Photovoltaics have been powering satellites in space for over 50 years, and payloads such as the Hubble Space Telescope and Ingenuity (the Mars Helicopter) depend upon them. The major driving force in PV technologies for space applications has long been maximising the Specific Power of the PV system, minimising payload weight. UK research in this field has gathered importance with the announcement of the Space Energy Initiative in 2022: a consortium bringing together government, academic research and industry to explore…
Find out more »Using photovoltaic technologies to harvest ambient light from indoor settings is increasingly seen as a solution to powering the ever-growing number of Internet of Things devices present in homes and workplaces. Indoor Photovoltaics (IPV) is a key target area for applications of emerging thin film PV materials such as organic and perovskite PV. Needless to say, many challenges need to be addressed to realise the goal of sustainably powering smart devices. This FREE webinar, hosted jointly with the Application Targeted…
Find out more »PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE: FRIDAY 31 MARCH To avoid clashes with upcoming UCU strike action days, the webinar will now take place on 31 March 10.00-12.30 GMT+1 Comprising earth-abundant elements and with the potential to be printed from solution, organic materials offer many exciting possibilities in the development of next generation PV, and may be particularly suited to BIPV, flexible PV and low-light applications. Significant strides have been made over recent years in efficiencies of organic photovoltaic solar…
Find out more »****FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS & POSTERS**** The Photovoltaics Science, Applications and Technology (PVSAT-17 & Super Solar) Conference is a 2.5-day event organised by the Institute of Physics (IOP). It is the UK’s premier scientific event for solar photovoltaics (PV) where the latest advances in research and development are presented and discussed. PVSAT conferences address all PV technologies including crystalline silicon, inorganic thin film, multi-junction concentrators, perovskites and emerging organic and hybrid cells, together with installation, performance monitoring, durability…
Find out more »PSCO-23 will be held in Oxford, UK from 18 September to 20 September 2023. The programme will include a combination of invited talks, contributing talks and poster presentations in a meeting which will bring a broad spectrum of the community together to discuss and share knowledge on the latest advances in perovskite materials, devices and photophysical and optoelectronic properties and phenomena. Educating young researchers is at the core of our mission, which will be enabled by the opening tutorial lectures,…
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