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Registration open: 19th Dresden Microelectronics Academy (DMA) at cfaed

Published on Fri, 03 Apr 2020 in NEWS

It already belongs to the Cluster’s classics: The microelectronics summer school "Dresden Microelectronics Academy" at cfaed will - hopefully - also take place in 2020. Even if, in view of the current crisis, it is not yet possible to look reliably into the future, the organizers at cfaed and the semiconductors industry are optimistic and continue to push ahead with the planning of this unique summer school. Registrations are now possible. As always, places are limited, as the exclusive insights into production and processes at industry giants Globalfoundries, X-FAB, Infineon or Bosch can only be gained with small groups.

Taicang High-Tech Park donates 10.000 Respiratory Protective Masks to TU Dresden

Published on Thu, 26 Mar 2020 in PRESS RELEASES

Board and team members of Sixonia Tech GmbH. left to right: Dr. Ali Shaygan Nia, Dr. Martin Lohe, Prof. Klaus Müllen, Prof. Xinliang Feng, Dr. Kangkai Ma - (c) cfaed

[Press release from the TU Dresden Press Office dated 26 March 2020. The mentioned SIXONIA tech company is a start up from the cfaed Chair for Molecular Functional Materials led by Prof. Xinliang Feng. Deutsche Version unter read more]

The "Taicang High-Tech Park" near Shanghai (China) is donating 10,000 urgently needed respiratory protective masks to TU Dresden and its Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital.

"We are extremely grateful for this gesture of friendship and this strong signal of international solidarity and I am personally deeply touched", says Prof. Hans Müller-Steinhagen, Rector of TU Dresden. "In times of need, such a humanitarian gesture has a significance that goes far beyond its mere material value."

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On the trail of organic solar cells’ efficiency: Molecular vibrations reduce the maximum achievable photovoltage in organic solar cells

PRESS RELEASE from cfaed @ TU Dresden, March 20, 2020

Published on Fri, 20 Mar 2020 in PRESS RELEASES

Illustration of the generation of charge pairs (excitons), the precursors of free charge carriers in the active layer of an organic solar cell. Credit: M. Panhans

[Deutsche Version unter read more]

Scientists at TU Dresden and Hasselt University in Belgium investigated the physical causes that limit the efficiency of novel solar cells based on organic molecular materials. Currently, the voltage of such cells is still too low - one reason for their still relatively low efficiencies. In their study, by investigating the vibrations of the molecules in the thin films, the scientists were able to show that very fundamental quantum effects, so-called zero point vibrations, can make a significant contribution to voltage losses. The study has now been published in the journal Nature Communications.

+++ ABGESAGT+++ Nanocar Race II: Öffentliche Vorstellung in Dresden

Published on Mon, 09 Mar 2020 in NEWS

Am 24. März 2020 findet in Dresden ein öffentlicher Vortrag über den Wissenschafts-Wettbewerb "NanoCar Race II" statt, der 2021 in Toulouse stattfinden wird. Jede*r ist willkommen, bei kostenlosen Snacks und Getränken in entspannter Atmosphäre alles über rasende Moleküle zu erfahren. Wir laden dazu in die Technischen Sammlungen Dresden, Junghansstr- 1-3 ein, wo ab 18 Uhr das internationale Projektteam berichten wird!

MANOS-Schüler holt mit cfaed-Projekt beim Regionalwettbewerb „Jugend Forscht“ dritten Platz

Published on Mon, 09 Mar 2020 in NEWS

Franz Loose, Schüler am Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymnasium Dresden, hat beim Regionalwettbewerb „Jugend Forscht“ am 06.02.2020 in Freital mit seiner cfaed-Forschungsarbeit den dritten Platz in der Kategorie Physik belegt. Mit seinem Projekt zum Thema „Herstellung biologisch abbaubarer Feldeffekttransistoren“ konnte er die Besucher und später auch die Fach-Jury begeistern.