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We are thrilled to present an overview of a thought-provoking new paper recently published in Nature Reviews Materials, titled "Bridging theory and experiment in defect-tolerant semiconductors for photovoltaics", which delves into the pivotal concept of defect tolerance in photovoltaics. The r...

On September 18th, Prof. Kyle Webber and Ms Lena Beck had the privilege of meeting with Prof. Joachim Hornegger to welcome Consul General Kenichi Bessho. The meeting provided an excellent opportunity for insightful discussions. During the meeting, valuable ideas and perspectives focusing on the ...

Review of our PEM Summer School from July 28–30, 2025: A complete success! The IGK2495 Summer School brought together 76 participants from different countries for a three-day interdisciplinary training on photo-electro-mechanical (PEM) energy conversion. Hosted at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität...

On Monday July 21st, Dr. Frank Wendler (Project K) received his habilitation certificate, handed over by Prodekan Prof. Dr. Marc Stamminger. For this achievement, which is an academic qualification for independent research and teaching at the university level, he submitted his thesis entitled "Model...

On June 12th, Prof. Dr. Kyle G. Webber, Director of IGK 2495, was honored with the International Award at the 42nd Meeting on Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications (FMA) in Kyoto, Japan. He received this award for his significant contributions to the fields of ferroelectric and piezoelectri...

On June 7th, 2024, Gabriel Stankiewicz successfully defended his doctoral thesis and received the title of Dr.-Ing. Gabriel was the doctoral researcher of our first generation in Project B – Excitation-Conforming, Shape-Adaptive Mechano-Electrical Energy Conversion under the supervision of Prof. ...

On February 27, 2025, the IRTG PIs, Doctoral and Associated Researchers together attended the fourth Yearly School for two days in Osaka, Japan. This last Yearly School for the 2nd cohort consisted of project presentations, an invited talk and some cultural activities around Osaka.  The Yearly Sc...

On July 11th, Prof. Dr. Ken-ichi Kakimoto from the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) was presented with an honorary doctorate of Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. This award recognises his outstanding scientific achievement and long-standing ties with FAU, t...

Xuejian Wang from Project K visited the 5th International Symposium on Phase-Field Modelling in Materials Science (PF24) in Hangzhou, China. He could present his topic "An extended phase-field-drift-diffusion model for oxygen vacancy migration in single-crystal barium titanate" in form of a poster p...