Designing New Materials for Solar Energy Conversion
Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium
- Date: May 27, 2016
- Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Franz J. Himpsel
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
- Location: CFEL (Bldg. 99)
- Room: Seminar Room I-III, EG.076-080
- Host: CFEL, CUI, DESY, European XFEL, HZG, MPSD, SFB 925, UHH
After introducing general aspects of photovoltaics this talk will illustrate how spectroscopy with soft X-rays can help developing new materials and new designs for solar cells. Starting with the most general layout of a solar cell, the focus will be on combining its three components with atomic precision into one molecular complex. A dream experiment will be discussed where the movement of photo-generated carriers through such a complex is tracked in real time at the latest X-ray sources.