In April, Zakaria Asalieh defended his masters thesis on the topic of "High energy yield Bifacial-IBC solar cells enabled by poly-SiOx carrier selective passivating contacts". Congratulations Zakaria!

In April, Julian van Dingen defended his masters thesis on the topic of "Improving the stability and opto-electrical properties of hydrogenated amorphous and nano-crystalline germanium films". Congratulations Julian!

In April, Tanja Post defended her masters thesis on the topic of "Worldwide analysis of the limiting efficiency of 2-junction solar cells". Congratulations Tanja!

In May, Mohamad Hannan defended his masters thesis on the topic of "High-efficiency IBC solar cells with poly-Si implanted passivating contacts". Congratulations Mohamad!

Last June we had the master thesis defence of Paul Roelandschap on the topic of "Development of device quality a/nc-Ge:H absorber layers by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Paul!

Last June we had the master thesis defence of Seba Makhlouf on the topic of "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis for flexible thin-film solar cells at HyEt Solar". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Seba!

In June we had the doctoral defence of Yilei Tian on the topic of "Barium Disilicide for Photovoltaic Applications: Thin-Film Synthesis and Characterizations". Congratulations on becoming a doctor Yilei, we look forward to seeing great things from you!

Last June we had the master thesis defence of Pim Doodkorte on the topic of "Short-Term Irradiance Forecasting using All-Sky Images and Deep Learning". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Pim!

Last July we had the master thesis defence of Andyaningrum Fauziah on the topic of "Electrical Simulations of Perovskite/c-Si Tandem Solar Cells". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Andya!

Last July we had the master thesis defence of Karthik Ganapathi Subramanian on the topic of "Opto-Geometric Modelling of Complex Urban Landscapes". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Karthik!

Last July we had the master thesis defence of Ben Huang on the topic of "Simulations of shade tolerant solar cells with low breakdown voltages". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Ben!

Last July we had the master thesis defence of Giorgos Pilis on the topic of "Energy rating of bifacial PV modules". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Giorgos!

Last July we had the master thesis defence of Werner van Dijk on the topic of "Integrating PV systems directly on metro traction networks". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Werner!

Last July we had the master thesis defence of Max van Duffelen on the topic of "Density Functional Theory Study of In2O3-based Transparent Conductive Oxides". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Max!

Last July we had the master thesis defence of Dennis Wilmink on the topic of "Invisible PV on Monumental Buildings". Congratulations on defending your thesis successfully Dennis!

Last August we had the master thesis defence of Abhishek Velpuru on the topic of "PV Lifetime Energy Yield". Congratulations Abhishek!

Dit megalab van de TU Delft moet het stroomnet klaarstomen voor de groene toekomst volkskrant.nl/ts-b791d0c0 via de Volkskrant

In order to ensure that the electricity grid is prepared for the future, @TUDelft, the Dutch government & partners including TenneT TSO have joined forces to build a brand-new laboratory: the ESP Lab. 💡🔌 The lab will be opened on Friday, 1 October 2021. tudelft.nl/en/2021/tu-del…

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June 1st the poster contest took place (30 groups) for the System Integration Project course (Sustainable Energy Technology MSc) part of the Energy Challenge! 4 groups were awarded prizes: best video, audience, 1st & 2nd poster. Great event! Rene & Laura thanks for organizing!