher erhält Marie-Curie-Fellowship der Europäischen Union

European Union allocates 10 million Euros to thin film solar cell project

Rutger Schlatmann becomes professor of “solar technology” at Hochschule für...

PVcomB sets sputter system from Leybold Optics in operation

Preis und Preis gesellt sich gern: Simon Kirner und Christiane Stephan mit...

Sommerschule zu Erneuerbaren Energien in der Schweiz: Noch können Bewerbungen...

Announcement - International Summer School on Photovoltaics (Quantsol)

“Das Rennen ist noch nicht gelaufen“

Atomwanderung im Grenzgebiet: Mit bislang unerreichter Auflösung analysieren...

Energie-Allianz Berlin-Potsdam-Jülich: Forschung verspricht völlig neue...

Photochemical Turbo Power for Solar Cells

ILGAR achieved efficiency record

Back-contact heterojunction solar cell by HZB and ISFH achieves record...

The large-scale project EMIL (Energy Materials In-situ Laboratory Berlin) will...

Messmethoden im Vergleich: Wie dünne Schichten für Solarzellen am besten...

PVcomB kooperiert im Rahmen der Innovationsallianz Photovoltaik

Thomas Hannappel erhält Stiftungsprofessur „Photovoltaik“ an der TU Ilmenau

centrotherm photovoltaics schließt Kooperationsvertrag im Bereich Dünnschicht...

Bernd Rech über Solarenergie auf Deutsche Welle TV

Leuchttürme der Photovoltaik in Berlin Adlershof

Hochrangige Gäste kamen zur offiziellen Eröffnung des PVcomB am 30. März

Henning Döscher gewinnt Essay-Wettbewerb "Welt der Zukunft"

PVcomB produziert erste Schichten

Current loss tracked down by magnetic fingerprint

Untiring dedication to solar energy

Forschung für die Dünnschichtphotovoltaik - Fraunhofer IST und HZB vereinbaren...

Penetrable barriers – tunnelling welcome

Warum Dünnschichtsolarzellen aus Silizium altern

Photovoltaik-Forschung des HZB als Weltspitze bewertet

Photovoltaik-Forschung des HZB als Weltspitze bewertet

Millionen für die Solarenergie in Berlin-Adlershof - Bund fördert den Technologietransfer und Ausbildung in der Dünnschicht-Photovoltaik

Millionen für die Photovoltaik

Forschung, Technologie- und Marktentwicklung – die „Photovoltaics Thin-Film Week“ in Berlin Adlershof (20.–24.04.2009)

Vortragsankündigung

Marcus Bär baut Nachwuchsgruppe zur Entwicklung von Dünnschichtsolarzellen am HMI auf

Magnetische Fingerabdrücke im Fotostrom

Kompetenzzentrum Dünnschicht- und Nanotechnologie für Photovoltaik wird in Berlin aufgebaut

Steigert Unordnung die Effizienz von Solarzellen?

Neue Abscheidemethode für Dünnschichtsolarzellen

EU-Projekt ATHLET will Dünnschichtsolarzellen an den Markt bringen

Bundesverdienstorden für Martha Lux-Steiner