WHEN THE SUN SHINES

The exhibit concept was inspired by an exhibit on solar energy from the science center Experimenta in Heilbronn.

INVOLVED REASEARCH

Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics at Empa is researching the next generation of solar cells. These include thin-film solar cells based on chalcogenide and perovskite semiconductors, as well as tandem and bifacial devices for maximum conversion efficiency. The laboratory offers undergraduate projects and the semester course “Solar Cells” at ETH Zurich to educate students and advance the energy transition for the benefit of Swiss industry and society.

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our sincere thanks to:
Franz Weber from the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) and Anastasios Antoniou from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich for their generous commitment to the construction and programming of the exhibit;
Dr. Christian Sichau, Alexander Herzog and Cornelius Krejcik from Experimenta for kindly providing the concept and exhibit plans free of charge and for their technical advice;
Dr. Yaroslav Romanyuk from EMPA for his valuable scientific input;
Martin Dosch and Roy Haubensak from the carpentry workshop at ETH Zurich for manufacturing various components.