Next Generation PV Materials 2026 closed
Next Generation PV Materials 2026 has ended and we can look back on a stimulating and successful event. We want to thank our esteemed invited speakers and all attendees for their contributions. And we congratulate the winners of our poster prizes, sponsored by Applied Physics Letters, Maryam Manesh and Francesco Le Pera.
(left to right: Loredana Protesescu (jury), Francesco Le Pera (2nd prize), Jan Anton Koster (Jury), Maria A. Loi and Giuseppe Portale. Unfortunately 1st prize winner Maryam Manesh was not present during the awarding)
Next Generation PV Materials will be back in 2028!
This international conference brings together the main aspects of the science of materials and devices that are paving the road towards highly efficient, stable thin film solar cells, which will facilitate the necessary transition towards renewable energy. Contributions concerning materials synthesis, photophysics, device physics, modelling and any related issues are highly appreciated.
Next Generation PV Materials is a bi-annual event, organized by the University of Groningen, the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials.
Our 2026 confirmed invited speakers were:
Annalisa Bruno (NTU Singapore), Stefaan De Wolf (Kaust), Hong-Hua Fang (Renmin University of China), Wouter van Gompel (University of Hasselt), Alex Jen (City University of Hong Kong), Monica Morales Masis (TU Eindhoven), Angshuman Nag (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research), Nitin Padture (Brown University), Claudio Quarti (Mons University), Barry Rand (Princeton University), Huiqiong Zhou (Chinese Academy of Science)
Our local organizing committee:
Maria A. Loi
Loredana Protesescu
Jan Anton Koster
Giuseppe Portale
Remco Havenith
Our National Advisory Committee:
- Rene Janssen (TU Eindhoven)
- Shuxia Tao (TU Eindhoven)
- Andries Meijering (University of Utrecht)
- Adriana Creatore (TU Eindhoven)
- Erik Garnett (AMOLF)
- Bruno Ehrler (AMOLF)
- Albert Polman (AMOLF)
- Monica Morales Masis (TU Eindhoven)
- Linn Leppert (TU Twente)
- Olindo Isabella (TU Delft)
- Ferdinand Grozema (TU Delft)
- Peter Schall (UVA)