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We are delighted to announce that Christoph has been elected as a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, BAdW). The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities is one of Bavaria’s leading institutions for innovative basic research. It c...

The innovative Zeppelin from FAU captured significant attention at the 2nd Aerospace Aviation Congress Interdisciplinary International (AACII), held on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg. Under the motto "Together for a Better World," the 2nd AACII provided an impor...

The 8th bilateral KAST-Leopoldina Symposium, held in Seoul on 14-15 January 2025, and a series of virtual expertworkshops throughout 2024, brought together leading scientists from Korea and Germany in the fields of solartechnologies, hydrogen, batteries, grid management, and future energy sources. ...

Liu, C., Zuo, C., Xue, Q., Lin, D., Liu, T., Luo, J., Huang, H., Chen, K., Gao, Y., Zeng, J., Zhang, Y., Xu, B., Yang, T., Mai, Y., Zou, B., Brabec, C.J., Hu, X. Advanced Materials, 2025, 2417251. A strong n-type perovskite layer is crucial in achieving high open-circuit voltage (VOC) and pow...

Congratulations to Kaicheng for successfully passing the PhD exam! His research primarily focused on investigating energy losses in perovskite-based tandem configurations, developing efficient strategies to mitigate energy deficits, and enhancing device stability. This work contributes to the advan...

Congratulation to Huan on getting the Energiepreis for his thesis "Two-colored organic photovoltaic modules enabled by laser annealing" (Supervisors: PD Dr. Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf, Dr. Andreas Distler). The research focused on developing a novel CO2-laser annealing method for the thermal process...

Congratulations to Rong on successfully passing her PhD exams with distinction on December 17, 2024! During her PhD, she focused on understanding the correlation between the microstructure and photophysical properties of organic photovoltaic materials and devices. Rong will continue her work at HIE...

Wu, X., Xiao, B., Sun, R., Yang, X., Zhang, M., Gao, Y., Xiao, B., Papkovskaya, E.D., Luponosov, Y., Brabec, C.J., Min, J. Energy Environ. Sci., 2025,18, 1812-1823 Morphology control has been critical engineering in establishing rapid charge transfer channels and enhancing the solidification ...

Bornschlegl, A.J., Duchstein, P., Wu, J., Rocha-Ortiz, J.S., Caicedo-Reina, M., Ortiz, A., Insuasty, B., Zahn, D., Lüer, L., Brabec, C.J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 2, 1957–1967 Emerging photovoltaics for outer space applications are one of the many examples where radiation hard molecul...

Tian, J., Liu, C., Forberich, K., Barabash, A., Xie, Z., Qiu, S., Byun, J., Peng, Z., Zhang, K., Du, T., Sathasivam, S., Macdonald, T.J., Dong, L., Li, C., Zhang, J., Halik, M., Le Corre, V.M., Osvet, A., Heumüller, T., Li, N., Zhou, Y., Lüer, L., & Brabec, C.J. Nat Commun 16, 154 (2025)...