The group was founded around 2015 thanks to the project Center for Advanced Photovoltaics as well as thanks to a donation of scientific instruments from the University of Southampton. During its short history, it a capable team was assembled and additional projects were granted. The technology of manufacturing perovskite solar cells was mastered. The laboratory was gradually extended by an automated wet bench for silicon wafer etching, a chemical laboratory with a nitrogen box for perovskite technology, an optical characterization laboratory, and the thin film deposition laboratory was modernized by purchasing pulse laser deposition equipment. The group's long-term goal is primarily the development and research of solar cell technology for the production of renewable energy with high efficiency in real conditions, i.e. for medium lighting levels, not just for ideal lighting conditions. One of the approaches is the concept of selective electrodes using new oxide materials. Higher efficiency is achieved by a tandem structure with the help of a combination of an optimized silicon cell and a cell based on modern materials - for example, hybrid perovskites or completely new materials. The strength of the group is the use of many characterization methods together with numerical methods in order to better understand the nature of physical effects.
What are we currently working on?
- Understanding the stability of hybrid mixed-halide perovskite materials and solar cells made from them,
- Development of a stable high efficiency flexible solar perovskite cell for space application,
- Development of completely new non-toxic materials with high stability,
- Development of new methods of passivation of silicon wafers with the aim of making a dopant-free solar cell optimized for medium level illumination
