Materials research for renewable energies

• Full professor and head of chair at the department of materials science , FAU Erlangen. Honorary professorship at the University of Groningen
• Development of molecular, colloidal and sol-gel based semiconductors for renewable energies
• Development of organic and perovskite solar cells
• AI for multi-parameter optimisation of semiconductors for generating renewable energies
• Robot-based R&D devices for developing new materials and processes in renewable energy technology
• Operation of an automated research platform for optimising components for renewable energies
• Transparent materials and fluorescents for light and heat management in windows

Process development for renewable energies

• Spokesman of the Energie Campus Nürnberg (EnCN) and of the profile center FAU Solar
• Photovoltaics integrated into buildings and windows
• Operation of a pilot plant for manufacturing printed PV modules with a capacity of > 1 MW
• Imaging methods for quality control in the production of renewable energies
• Development of a digital twin for PV production methods
• Operation of a ‘laboratory for extremely accelerated ageing’ – X-ALT
• AI for the optimisation of PV technologies

Artificial intelligence and high-throughput research in renewable energies

• Director of Forschungszentrum Jülich (HI-ErN) on the topic of high-throughput methods in photovoltaics
• Operation of several test stands for testing photovoltaic modules under various conditions
• Evaluating photovoltaic modules by images and ML assisted work flow routines
• Development of AI assisted prediction models
• Monitoring MW and GW photovoltaic plants
• Developing drone-based systems for monitoring PV arrays online
• Cyber security for renewable energies