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🚀 PhD Opportunity in #DataScience for #SolarEnergy at in Berlin!

🔬 You’ll combine multi-physics simulations and machine learning to help design more efficient, flexible, and durable #perovskite solar cells for a climate-neutral future 🌱.

✅ Your background:
#physics, #engineering, materials science, or data science, with interest in modelling & ML.

📅 Deadline: 24 June 2026

🔗 Apply here: https://www.heibrids.berlin/admission/open-phd-positions/, project 60037!

👉 Be part of the energy transition—apply now!

Open PhD Positions - Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy

hoergen Jun 5

Stabilizing perovskite solar cells with chlorine - pv magazine Global

#Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik #perovskite #Forschung #Science
pv-magazine.com/2026/06/02/sta…

Researchers have managed to bypass the formation of a yellow phase during the degradation of formamidinium lead iodide cells. They did so by tailoring the formation and degradation pathways with specific additives. Researcher: The additives stabilize the system.

Stabilizing perovskite solar cells with chlorine - pv magazine Global

Researchers have managed to bypass the formation of a yellow phase during the degradation of formamidinium lead iodide cells. They did so by tailoring the formation and degradation pathways with specific additives. Researcher: The additives stabilize the system.

pv magazine Global

hoergen May 21

Chinese researchers achieve world-record efficiency of 27.17% for inverted perovskite solar cell

#Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik #GoodNews #China #perovskite
pv-magazine.com/2026/05/11/chi…

The proposed inverted perovskite solar cell design reduces band misalignment and electron accumulation, suppressing recombination losses and enabling high efficiency in both small-area devices and scalable modules.

Chinese researchers achieve world-record efficiency of 27.17% for inverted perovskite solar cell

The proposed inverted perovskite solar cell design reduces band misalignment and electron accumulation, suppressing recombination losses and enabling high efficiency in both small-area devices and scalable modules.

pv magazine International

Scientific Frontline Apr 30

Researchers have developed the first universal model to accurately explain and predict energy level alignment at the interfaces between electrodes, hole-collecting monolayers (HCMs), and #perovskite layers in solar cells. This framework establishes physical guidelines for designing efficient, durable perovskite solar cells without relying heavily on trial and error.
#MaterialsScience #Photovoltaics #SolidStatePhysics #PhysicalChemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ms04302601.html

Universal model provides design standards for efficient and durable perovskite solar cells

Discover the first universal model for energy level alignment in perovskite solar cells, optimizing monolayers for superior efficiency.

hoergen Apr 22

Puerto Rico Suddenly Emerges As A Perovskite Solar Cell Powerhouse

#Erneuerbare #Renewable #USA #Perovskite #California
cleantechnica.com/2026/04/21/p…

Despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, solar cell innovators in the US just keep on persisting in the search for higher efficiency and lower costs. That includes the startup Solx, which has just teamed up with the California firm Caelux to manufacture new tandem perovskite technology at scale, in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Is Now A Perovskite Solar Cell Powerhouse

The US startup Solx will manufacture new tandem perovskite solar modules in Puerto Rico, with US-supplied solar cells and perovskite glass.

CleanTechnica

Tina M Casey Apr 22

Puerto Rico is hosting a new, 100% Made-in-the-USA hybrid silicon-perovskite solar module factory.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/21/puerto-rico-suddenly-emerges-as-a-perovskite-solar-cell-powerhouse/

#madeintheusa #madeinamerica #solarcells #solarmodules #solarfactory #perovskite #solarsupplychain #onshoring #supplychain #solarpower #puertorico #us #solarenergy #greenenergy #cleanenergy #reliableenergy #affordableenergy #resiliency #sustainable #sustainability

Puerto Rico Is Now A Perovskite Solar Cell Powerhouse

The US startup Solx will manufacture new tandem perovskite solar modules in Puerto Rico, with US-supplied solar cells and perovskite glass.

CleanTechnica

Tina M Casey Apr 22

Puerto Rico is hosting a new, 100% Made-in-the-USA hybrid silicon-perovskite solar module factory.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/21/puerto-rico-suddenly-emerges-as-a-perovskite-solar-cell-powerhouse/

#madeintheusa #madeinamerica #solarcells #solarmodules #solarfactory #perovskite #solarsupplychain #onshoring #supplychain #solarpower #puertorico #us #solarenergy #greenenergy #cleanenergy #reliableenergy #affordableenergy #resiliency #sustainable #sustainability

Puerto Rico Is Now A Perovskite Solar Cell Powerhouse

The US startup Solx will manufacture new tandem perovskite solar modules in Puerto Rico, with US-supplied solar cells and perovskite glass.

CleanTechnica

hoergen Apr 22

Fabricating perovskite solar cells with robotic boxes

#Erneuerbare #Renewable #perovskite #Solar
pv-magazine.com/2026/04/21/fab…

An international research team has developed an AI-driven robotic platform that autonomously designs, fabricates, and optimizes perovskite solar cells, completing the full experimental workflow in a closed-loop system. Using the platform, the researchers fabricated and tested more than 50,000 devices, achieving efficiencies of up to 27%.

Fabricating perovskite solar cells with robotic boxes

An international research team has developed an AI-driven robotic platform that autonomously designs, fabricates, and optimizes perovskite solar cells, completing the full experimental workflow in a closed-loop system. Using the platform, the researchers fabricated and tested more than 50,000 devices, achieving efficiencies of up to 27%.

pv magazine International

Scientific Frontline Apr 21

#Perovskite #quantum dots are nanometer-sized semiconductor crystals that harness quantum effects to efficiently absorb and re-emit light. Composed primarily of metals and halides, these nanocrystals possess highly customizable optical and electronic characteristics dictated by their extremely small dimensions.
#Nanotechnology #MaterialScience #Chemistry #Physics #QuantumScience #Optoelectronics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/nt04212601.html

Quantum dots for light technologies of the future

LMU researchers improve stability and growth of perovskite quantum dots.

Ministry of Good Ideas Apr 1

Good idea: molecular anchors for solar panels

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-molecular-anchors-key-weather-resistant.html

Perovskite solar cells are among the most promising technologies for making solar power cheaper and more efficient. Working with partners from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton), and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, the team uncovered the microscopic mechanisms behind the deterioration of the material through temperature swings and developed a strategy to prevent it. Their approach focuses on stabilizing the fragile crystal structure with specially designed molecular "anchors."

#pv, #perovskite, #renewables

Molecular 'anchors' could be key to weather-resistant perovskite solar cells

Perovskite solar cells are among the most promising technologies for making solar power cheaper and more efficient. Working with partners from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton), and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, the team uncovered the microscopic mechanisms behind the deterioration of the material through temperature swings and developed a strategy to prevent it. Their approach focuses on stabilizing the fragile crystal structure with specially designed molecular "anchors."

Tech Xplore