HYBRID: Next-Gen. Electronics with Soft Halide Perovskites: From Single and Multijunction PV for Space and Earth to Medical Radiation Detectors

This lecture will be held in presence at Magnus-Haus and can be followed online at the same time. Use the links above to register your attendance in person on site or to receive access data for online attendance. No admission after the start of the event. Please do not participate if you have symptoms of a respiratory infection (cold symptoms).

Topic: Halide perovskites are solution-processable semiconductors that have piqued intense interest in solar cell research, combining highest power conversion efficiencies, short energy-payback times, and small carbon footprints. In this talk, I will introduce perovskite solar cells and then give an overview over first made with my ROSI Freigeist Juniogroup. Beginning with basic perovskite single junctions, continuing with multijunction solar cells that are not bound to the fundamental thermodynamic limitations of single junction cells, I will then focus on the tolerance of these soft semiconductors to work efficiently in extreme environments, such as space, where cosmic radiation damages all electronics, and as medical radiation detectors.

CV: Felix Lang currently leads the ROSI-Freigeist Juniorgroup at the University of Potsdam, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. He studied Physics at the TU München and FU Berlin, and holds a Ph.D. in physics from TU Berlin. He started his scientific career at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin studying the stability and degradation of perovskite solar cells. Awarded with a Feodor-Lynen Fellowship, he then tested and developed next-generation perovskite tandem photovoltaics for space photovoltaics at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK. Recently, he was awarded a Freigeist-Fellowship of the Volkswagen Stiftung to develop next-generation Electronics with soft perovskite semiconductors for space and medical applications.

Following the lecture, there will be a get-together where participants can exchange ideas with each other over pizza and drinks in the Remise and the garden of the Magnus-Haus.

The event is sponsored by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation.