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To The GreenEnergyMaterials-Series
Our Mission
The Green Energy Materials Series (GEMS) aims to promote the work of emerging and established scientists in the field of renewable energy covering subjects such as photovoltaics, energy storage, green fuel production, and more!
With its seminar series, GEMS gives the stage to early career researchers and key players in the field to promote and discuss their work with a community of green energy enthusiasts. The series provides a platform for scientists to give feedback, hear about new trends, current challenges, and important techniques and insights.
This series aims to facilitate discussions and to enable deeper insights into phenomena and characterisation techniques. As such, presentations will focus on clearly defined topics covered in depth rather than a list of big achievements.
Presentations will be around 30 minutes long, with copious time for questions. The series will run online via Zoom once every month. Sessions usually start at 4.30pm Berlin time (GMT+1) but might vary depending on the speakers’ location.
With the speakers’ permission (an embargo period is possible), the talks will be recorded and uploaded to the GEMS YouTube channel.
We look forward to welcoming all of you to these events,
Vincent M. Le Corre | Simon Kahmann | Bowen Yang
Next Talks - 18 March 2026
Mobile ions in metal halide perovskites are found to degrade perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Therefore, characterizing their density and mobility is crucial for improving the long-term performance of PSCs. A common method to characterize PSCs is impedance spectroscopy.
In the literature, the low-frequency (LF) feature of the PSC impedance response is related to ion dynamics and the high-frequency feature to electronic processes. Yet, why these features can vary over orders of magnitude in terms of frequency and impedance is unclear.
In this work, we identify the specific ion dynamics that drive the LF feature. We derive two seperate analytical expressions that directly relate the frequency and magnitude of the LF feature to the ion density and ion mobility, respectively. The validity of both analytical expressions are confirmed through extensive drift-diffusion simulations, varying over 35 parameters.
Alternative formulas from the literature are also tested, but are found to be suboptimal. After the validation, we experimentally determine the ion density and mobility of a methylammonium lead iodide PSC. They are 2 × 1022 m-3 and 4 × 10-10 m2 V-1 s-1, respectively.
This new method, which depends on the low-frequency feature of the impedance spectrum, facilitates the precise and straightforward determination of the ion density and ion mobility in PSCs.
Eswaran Jayaraman
University of Southern Denmark, DK
Sheet-to-Sheet and Roll-to-Roll Processing Large-Area Organic Photovoltaics and Their Lifetime Performance
In recent years, there have been notable successes in commercializing organic photovoltaics (OPV) for new applications. In the laboratory, their power conversion efficiency has exceeded 20% on the cell level using the spin-coating technique. However, the still relatively low performance for large OPV modules, with limited thermal and light stability, has remained a bottleneck for wider adoption. We focused on using a Sheet-to-Sheet and Roll-to-Roll compatible slot-die coating method to fabricate organic photovoltaic cells and modules in ambient conditions, achieving performance similar to that of spin-coated devices. The compatibility of the coating technique was studied across different OPV architectures by fabricating devices using a commercially available Indium tin oxide transparent electrode. The long-term thermal stability of different OPV architectures was studied to identify the degradation pathways. Additionally, we showed long-term light-soaking stability for over 800 hours. Further, to unlock the full Roll-to-Roll compatibility, we adopted a hybrid approach that combines the advantages of R2R vacuum and solution coating methods for fabricating organic solar modules on glass and flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in a top-illumination configuration. The opaque bottom electrodes were developed using R2R sputtering to achieve low sheet resistance and reduced surface roughness. The remaining layers in the devices, including the top transparent silver nanowire (AgNWs) anodes, were optimized using an R2R-compatible slot-die coating method at ambient conditions with greener solvents. We achieved the best PCE of 11.5 % for an ITO-free flexible mini-module. We believe our findings will pave the way for the development of greener, low-cost, and stable organic photovoltaics.