ERC Consolidator Grant
Award year: 2014
Category: Scholarship / Grant
Type: ERC Consolidator Grant
Awarding organization: Europäischer Forschungsrat (ERC)
Cost-effective and sustainable materials can be used in solar cells thanks to nanostructuring. However, modern technology is much less efficient than silicon cells. A possible reason for this may be the disorderly geometry of the nanostructures used. This is the starting point for Julien Bachmann’s project. He wants to design the nanoscale geometry of the material interfaces to study their properties. The greater the surface between two semiconductors, the more light is absorbed and more electricity is generated. However, the larger this surface is, the less electricity is generated. Taking this contradiction into account, Bachmann’s goal is to find the perfect geometry required to achieve the best possible properties.