INVITED SPEAKERS
Biographies and lessons details
Julian Burschka logo Merck Group

Julian Burschka is project leader in R&D of Merck group. Followed by Prof. Michael Graetzel of EPFL institute, he received the PhD degree with a thesis on "High performance solid-state mesoscopic solar cells". Notably, this work was published in the prestigious journal Nature - a contribution that has been cited over 1500 times within less than three years.


Material aspects perovskite and organic photovoltaics

In his talk, Julian presents three different approaches that contribute to the design of high-performance solid-state mesoscopic solar cells. Firstly, the author developed a new class of Co(III) complexes as solution-processable p-type dopants for triarylamine-based hole-conductors. The use of such dopants in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ssDSCs) greatly improved their performance and stability. Secondly, he investigated a series of new molecular hole-transporters based on the triarylamine-substituted 9,9’-spirobifluorene core that were designed as potential replacements for the commonly employed spiro-MeOTAD in ssDSCs. Thirdly, Julian pioneered a new route to realize functional nanocomposites of a mesoporous metal oxide and the organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite pigment CH3NH3PbI3 that are very efficient in converting solar energy into electricity. By following three different strategies, Julian was able to set important milestones for the design of third-generation photovoltaic cells that hopefully one day can compete with the conventional silicon-based solar cell technology.

SPEAKERS

TOM AERNOUTS

TOM AERNOUTS

Dr Tom Aernouts is R&D leader of the Thin Film Photovoltaics group at imec. Over the last few years this activity has grown steadily with ...

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MATTHIAS AUF DER MAUR

MATTHIAS AUF DER MAUR

Since 2008 he is researcher with the Dept. of Electronics engineering of University of Rome "Tor Vergata".

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FILIPPO DE ANGELIS

FILIPPO DE ANGELIS

Filippo De Angelis is senior research scientist and deputy director at the CNR Institute of Molecular Sciences and Technology in Perugia, Italy.

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JULIAN BURSCHKA

JULIAN BURSCHKA

Julian Burschka is project leader in R&D of Merck group. Followed by Prof. Michael Graetzel of EPFL institute, he received the PhD degree with a thesis on "High performance solid-state mesoscopic solar cells".

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MARISKA DE WILD-SCHOLTEN

MARISKA DE WILD-SCHOLTEN

Mariska de Wild-Scholten: Director of SmartGreenScans. She has a Master of Science degree in Geochemistry from Utrecht University.

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BJÖRN NIESEN

BJÖRN NIESEN

Björn Niesen is a researcher of the Photovoltaics-Laboratory (PV-Lab) of Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

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MÓNICA LIRA-CANTÚ

MÓNICA LIRA-CANTÚ

Mónica Lira-Cantú is Group Leader of the Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy Group of the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2.

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LUCIO CINA

LUCIO CINÀ

Lucio Cinà is a post-doc researcher of the Center of Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE) of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata".

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GERRIT BOSCHLOO

GERRIT BOSCHLOO

Gerrit Boschloo leads the hybrid solar cell research at Uppsala University at the department of Chemistry.

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ALEXANDER COLSMANN

ALEXANDER COLSMANN

Alexander Colsmann studied physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, where he received his diploma in 2003.

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FRANCESCO BONACCORSO

FRANCESCO BONACCORSO

Francesco Bonaccorso gained a PhD from the Department of Physics, University of Messina in Italy after working at the Italian National Research Council, the Engineering Department of Cambridge University (UK) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Vanderbilt University (USA).

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