"Advanced functional materials for next generation thin film photovoltaics"

Topics

The lectures to be presented will cover the following topics:

Metal halide perovskite solar cells;
Tandem and multi-absorber solar cells;
Electron and hole transport materials, contacts, electrode materials;
Exciton diffusion, charge carrier generation, transport, and recombination;
Multiscale modeling of perovskite solar cells;
Interface phenomena and interface engineering;
Multiple exciton generation in quantum dot based solar cells;
The role of defects and defect management;
Technological challenges for building integration and commercialization;
Non-fullerene acceptor organic photovoltaics;
Durability and degradation of photovoltaic materials.