from 7th to 10th of November 2022
Intensive Course in Metal Halide Perovskites: From Materials to Applications
Online (via Zoom)
An introductory course to the most promising semiconductor materials for efficient, low-cost and lightweight solution processed optoelectronics
During the last decade, metal-halide perovskites (MHPs) gained significant interest for the realization of optoelectronic devices, thanks to their remarkable physical properties: high and broadband absorption coefficient (> 105 cm-1), long charge-carrier diffusion length (in the range of μm for both electrons and holes) and lifetimes (~ 1 μs), tunable band-gap (through engineering of their chemical composition), low Urbach energies (~ 15 meV) and high defect tolerance. In MHPs, A is an atom (for fully inorganic perovskites) or an organic molecule (in the case of hybrid perovskites), B is a divalent metal and X is a halide atom. The deposition of MHP thin films is usually carried out by solution-based processing techniques such as slot-die coating, ink-jet printing, blade coating at low temperatures (i.e. 100 oC) that result in significantly lower manufacturing cost and environmental footprint. Due to their desired properties over standard semiconductor materials, MHPs have already demonstrated very promising results on a variety of devices such as solar cells, light-emitting diodes, lasers, photodetectors, high energy radiation detectors, transistors and gas sensors.
This intensive course envisions providing an introduction to metal halide perovskite materials and the related applications. Our speakers are distinguished scientists in the topics they will present. We hope that this course will inspire you to follow more modules on the topic and join the world effort to advance the related technology.
The intensive course is organized by the Athena European University (Prof Konstantinos Petridis, Coordinator of the ATHENA observatory in higher education) and Dr. George Kakavelakis (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Marie Sklodowska-Curie – Grant Agreement n°101024237 – Individual Fellowship).
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
The Organizers and moderators
Prof. (Assoc.) Konstantinos Petridis
Head of the ATHENA observatory
Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Dr George Kakavelakis,
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow,
EPFL, Switzerland
Former Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Supported by
ATHENA European University
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship - GNP4PVs Grant Agreement n°101024237
International Relations Office
Hellenic Mediterranean University
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces
The Speakers
1st day: Metal Halide Perovskite Materials: Preparation and Characterization
Dr Wolfgang Tress
Senior Lecturer
Head of Novel Semiconductor Devices Team
ZHAW School of Engineering, Switzerland
Topic: mixed ionic electronic conductivity and its effects on solar cells
Dr Weidong Xu
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry
Imperial College London, UK
Topic: Probing charge carrier dynamics in metal halide perovskite solar cells using optical spectroscopy
Dr Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi
Head of Research and Graduate Tutor at UCL-IMD,
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Institute for Materials Discovery,
University College London, UK
Topic: Compositional and additive engineering of halide perovskites for next generation of energy device
Dr Ioannis Spanopoulos
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, USA
Topic: Next Generation Semiconductors: The Renaissance of Halide Perovskites
2nd day: Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices
Dr Essa Alharbi
Assistant Professor
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia
Topic: Perovskite Solar Cells: Next Generation Photovoltaic Technology
Dr George Kakavelakis
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow,
EPFL, Switzerland
Topic: Carbon-based perovskite solar cells and modules
Dr Mingyang Wei
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow,
EPFL, Switzerland
Topic: High-efficiency All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells
Mr Kai Oliver Brinkmann
PhD Student, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Topic: Perovskite-Organic Tandem Solar Cells
Dr Michael Irwin
CTO and co-founder, CubicPV, USA
Topic: Metal Halide Perovskite Tandem Devices and Their Value Proposition
3rd day: LEDs, lasers, Detectors and Field Effect Transistors
Dr Murali Gedda
Post Doctoral Fellow
KAUST Solar Center, Saudi Arabia
Topic: High-Efficiency Perovskite–Organic Blend Light-Emitting Diodes Featuring SelfAssembled Monolayers as Hole-Injecting Interlayers
Dr Miguel Anaya
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
University of Cambridge, UK
Topic: Nanoscale landscape in halide perovskites
Mr. Krishanu Dey
PhD student, Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge, UK
Topic: Probing Charge Transport in Halide Perovskites using Field Effect Transistors
Prof. (Assoc.) Konstantinos Petridis
Head of the ATHENA observatory
Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Topic: Metal halide perovskites as efficient gas sensing elements
Dr Haider Golam
J. Heyrovský Young Scientist
J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic
Topic: Metal halide perovskites for ultra-low threshold lasers
Dr Wanyi Nie
Staff Scientist
Center for Integrated Nanotechnology
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Topic: Perovskite semiconductors for direct conversion radiation detector applications
4th day: Research skills
Prof George Malliaras
Prince Philip Professor of Technology
Department of Engineering
University of Cambridge, UK
Topic: How to publish a paper?
Dr Konstantinos Petridis
Head of the ATHENA observatory
Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Topic: The importance of soft skills
Dr Konstantinos Petridis
Head of the ATHENA observatory
Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Topic: How to write a research proposal?
Ms Susan Gagliano
Teacher Trainer
Europass Teacher Academy
Topic: Critical Thinking with the Six Hats for Thinking - let's use the Edward De Bono method
Registration is open until the 7th of November 2022
The webinar will be streamed through Zoom. An invitation will be sent to all the registered participants. For any information please contact Dr. Konstantinos Petridis (c.petridischania@gmail.com) and Dr George Kakavelakis (georgios.kakavelakis@epfl.ch).