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
28 June, 2022
29.3%-efficient perovskite/silicon tandems with MgFx interlayers: just came out in ScienceOur recent work on perovskite/silicon tandem was published in Science. Click "read more" and we explain more about it.
12 June, 2022
Dr. Erkan Aydin delivered an invited talk at ICMOL, ValenciaAt the beginning of June, Dr. Erkan was invited to give a talk at the Institute of Molecular Science in Valencia (Spain).
03 June, 2022
KPV-Lab actively joined the TandemPV Workshop 2022 in FreibugSome members of our team were invited to participate in Tandem PV International Workshop organized at Freiburg (Germany) from May 30 to June 1.
01 June, 2022
Dr. Erkan Aydin and Dr. Thomas Allen organize a panel discussion in TandemPV22The panel discussion brings researchers from the leading research institutes and companies to discuss the hot questions in the field.
18 May, 2022
Shanshan Zhang is a new Postdoctoral Fellow!Shanshan joins the KPV-Lab as a postdoctoral fellow and she will be developing novel, lossless, and mechanically stable contacts.
25 April, 2022
Pia Dally joined the KPV-Lab team as a Postdoctoral fellow!Pia Dally is currently a postdoctoral fellow at KAUST working on surface analysis techniques, XPS and UPS.