Researchers at the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) associated with the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Ile-de-France (IPVF), in collaboration in particular with researchers at the German Fraunhofer ISE, have succeeded to trap sunlight efficiently in a solar cell thanks to an ultrathin absorbing layer made of 205 nm-thick GaAs on a nanostructured back mirror. With this new architecture, an efficiency of nearly 20% was obtained. Up to now, the laboratory state-of-the-art 20%-efficient solar cells required

The scientific community of our institute met on the new CentraleSupélec campus on June 4, 2019, around a program built by researchers, consistent with the ambitious roadmap of our institute. At the opening of this important moment in our scientific life, Mrs. Karine Vernier, Director of the  » Energie et Economie Circulaire  » programme at the Secrétariat général pour l’investissement (SGPI) and Mrs. Alice Vieillefosse, Director of the Cabinet of the Direction générale de l’énergie