Prof. Dr. Thomas Kirchartz

Stellvertretender Direktor

Kontakt

+49 2461/61-96500

+49 2461/61-3735

E-Mail

http://www.fz-juelich.de/iek/iek-5

Adresse

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung (IEK)

Photovoltaik (IEK-5)

Gebäude 02.6 / Raum 4006

Warum und woran ich forsche

Thomas Kirchartz is currently a professor of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University Duisburg-Essen and the head of the Department of Analytics and Simulation and the Group of Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells at the Research Centre Jülich (Institute for Energy and Climate Research). Previously, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. His research interests include all aspects regarding the fundamental understanding of photovoltaic devices including their characterization and simulation.

Vita

Since 10/2017	Deputy Head of Institute of the IEK-5, Research Centre Jülich and Head of Division (Abteilung) of Analytics and Simulation at the IEK5
Since 11/2013	Professor at the University Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Engineering, Division Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
10/2013 – 9/2017	Head of Division (Abteilung) Organic and Hybrid Photovoltaics at the Research Center Jülich (Germany), Institute for Energy Research 5 – Photovoltaics (IEK5)
10/2010 – 9/2013	Imperial College London, Department of Physics (Experimental Solid State Physics), Junior Research Fellow
1/2009 – 7/2010	Research Center Jülich (Germany), Institute for Energy Research 5 – Photovoltaics (IEK5), Post Doc
2/2009	RWTH Aachen (Germany), Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Dr. Ing
7/2007 – 12/2008	Research Center Jülich (Germany), Institute for Energy Research 5 – Photovoltaics (IEK5), PhD student
7/2006 – 6/2007	Universität Stuttgart (Germany), Institute for Physical Electronics, PhD student
6/2006	Universität Stuttgart (Germany), Diplom Engineer in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Publikationen

Krückemeier L.; Krogmeier, B.; Liu, Z.; Rau, U.; Kirchartz, T. Understanding Transient Photoluminescence in Halide Perovskite Layer Stacks and Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 11, 202003489.

Liu, Z.; Siekmann, J.; Klingebiel, B.; Rau, U.; Kirchartz, T. Interface Optimization via Fullerene Blends Enables Open-Circuit Voltages of 1.35 V in CH₃NH₃Pb(I_0.8Br_0.2)₃ Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 11, 2101474..

Köhler, M.; Pomaska, M.; Procel, P.; Santbergen, R.; Zamchiy, A.; Macco, B.; Lambertz, A.; Duan, W.; Cao, P.; Klingebiel, B.; Li, S.; Eberst, A.; Luysberg, M.; Qiu, K.; Isabella, O.; Finger, F.; Kirchartz, T.; Rau, U.; and Ding, K. A silicon carbide based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%. Nat. Energy 2021, 6, 529–537

Kirchartz, T.; Marquez, J.A.; Stolterfoht, M.; Unold, T. Photoluminescence-Based Characterization of Halide-Perovskites for Photovoltaics, Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1904134.

de Quilettes, D. W.; Frohna, K.; Emin, D.; Kirchartz, T.; Bulovic, V.; Ginger, D. S.; Stranks, S. D. Charge-Carrier Recombination in Halide Perovskites, Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 11007

Stolterfoht, M.; Caprioglio, P.; Wolff, C. M.; Marquez, J.A.; Nordmann, J.; Zhang, S.; Rothhardt, D.; Hörmann, U.; Amir, Y.; Redinger, A.; Kegelmann, L.; Zu, F.; Albrecht, S.; Koch, N.; Kirchartz, T.; Saliba, M.; Unold, T.; Neher, D. The impact of energy alignment and interfacial recombination on the internal and external open-circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells. Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 2778.

Guillemoles, J.F.; Kirchartz, T.; Cahen, D.; Rau, U. Guide for the perplexed to the Shockley-Queisser model for solar cells, Nat. Photonics 2019, 13, 501.

Liu, Z.; Krückemeier, L.; Krogmeier, B.; Klingebiel, B.; Marquez, J. A.; Levcenko, S.; Öz, S.; Mathur, S.; Rau, U.; Unold, T., Kirchartz, T. Open-circuit voltages exceeding 1.26 V in planar methylammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells, ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4, 110.

Baran, D.; Ashraf, R. S.; Hanifi, D. A.; Abdelsamie, M.; Gasparini, N.; Rohr, J. A.; Holliday, S.; Wadsworth, A.; Lockett, S.; Neophytou, M.; Emmott, C. J. M.; Nelson, J.; Brabec, C. J.; Amassian, A.; Salleo, A.; Kirchartz, T.; Durrant, J. R.; McCulloch, I. Reducing the efficiency-stability-cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells. Nat. Materials 2017, 16, 363-369.

Baran, D.; Kirchartz, T.; Wheeler, S.; Dimitrov, S.; Abdelsamie, M.; Gorman, J.; Ashraf, R. S.; Holliday, S.; Wadsworth, A.; Gasparini, N.; Kaienburg, P.; Yan, H.; Amassian, A.; Brabec, C. J.; Durrant, J. R.; McCulloch, I. Reduced voltage losses yield 10% efficient fullerene free organic solar cells with >1 V open circuit voltages. Energy Environ. Sci. 2016, 9, 3783-3793

Letzte Änderung: 04.09.2023