Dr. Erkan Aydin delivered an invited talk at the Next Generation Solar Energy (NGSE 10) conference on Interfaces on Tandem PVs

December 9, 2025

Dr. Erkan Aydin delivered an invited talk at the Next Generation Solar Energy (NGSE 10) conference, held on December 9–10, 2025 at the EnCN building in Nuremberg. His presentation, titled “Interfaces at Work: Enhancing Perovskite Solar Cells for Both Terrestrial and Space Environments,” highlighted the critical role of interface engineering in enabling high-efficiency, durable perovskite photovoltaics for both Earth and space applications.

NGSE is a leading international conference series organized annually by Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU) and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN). Each year, the event brings together world-renowned experts in perovskite, organic, and emerging photovoltaic technologies.

This year’s program featured an exceptional lineup of speakers, including:

• Thomas Kirchartz (FZ Jülich)

• Alexander Eberst (FZ Jülich)

• Ulrich W. Paetzold (KIT)

• Pascal Friederich (KIT)

• Alessandro Troisi (University of Liverpool)

• Jenny Nelson (Imperial College London)

• Feng Gao (Linköping University)

• Harald Ade (NC State University)

• Eva Unger (HZB)

• Jan Anton Koster (University of Groningen)

• Philippe Holzhey (HZB)

• Frédéric Lacquai (LMU Munich)
  …among many others contributing to the two-day program.

The conference covered key themes in emerging photovoltaics, including:

• Advanced optoelectronic characterization

• AI- and ML-driven materials discovery

• Perovskite and organic solar cell stability

• Flexible, transparent, and large-area module development

• Interface and defect engineering

• Numerical modeling and device physics insights

As an emerging PV group in the Munich area, our participation in NGSE highlights our growing engagement with industrial and academic partners—including collaborations with the satellite industry, FZ Jülich, and I-MEET—as we work toward advancing perovskite technology for next-generation energy applications.

We thank the NGSE organizers for the invitation and look forward to continued collaboration within this vibrant community of photovoltaic researchers.

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