Materials Webinar | Perovskite-Inspired Materials for Photovoltaics: From Design to Devices
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This webinar will delve into the latest advancements in perovskite-inspired materials for photovoltaics (PV), focusing on their design, discovery, and optimization for solar cell applications. Perovskite-inspired materials, characterized by their lead-free compositions and diverse crystal structures, offer a promising alternative to traditional perovskites. These materials can be finely tuned to improve electronic, optical, and thermal properties, thereby enhancing PV performance.
Key topics will include strategies for optimizing these materials, such as adjusting bandgaps, improving carrier mobility, and increasing stability. Additionally, the webinar will explore the discovery of new materials using experimental and computational methods, including high-throughput screening and machine learning.
Critical parameters for further development will also be discussed, including long-term stability, efficiency optimization, scalability of production, and reducing environmental impact. This session aims to provide valuable insights into how perovskite-inspired materials can drive the next generation of high-performance, sustainable solar cells.
Date: 29 August 2024
Time: 9 am CEST | 3pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 891 5584 7194
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chairs
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Eva L. Unger
Solar Energy Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Germany;
Dr. Eva Unger is a professor at Humboldt University of Berlin and the head of the Solution Processing of Hybrid Materials & Devices Department at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. With extensive experience in solar cell research, including perovskite, dye-sensitized, and hybrid solar cells, Dr. Unger has held positions as a graduate student in Physical and Analytical Chemistry at Uppsala University and as a postdoctoral researcher at Lund University and Stanford University. Dr. Unger's expertise spans photovoltaics, general chemistry, and physical chemistry.
Dr. Ashish Kulkarni
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany;
Dr. Ashish Kulkarni is a DAAD-PRIME Fellow specializing in perovskite solar cells and silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Cologne. Beginning with doctoral research under the mentorship of Prof. Tsutomu Miyasaka, a pioneer in the field, Dr. Kulkarni has developed expertise in both lead and lead-free perovskite technologies at Toin University of Yokohama. As a postdoctoral researcher, his research has focused on the enhancement of solar cell performance, understanding degradation mechanisms, and the investigation of interface properties to reduce open-circuit voltage losses. Dr. Kulkarni holds an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee.
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Perovskite-Inspired Materials for Photovoltaics: From Design to Devices
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