High-efficiency In-free thin-film solar cells
How can we ensure the design of In-free solar cells with high efficiency and which approach is needed to achieve this?
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Prof. Dr. Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin
Eva-Mayr-Stihl Chair for Cross-scale Material CharacterizationOana Cojocaru-Mirédin researches the design of energy materials with new functionalities.
Vision: To Re-Design energy materials via cross-scale characterization
What if the design of energy devices is done through a well-defined roadmap?
This will certainly accelerate the discovery of new energy materials so much needed as an answer to the energy crisis. Therefore, the goal of the group is to Re-Design energy materials with superior properties to makes them suitable for the use in energy conversion and storage in Germany and Europe. The Re-Design Strategy is fulfilled down to the Nanostructures level going from controlled synthesis to functions.
A big benefit of the group is the expertise in determining the composition and structure down to the atomic level. Even more, these can be cross-correlated with the functional properties. With that, we envision to determine an universal property map as a guide for reaching high-diversity of materials as found in nature and, finally, reaching devices with outstanding performances.
Research
Focus: Development of green energy devices that exhibit outstanding performances through Re-Design of material properties down to the atomic level.
Solid Electrolytes in Battery Devices
How Li and Na light alkalis redistribute in the solid electrolytes during fabrication and cycling?
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Thermoelectrics by Design
What is a possible Re-Design roadmap to replace the common Pb-based thermoelectric materials with a more efficient Pb-free material?
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Correlative Microscopy and Techniques with atom probe tomography
What if the interlink between Performance, Chemistry, Transport and Structure can be determined via cross-scale material characterization?
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Projects
Current research areas by members of the “Cross-scale Material Characterization” (CMC) chair:
Vita
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2022 | Full Professor of Cross-scale Material Characterization at INATECH
- Nov. 2020 | Habilitation at RWTH Aachen University
- 2015-2022 | Group Leader for Advanced Energy Materials Nanocharacterization at RWTH Aachen University
- 2012-2015 | Junior Group Leader for Interface Design in Solar Cells at Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Düsseldorf
- 2009-2012 | Postdoc at Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Düsseldorf
- 2006-2009 | PhD in Physics at Rouen University, France
Awards and outstanding achievements
- 2022 | Invited paper by Advanced Materials under Rising Stars Program
- 2021 | 1st Oral presentation Award at E\PCOS, Oxford
- 2020 | Recipient of the Block Award by the International Field Emission Society, Oxford
- 2018 | Best poster Award “Role of grain boundaries: understanding the link between structure, composition, and performance”, APT&M, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA.
- 2013 | Ernst Haage Award (national) for outstanding research achievements in the field of energy conversion.
- 2012 | „BMBF-youth competition-NanoMatFutur“, one of seven winners, € 1.3 million funding
Further information
Contact
Prof. Dr. Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin
oana.cojocaru-miredin@inatech.uni-freiburg.de
INATECH CMC
Chair Cross-scale Material Characterization
Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
Georges-Köhler-Allee 102
79110 Freiburg, Germany
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