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10 years Laboratory for Photovoltaics Laboratory for Photovoltaics 1 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

The first University chair: TDK Europe Professorship and the first ATTRACT fellow Laboratory for Photovoltaics 2 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Initial investment TDK: 3.6 Mio € Uni: 2.1 Mio € FNR: 1.0 Mio € Laboratory for Photovoltaics 3 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Belval May 2008 July 2008 October 2008 Laboratory for Photovoltaics 4 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

The move December 2008 Laboratory for Photovoltaics 5 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Here we are… the lab is crowded we hope for more space in Aile Nord/Aile Sud Laboratory for Photovoltaics 6 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Results - Metrics 134 papers with affiliation with 3170 citations 7 patents 27 invited talks at 2 international international conferences workshops hosted about 1.1 Mio € per year from Laboratory for Photovoltaics 7 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Sandwiches and Thin film Solar Cells T. Bertram thesis Laboratory for Photovoltaics 8 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Basic principles excited electrons Laboratory for Photovoltaics 9 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Two success stories Transparent Conducting Oxide ZnO Earth abundant semiconductor Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 Laboratory for Photovoltaics 10 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 a Smoking Semiconductor SnSe!!! Zn Se (gas) Se (gas) Sn Cu HEAT HEAT Cu 2 Se ZnSe Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 SnSe (gas) "The consequences of kesterite equilibria for efficient solar cells", Redinger, Berg, Dale, Siebentritt, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 3320 (2011) Laboratory for Photovoltaics 11 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Transparent conductive oxide transparent and conductive transparent contact new TCO absorber absorption back contact by free electrons normal TCO glass T. Bertram visible infra-red thesis new TCO: less free electrons ⇒ less absorption better mobility of electrons ⇒ same conductivity ⇒ more current from the solar cell Hala, Fujii, Redinger, Inoue, Rey, Thevenin, Depredurand, Weiss, Bertram, Siebentritt, "Highly conductive ZnO films with low NIR absorption", Prog. Photovolt. Res. Appl. 23, 1630 (2015) Laboratory for Photovoltaics 12 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Connections… Laboratory for Photovoltaics 13 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Visits - VIPs 2008 TDK Chairman Sawabe-san 2013 Mr. Science from RTL 2014 MEP Claude Turmes 2015 Energy Committee of the Parliament Laboratory for Photovoltaics 14 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Visits - coming VIPs Laboratory for Photovoltaics 15 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

Prizes 2014 FNR Award 2015 Grand Prix des Sciences physiques Outstanding publication Prix Paul Wurth of the Institut Grand Ducal 2015 Klimahelden am Alldag Laboratory for Photovoltaics 16 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

The teams of LPV and LEM 2009 2007 2008 2012 2014 2010 2015 2016 Laboratory for Photovoltaics 17 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

The Future A PV hub in Europe? people expertise / ideas equipment equipment fund ? Laboratory for Photovoltaics 18 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu

10 successful years Thank you! Laboratory for Photovoltaics 19 susanne.siebentritt@uni.lu