Ulrich Paetzold

KIT Associate Fellow & Head of Research Group “Advanced Optics and Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics“ at Institute of Microstructure Technology and Light Technology Institute Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Biography

Ulrich W. Paetzold leads the research group Advanced Optics and Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He was a doctoral student at Forschungszentrum Jülich and received his PhD in physics from RWTH Aachen University, then continued as a postdoc at imec in Leuven. In 2016, he was awarded an independent research group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. His research focusses on the interaction between light and structured matter for the purpose of engineering novel optical concepts and nanophotonic materials for solar energy harvesting. He is particularly interested in perovskite thin-film photovoltaics and perovskite based multijunction photovoltaics.

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Advanced Materials and Processes for Perovskite-Based Tandem Solar Cells
04:00 PM

Despite the rapid growth in photovoltaic technologies over the past 30 years, the total energy generated from solar modules still amounts to less than 0.34% of the global energy consumption. Exploiting the full potential of next generation photovoltaic technologies by research and innovation is imperative for a sustainable energy transition. Nowadays single-junction crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the photovoltaics market, but their power conversion efficiencies are approaching the practical limit for this technology. Therefore, novel strategies to further enhance the competitiveness of photovoltaics compared to other energy sources are needed.

Ulrich Paetzold

KIT Associate Fellow & Head of Research Group “Advanced Optics and Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics“ at Institute of Microstructure Technology and Light Technology Institute Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

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