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Fantastic overview paper about BIPV in Nature Reviews Clean Tech !

Published:07.05.25 — Integrating photovoltaics into Building check the fantastic latest overview paper in Nature Clean Energy Reviews!

A miniature swimming robot inspired by marine flatworms

Published:21.02.25 — EPFL engineers have developed a versatile swimming robot that nimbly navigates cluttered water surfaces. Inspired by marine flatworms, the innovative device offers new possibilities for environmental monitoring and ecological research.

“Solar Revolution” at RTS!

Published:19.02.25 — “Solar Revolution” by Geopolitis at RTS! China, Ukraine, Solar from Space, and more with Christophe Ballif….

Congratulations to our last successful Phd Students!

Published:29.01.25 — Three PhD students from PV-Lab successfully defended their thesis recently. Congratulations to all new Doctors of PV-Lab (Ebrar, Marine, and Simon) and good luck in their future adventures!

Paper alert – bifacial perovskite-Si tandems via hybrid method!

Published:13.01.25 — Happy to share our new article 'Bifacial perovskite/silicon heterojunction tandem solar cells based on FAPbI3-based perovskite via hybrid evaporation-spin coating' published in Nano Energy. 

Les ingénieurs sont-ils des improvisateurs qui s'ignorent ?

Published:13.11.24 — Atelier d’improvisation “LUNCHenPHILO #17: Les ingénieurs sont-ils des improvisateurs qui s’ignorent ?” Mercredi 13 novembre De 12h15 à 13h15 Hall du Rolex Learning Center, EPFL

One conference, two awards – EUPVSEC 2024 Vienna!

Published:28.09.24 — Big congratulations to Marie Courtant from EPFL PV-lab for the Best Oral Presentation Student Award at #EUPVSEC2024 in Vienna for her work on "Novel Colorimetry Approach for Building Integrated Photovoltaics" as part of the Increase project and Dr. Reyu Sakakibara for winning a Best Poster Award with her poster '' Investigating Interfacial Phenomena in Copper-Covered, n-Type Polysilicon-Based Contacts by Electron Microscopy'' a part of the COMET project supported by the Swiss Federal Office for Energy.

Paru dans la feuille d'avis de Courtelary le 13.09.2024

Published:16.09.24 — Paru dans la feuille d’avis de Courtelary le 13.09.2024 « Je travaille depuis 30 ans dans le photovoltaïque : la Suisse devrait installer de nombreux parcs éoliens ! «

“My classes are an enlightening exercise in improvisation”

Published:27.08.24 — Simon Henein is part engineer, part artist – and a fully devoted teacher. Striving to combine all three of these roles in a unique approach he calls “collective creation,” Henein was named the best teacher in the microengineering section for 2023.

Sandro Carrara wins IEEE Sensors Letters Best Paper Award

Published:04.07.24 — Sandro Carrara, head of the Bio/CMOS Interfaces Laboratory in the School of Engineering, has won the IEEE Sensors Letters Best Paper Award with collaborators from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.