IPVF and CEA-LITEN (INES2 Institute for Energy Transition) have joined forces to study polysilicon passivated contacts for future industrial silicon solar cells. This work is the subject of a joint thesis, whose doctoral student, Audrey Morisset, won the Symposium I Graduate Student Award at the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2018 conference in Strasbourg.

The 9th edition of the IPVF Scientific Day was held on July 9th. This opportunity to meet IPVF community and its partners brought together 149 participants. This was the most widely followed day since IPVF creation. This edition was organized around 4 highlights: Leaders of great European institutes, Jef Poortmans for IMEC in Belgium, Frank Dimroth for Fraunhofer ISE in Germany and Philippe Malbranche for INES in France, set the tone of the day by

Chloé Dindault, PhD candidate at IPVF and affiliated with the Laboratory of Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films (LPICM, École Polytechnique/CNRS) is named one of the 2019 recipients of the prestigious Siebel Scholars awards. Established in 2000, the Siebel Scholars program annually recognizes nearly 100 exceptional students from the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, energy science, and bioengineering. The program has awarded over 1,300 scholars, researchers, and entrepreneurs. This network of leaders