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27th August 2010:

Our extensive review Polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells has been published by the Journal Reports on Progress in Physics. It covers the physical function of organic bulk heterojunction and bilayer solar cells, their state-of-the-art performance and limitations, as well as novel concepts to achieve a better material stability and higher power conversion efficiencies. A brief view on processing and cost / market potential is also included.

Also, our progress report on the Role of the charge transfer state in organic donor-acceptor solar cells has been finally published online by the Journal Advanced Materials.

23rd March 2010:

Dr. Carsten Deibel is one of only 6 Bavarian scientists who were selected for the Förderkolleg of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The press release can be found here (german).

9th March 2010:

Matthias Bruhnke and Bastian Freitag were awarded with EXIST Gründerstipendium (Founder Grant).

15th January 2010:

The Executive Board of the Forschungsverbund Erneuerbare Energien (FVEE, Research Association of Renewable Energies) has elected Prof. Dr. Vladimir Dyakonov from the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research and from the Chair of Experimental Physics VI, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg as Spokesman for the year 2010. Vice Spokesman is Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Eberhardt of the Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy Ltd. The FVEE is a nationwide collaboration of institutions which do research concerning renewable energies and energy efficiency technologies as well as their integration into energy supply systems.

13th January 2010:

In the editorial of Phys. Status Solidi, Editor-in-Chief Prof. Martin Stutzmann writes about The Best of pss. Our Letter Influence of Charge Carrier Mobility on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells is one of the 16 selected publications from 2008 and 2009.

8th December 2009:

Our publication Charge Carrier Dissociation and Recombination in Polymer Solar Cells in the current issue of Phys. Status Solidi A was selected as Editor's choice and is featured on the front cover.

10th November 2009:

Dr. Carsten Deibel has received a grant from BaCaTec for a cooperation with Prof. Lei Zhai, University of Central Florida.

30th September 2009:

Christian Weber has won a PhD scholarship from Deutsche Bundesumweltstiftung. His project is entitled: Electrochemical Energy Storage - Supercaps based on novel materials.

1st September 2009:

The Federal Minister for Education and Research, Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan, visited today the research laboratories of Chair of Experimental Physics VI (Julius-Maximilians Universität) and Bavarian Centre for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern). She was given an overview of the energy research carried out in Würzburg, in general, as well as of projects financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in fields of organic photovoltaics and novel carbon based nanomaterials.

17th July 2009:

One of our priorities in research is fundamental understanding of processes in the photogeneration of charges in organic solar cells by modelling and simulations. During his diploma thesis, Thomas Strobel enhanced the concept of our previous Monte Carlo simulations by considering the finite length of polymer chains. Based on his simulations, we were able to describe the origin of the high yield of charge generation in polymer-fullerene solar cells. Today, the work was published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 036402 (2009).

22nd April 2009:

Project Electron Beam Lithography to Structure the Surface of Functional Hybridmaterials for the Energy Technology awarded to Prof. Jens Pflaum and Prof. Vladimir Dyakonov by the Industrie- und Handelskammer Würzburg-Schweinfurt The press release of the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg can be found here.

8th April 2009:

Julia Schafferhans has been selected to receive the Zonta-Award 2009. This Prize is awarded yearly by the Zonta-Club Würzburg to outstanding female scientists of the Julius-Maximilians-University. The Zonta-Award will be presented to Julia Schafferhans on 5th of May.

18th March 2009:

Vera Stehr has won a PhD scholarship from Elitenetzwerk Bayern.

13th January 2009:

The Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern) in Würzburg is one of 365 Places in the Land of Ideas 2009. Its selection is celebrated by the Center on Saturday, 17th of January, with an Open Day. Fascinating experiments and interesting insights in to the laboratories are awaiting all visitors. Find more information here (german).

16th December 2008:

The BMBF project GREKOS (Einfluss von Kontakten und internen Grenzflächen auf die makroskopischen Kenngrößen organischer Solarzellen) has been approved. The Würzburg based consortium consists of our Chair of Experimental Physics VI, the Experimental Physics II, and the ZAE Bayern.

15th December 2008:

Our PhD students Julia Schafferhans and Alexander Wagenpfahl each receive one of the Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen Studienpreis 2008 Awards for excellent achievements concerning their diploma thesis. Congratulations!

15th November 2008:

The newspaper Mainpost published an article about the activities of our Chair of Experimental Physics VI and the ZAE Bayern. Find the german version here.

1st November 2008 (update 2nd Dec 2008):

The BMBF project OPV-Stabilität (Langlebige funktionelle Materialien für die Organische Photovoltaik) and the EU project Dephotex (Development of Photovoltaic Textiles based on novel fibres) start. Find the press release for the stability project here.

1st September 2008:

The project MOPS ("Massengedruckte Organische Papier-Solarzellen"), funded by the BMBF, starts. Our partners are the Technical University Chemnitz, the University Wuppertal, and the Paper Technology Specialists in Munich.

30th April 2008:

An introductory article about organic photovoltaics by us was just published in Physik Journal 5/2008, pg 55. See our publication list.

16th April 2008 (update 21th May 2008):

We offer a Diploma position about photophysics of novel acceptor materials for organic photovoltaics. Status: Vacancy filled.

1st April 2008:

Two new colleagues have joined us today: Prof. Dr. Jens Pflaum – formerly University of Stuttgart – is starting a new group within the Chair of Experimental Physics VI, and Diep Phan is our new secretary. Welcome, we're glad the two of you are with our team now!

4th March 2008:

Julia Schafferhans has won a PhD scholarship from Elitenetzwerk Bayern.

15th February 2008 (update 5th May 2008):

We offer another Diploma position, this time in organic photovoltaics. Status: Vacancy filled.

1st February 2008:

We offer new Diploma positions, see Jobs.

20th July 2007 (update 17th August 2007):

We offer one Diploma position in cooperation with EP II. Status: Vacancy filled.

6th June 2007 (update 17th December 2007):

We offer one PostDoc position in the framework of the european project solarNtype. See Jobs section for details.

21st May 2007:

Andreas Bauman has won a PhD scholarship from the DBU.