News archive: 2025
Holiday Wish
December 23, 2025
We wish you peaceful holidays filled with joy and well-deserved rest.
May the coming year bring you creative energy and success in new research challenges. Let 2026 be marked by progress in the field of photovoltaics and by achievements that help shape a more sustainable future.
Best wishes for the New Year!
Zois Award to Marko JOŠT
November 14, 2025
We are proud that Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marko Jošt, LPVO member, received the 2nd highest national award in science – “Zois Award for significant achievements in the field of photovoltaics”.
Sincere congratulations!
LPVO at EU-PVSEC 2025
September 12, 2025
LPVO Members will attend the European photovoltaic conference, EU-PVSEC in Bilbao, Spain. We will be present with nine scientific contributions, eight with first authorship and one with co-authorship.
Scientific contributions with first authorship:
- 1BO.2.4, Benjamin Lipovšek, Numerical Modelling of UV Down-shifting Layers for Improved Stability and Energy Yield of Silicon Solar Cells
- 2CO.1.2, Miha Kikelj, Continuous-Time Photoluminescence Imaging for Quantification of Degradation Processes in Perovskite-Silicon Tandems
- 2DO.7.2, Fernando Solorio Soto, ALD ZnO Films for Improved Stability of Perovskites Solar Cells
- 2DO.7.3, Marko Remec, Seasonality in Single-Junction Perovskite Solar Cells: Insights from 4 Years of Outdoor Data
- 3AV.3.4, Jonas Aleksander Oražem, Overcoming Challenges of Current-Voltage Scans of High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Modules
- 4BV.3.5, Kristijan Brecl, New Empirical Model for Backside Irradiance
- 4CV.1.7, Matevž Bokalič, Comparative Study of Energy Yield in PV Systems Using Different Module Technologies and Inverter Configurations
- 1CV.2.61, Špela Tomšič, Temperature Distribution in c-Si PV Modules Unraveled by Detailed Thermal Modeling
- 4DV.1.53, Jaša Vid Meh Peer, Monitoring System for Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics
Scientific contributions with co-authorship:
- 3BO.12.6, Nicolas Frédéric Rochat, EPFL, Switzerland, Characterization, Modeling, and Simulation of Ultraviolet Downshifting Front Encapsulant for Photovoltaic Modules
We look forward to meeting colleagues from scientific community in Bilbao!
The 11th Slovenian Photovoltaic Conference SLO-PV 2025
March 23, 2025
The Laboratory for Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics and the Slovenian Technological Platform for Photovoltaics are organizing the 11th Slovenian Photovoltaic Conference SLO-PV 2025, which will take place on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25 in Ljubljana.
At the conference, lecturers will highlight current topics in the field of photovoltaics in Slovenia. Parallel to the conference, an exhibition will be held, where companies offering products and services in the field of photovoltaics and sustainable energy will present their portfoilo. Thanks to the sponsors, participation in the conference is free of charge.
You are cordially invited!
Seminar at NREL by Prof. Marko Topič
February 18, 2025
Prof. dr. Marko Topič gave a Seminar at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) entitled PV Materials and Devices in Energy Transition – interplay of performance, cost and stability.
In the seminar, prof. Topič first reviewed the fascinating photovoltaic (PV) technology’s modularity and continuous cost reductions that path a way solar PV to become the largest source of electricity worldwide. Although with already proven economic and environmental competitiveness, PV is successfully addressing further challenges in science, engineering and technology as well as in materials and devices to fit everywhere. Latest R&D activities in silicon and perovskite photovoltaics globally were presented with a contribution from the Laboratory for Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (LPVO).
Start of the ShinePV Project
January 1, 2025
In January, LPVO began participating in the international Horizon Europe project ShinePV. The ShinePV consortium includes 17 partners from 10 European countries. The project is led by the Irish and the Italian branch of Applied Materials, a corporation that supplies equipment, services and software for the production of semiconductor chips for a wide range of electronics, including solar cells.
ShinePV will develop alternative technological routes to PV production for Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) and Tunnel Oxide Passivared Contact (TOPCon) solar cells, covering the three key steps in the back-end manufacturing: metallization, post-processing and interconnection. The goal of the project is to reinforce the sustainability of the European PV value chain building a secure, resilient, and diverse domestic energy sector industrial base.