ZSW – CIGS Thin-Film Photovoltaics

CIGS paper published in renowned Nature Communications journal

Research team pinpoints potential for improving CIGS solar cells

The efficiency of today’s thin-film solar cells with the CIGS compound semiconductor has already topped the 23 percent mark, but now a further increase looks to be within reach. A team staffed with researchers from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) recently identified a key point where the performance of thin-film solar cells can be improved for the cell to convert more sunlight into electricity. Published in the renowned science journal Nature Communications in August 2020, the results of this investigation reveal how manufacturers of CIGS thin-film solar cells can achieve even higher efficiencies.

For further information, see:

Press release by ZSW (Stuttgart, Germany)
Press release by HZB (Berlin, Germany)
Link to Nat Commun paper

IW-CIGSTech 9: Register now!

IW-CIGSTech 9, the 9th International Workshop for CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cell Technology, jointly organized by HZB and ZSW, is now open for registration. This is the attractive program at ZSW Stuttgart:

To register directly, please use this registration page. A leaflet with all relevation information can be downloaded as PDF.

Invitation to IW-CIGSTech 8

The international workshop on CIGS thin-film technology, IW-CIGSTech 8, has appeared on the horizon: The workshop jointly hosted by Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research, ZSW) will take place on May 30th, 2017, at ZSW in Stuttgart, Germany

We alread have a list of 10 confirmed speakers, including representative of all important CIGS manufacturers; please refer to the workshop website.

Information for registration will be published in the first half of March.