Albert Polman – group leaderTom Veeken – LMPV program managerSaskia Fiedler – postdocMatthias Liebtrau – junior researcherNika van Nielen– PhD studentEvelijn Akerboom– PhD studentHollie Marks – PhD studentRobin Schot – PhD studentAna Lopez Poyatos – masters studentToon Coenen – part-time guestDion Ursem – …
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Our group’s research in de Volkskrant
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Read MoreNew ultrafast SEM cathodoluminescence microscopes presented
Academic-industry collaboration leads to product on the market in two years Our group together with Delmic and ThermoFisher presented two new cathodoluminescence microscopes that can take optical images at the nanoscale with a time resolution down to 1 ps. Click here …
Read MoreNanophotonics basics
Albert Polman’s slides on the basics of nanophotonics, presented at the Summerschool on Plasmonics in Porquerolles (September 4-8, 2017) are available here. Nanophotonics basics – Albert Polman.
Read MoreNanoparticles give solar cells green color
Excerpt from NBC News: “Solar panels are going green (literally). Here’s why that’s a big deal“ Tiny particles make bluish-black photovoltaic panels bright green, bringing high-efficiency solar panels of many colors a step closer to reality. With highly rated models …
Read MoreCover Picture Advanced Optical Materials
Our paper in Advanced Optical Materials got featured as the journal’s Cover Picture on the latest edition. Optoelectronic enhancement of ultrathin CuInGaSe solar cells by nanophotonic contacts G. Yin, M.W. Knight, M.C. van Lare, M. Solà Garcia, A. Polman, and M. …
Read MoreUltrathin CuInGaSe solar cells by nanopatterning
Light scattering from a nanopatterned back contact enables 7 times thinner CIGS solar cells while maintaining the current at 93% of the world record and raising the voltage. Optoelectronic enhancement of ultrathin CuInGaSe Solar Cells by nanophotonic contacts G. Yin, M.W. Knight, M.C. …
Read MoreNanocontact paper published in Nano Energy
Our paper on metal nanowire contacts improving silicon heterojunction solar cells appeared in Nano Energy, a high-impact journal devoted to energy research. Soft-imprinted Ag nanowire hybrid electrodes on silicon heterojunction solar cells M.W. Knight, J. van de Groep, P. Bronsveld, …
Read MoreCL microscope sees light waves in photonic crystals
Our paper in ACS Photonics shows how cathodoluminescence microscopy can image optical modes in Si photonic crystals. Near-infrared spectroscopic cathodoluminescence imaging polarimetry of silicon photonic crystal waveguides B.J.M. Brenny, D.M. Beggs, R.E.C. van der Wel, L. Kuipers, and A. Polman, …
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