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  • 5.7.23 Upcoming presentations:

    - Role of Contacts in the Operation of Valley-Photovoltaic Devices, EU PVSEC, Lisboa (18.9.2023)

    - Simulation-Based Loss Analysis & Optimization of All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells & Modules, EU PVSEC, Lisboa (20.9.2023)
  • 12.11.22 Upcoming presentations:

    - Advanced simulation of perovskite-based tandem solar cells (invited, SPIE Photonics West 2023, San Francisco (USA), 30.1.23)

    - Quantum transport simulation of valley-photovoltaic devices (SPIE Photonics West 2023, San Francisco, 31.1.23)
  • 22.9.22 Upcoming presentations:

    - The Role of Reabsorption in Pero/Si Tandems Assessed by Optoelectronic Simulation (Simon Zeder, EU PVSEC 2022, Milano (I), 27.9.22)

    - Loss analysis for all-perovskite tandems based on full opto-electronic device simulation (CSPV conference, online, Nov. 3-5, 2022)
  • 22.8.22 New paper out:

    U. Aeberhard, S. Zeder, B. Ruhstaller
    Impact of photon recycling on the light extraction from metal halide perovskite light emitting diodes,
    Opt. Quant. Electron. 54, 617 (2022).https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-022-03791-9
  • 30.4.22 Upcoming presentations:

    - Photon Recycling and Luminescent Coupling in All-perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Assessed by Full Opto-electronic Simulation (Tandem PV workshop, Freiburg (D), 31.5.22)

    - Photon recycling and luminescent coupling in all-perovskite tandem solar cells quantified by full opto-electronic device simulation (IEEE PVSC, Philadelphia (USA), 9.6.22)

    - Quantum Transport with Light-Matter Interaction (CECAM workshop on Quantum Transport Methods and Algorithms: From Particles to Waves Approaches, Zürich, 8.7.22)
  • 20.1.22 New paper out:
    S. Zeder, B. Ruhstaller, U. Aeberhard,
    Assessment of photon recycling in perovskite solar cells by fully coupled optoelectronic simulation,
    Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 014023 (2022).
  • 11.5.21 Upcoming presentations:
    - Photon recycling in perovskite solar cells assessed by a detailed-balance compatible dipole emission model (IEEE PVSC, 25.6.)
    - Computational assessment of photon recycling in ultra-thin GaAs solar cells (IEEE PVSC, 23.6.)
  • 1.5.21 New papers out:
    - Reconciliation of dipole emission with detailed balance rates for the simulation of luminescence and photon recycling in perovskite solar cells, Optics Express 29, 14773 (2021) - selected as Editor's Pick
    - Hot-carrier optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor nanowires, Applied Physics Reviews 8, 021309 (2021)
  • 26.5.20 New blog post about the NUSOD contribution on reciprocity and photon recycling in ultrathin solar cells.
  • 17.5.20 Our theoretical predictions of field effects in ultrathin solar cells have been verified experimentally!
    In their recent publication in Progress in Photovoltaics , van Eerden and co-authors discuss the experimental signature of the Franz-Keldysh effect in ultra-thin GaAs solar cells, which we predicted and discussed in several papers.