KAUST Photovoltaics Laboratory
The KPV-LAB brings international researchers together to develop high-efficiency solar cells
Research at KPV-LAB
Overview
Welcome to the KAUST Photovoltaics-Laboratory (KPV-LAB) webpage
The KPV-LAB is led by Stefaan De Wolf of the Material Science & Engineering Program and is affiliated to the KAUST Solar Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
At KPV-LAB, we are dedicated to developing a realistic high-efficiency photovoltaic solution for sunny and hot climates. Our research efforts are focused on "Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells", "Perovskite Solar Cells", "Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells", and "Perovskite/Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells".
The KPV-LAB has strong collaborations with respected academic researchers and industrial partners.
Research
Novel Transparent Conductive Oxide Electrodes
ITO, IZO, IZrO, H: In2O3, AZO are some of the successful materials have been developed at KPV-LAB
Novel Carrier Selective Contacts by ALD
Team
The KPV-LAB attracts qualified researchers from different countries across the world. To be part of our multinational team, check out our vacancies.
Latest
News
26 January, 2023
Farewell to Dr. Waseem RajaWe said goodbye to Waseem Raja in our last group meeting as he is joining ASML in the Netherlands soon.
22 December, 2022
Last social activity before 2023On December 15th we organized a special breakfast to dismiss the year 2022.
05 December, 2022
Dr. Randi Azmi won the ASEAN-ROK AwardOur colleague Randi Azmi received the ASEAN-ROK Award for Excellence in Science, Technology, and Innovation Pioneer 2022 in South Korea by the Ministry of Science and ICT.
26 November, 2022
Dr. Erkan Aydin received a prestigious ERC Starting GrantOur Research Scientist Dr. Erkan Aydin received the prestigious ERC (European Research Council), Starting Grant, with his project titled INPERSPACE. With this achievement, Dr. Aydin will return to Europe in 2023 to establish his research group.
17 November, 2022
Professor Stefaan De Wolf, one of the world's influential researches in 2022Professor Stefaan De Wolf has been selected as one of the world's influential researchers by Clarivate in 2022.
03 November, 2022
Rakesh Pradhan is a new PhD studentRakesh Pradhan is a PhD student working on KPV-LAB. His research focuses on insights towards passivation for enabling efficient scalable single junction PSC.