Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Brabec
Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) / Department of Materials Science

Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Brabec
Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) / Department of Materials Science

i-MEET is developing and discovering functional semiconducting and optical materials, as required for advanced semiconductor technologies. Activities covery all aspects of printed electronics, from energy harvesting to sensing to imaging and X-Ray devices. A state of the art printing lab allows to process such devices on various surfaces by analog as well as digital 2D, 3D and Additive Manufacturing printing techniques.

Research projects

  • Development of solution processed semiconductors for large area X-Ray detectors
  • Development of printed transparent & opqaue flexible electrode systems
  • Discovery of novel phoshor materials for sensing, marking and imaging
  • Operating automated rob

  • STAEDTLER_PhotoCat: Photocatalysis

    (Third Party Funds Single)

    Project leader:
    Term: 1. May 2026 - 31. March 2027
    Acronym: STAEDTLER_PhotoCat
    Funding source: Staedtler-Stiftung
    Germany and Europe face critical challenges. In a difficult and competitive environment, the economy must, to a large extent, reinvent itself in order to ensure prosperity and security for future generations; at the same time, the consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent and require decisive action to limit global warming. Unfortunately, these two aspects are often portrayed as contradictory in public discourse.  Our interdisciplinary consortium presents three projects that can help improve society’s competitiveness, resilience, and sustainability. Drawing on our consortium’s proven expertise, we propose projects that (i) can increase the efficiency of ground-mounted PV systems from 25% to over 40%, (ii) enable the integration of PV into windows and agricultural land, and finally (iii) facilitate the light-driven conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide into valuable chemical feedstocks.
  • A1: A1 Correlative diffraction imaging studies in TEM and SEM complemented by X-ray scattering methods for accelerated characterization of thin functional films

    (Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)

    Overall project: GRK 3103: Correlative Materials Microscopy: From nanostructured functional films to hierarchical functional materials (CorMic)
    Project leader: ,
    Term: 1. April 2026 - 31. March 2031
    Acronym: A1
    Funding source: DFG / Graduiertenkolleg (GRK)
  • OPVStability: Understanding, Predicting and Enhancing the Stability of Organic Photovoltaics

    (Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)

    Overall project: Understanding, Predicting and Enhancing the Stability of Organic Photovoltaics
    Project leader: ,
    Term: 1. September 2023 - 31. August 2027
    Acronym: OPVStability
    Funding source: Europäische Union (EU)

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