PROJECT DESCRIPTION

MultiscaleSolar - Multiscale in modelling and validation for solar photovoltaics

NEWS:

• The closing meeting will take place in Sofia 18th-20th April : further information – see here.

• SOLCORE 2019: The second SOLCORE hands-on workshop working on open-source multiscale software will be held at the Sorbonne in Paris (Jussieu campus) in less than two weeks: This is a rare opportunity to collaborate in software development and application of the SOLCORE libraries. Up to thirty attendants are possible, with ten funded places for MultiscaleSolar participants. Register here!

• Short term scientific missions are open for applications : Up to twenty are available in the final year – Apply here.


Agora in spring
Athens meeting: The Agora in springtime

Nanostructures show unique tunable material properties with major and proven potential for state-of-the-art optoelectronics. Exploiting them for the challenging implementation of next generation solar cell architectures requires novel multiscale modelling and characterization approaches which capture both the peculiar features at nanoscale and their impact on the optoelectronic performance at device levels.

To foster progress towards such approaches, MULTISCALESOLAR creates a new network of experts defragmenting knowledge by combining existing research activities to address key issues in in next generation photovoltaics raised by academic and industrial end users. It provides quantum mechanical descriptions of electronic, optical and vibrational properties in order to parametrize mesoscopic models for the dynamics of charge carriers, photons and phonons in nanostructures. This yields effective material parameters for use in macroscopic device level models validated at each step by experiment.

This Action combines theoretical and experimental expertise in industry and academia benefitting the European Research Area. The Action actively addresses gender issues, and favours early stage researchers, developing their scientific and management skills. The Action yields, for the first time, validated multiscale understanding of nanostructure properties for optoelectronic applications, with a focus on third generation photovoltaics.