• Dick Stufkens Prize 2017 awarded to Sven Askes

    The Dick Stufkens Prize 2017 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) is awarded to AMOLF postdoc Sven Askes. In his thesis 'Upconverting …

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  • Cheap, efficient and stable photoelectrode could improve water splitting with solar energy

    Water splitting with solar energy could provide an efficient route for large scale renewable energy conversion and storage. Scientists from TU Delft and AMOLFĀ  have now engineered a very efficient …

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  • Goedkope, efficiĆ«nte en stabiele foto-elektrode voor mogelijk betere waterontleding met zonne-energie

    Waterontleding met zonne-energie biedt mogelijkheden voor een efficiĆ«nte grootschalige conversie en opslag van hernieuwbare energie. Wetenschappers van de TU Delft en AMOLF hebben een heel efficiĆ«nte en stabiele foto-elektrode geconstrueerd, …

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  • A crucial step towards better performing solar cells

    Solar cells need monocrystalline materials to work optimally. But the traditional way to build monocrystalline materials is highly time consuming. AMOLF physicists in the Nanoscale Solar Cells group have found …

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  • Solar cell wonder material surprises researchers : Unexpected experimental results lead to a better understanding of promising perovskite

    Physicists at AMOLF have unraveled the mysterious working mechanism of a promising new class of materials for solar cells. Their pressure experiments with perovskite semiconductors had very counter-intuitive results, which …

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  • Wondermateriaal voor zonnecellen verrast onderzoekers : Onverwachte experimentele resultaten leiden tot beter begrip van het veelbelovende materiaal perovskiet

    Natuurkundigen van AMOLF hebben het mysterieuze werkingsmechanisme opgehelderd van een veelbelovend nieuw materiaal voor zonnecellen. Experimenten waarin ze druk uitoefenden op perovskiet halfgeleiders leidden tot tegen-intuĆÆtieve resultaten die ze niet …

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  • New imaging techniques

    Researchers in the Nanoscale Solar Cells group at AMOLF have recently published two papers, one in Nature Communications and one in Nanoscale, demonstrating new imaging techniques for investigating the nanoscale …

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  • Nieuwe microscopietechnieken

    Onderzoekers in de Nanoscale Solar Cells groep van groepsleider Erik Garnett publiceerden recentelijk onderzoeken in de tijdschriften Nature Communications en Nanoscale. In beide publicaties demonstreren ze nieuwe microscopietechnieken voor het …

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  • Cum laude defense Sander Mann

    On December 6th Sander Mann successfully defended his PhD thesis Quantifying limits and losses in nanoscale photovoltaics at the University of Amsterdam. HeĀ  obtained the cum laude degree for his …

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  • Understanding nanoscale solar cells

    A team of researchers from the AMOLF-group Nanoscale Solar Cells and Eindhoven University of Technology have developed both a theory and an experimental method that provide the first detailed demonstration …

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