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Author
Name Kanani, Mansour
mkanani@shirazu.ac.ir
Research field Materials Physics, Functional materails, Multiscale modelling and simulation, Physical and mechanical properties from computational approaches
Career stage professor
Home university/institution Shiraz University
Department/Research unit at home university/institution Materials Science and Engineering
Chair/Working group at home institution Materials physics, Photovoltaic material design

International activity
Country Germany
Location Bochum
University Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
Fund Research School VIP
Type of activity research stay
Period starts 01-09-2021
ends 01-11-2021
Keywords Scale-bridging computational material design, Hybrid inorganic/organic halide Perovskite solar cells, High-performance photoferroelectric perovskite solar cells (PPSC), Interface and surface engineering via ab initio calculations, Strain calculation at PSC interfaces
Report During my stay in RUB I was in a close collaboration with PD. Dr. Rebecca Janisch and Prof. Dr. Anna Grünebohm groups. I had a lecture on new progresses of emerging organic/inorganic hybrid halide perovskite photovoltaic materials and crucial impact of scale-bridging computations for new materials design landscape for interested audiences from ICAMS. I had also couple of complementary discussions with experienced groups in ICAMS around that. We could find a collaboration potential on interface/surface engineering for new perovskite solar cells with Dr. R. Janisch group. Investigation and prediction of an optimum interface between different layers and probable strain impact on photovoltaic properties using advance computational-experimental work is agreed to be followed. I had also very pleasant time with Rebecca’s group. Very interesting meetings with her group researcher and students mostly on recent progresses on TiAl interface-mechanical property relationship via multiscale modeling. We had couple of official group meetings as well as group lunch occasion.
An interesting topic for close collaboration came out after couple of discussion rounds with Prof A. Grünebohm on new high-performance photoferroelectric perovskite solar cells (PPSC). Based on the current research in my group and the experiences in Anna’s group different meeting was planned. The consequence was few project titles which are currently are followed together. Furthermore, we agreed to share our potential and proper master students on the topic.
I had very helpful discussion rounds with Prof. A. Hartmaier, chair of micromechanical and macroscopic modelling department on data-driven science approach and its landscape on our common interested projects, specially the probable projects on perovskite layer interface challenges. We are in collaboration for possible project and common publication on the topic.
I had also couple of meetings to find most proper funding opportunities for our further step joint projects and we found few applications which we are working on.
I had also couple of meeting and networking with Prof. F. Varnik on computational applicability on electron transport phenomena at PSC interfaces, Dr. T. Hamerschmidt on data-driven approaches to predict photovoltaic properties of bi-layer samples used in PSCs.
Thanks J. Benzik from RUB research school I could have also a skype meeting with Prof. M. Saliba, head of photovoltaic center at Stuttgart. It was very constructive meeting and we agreed to work on inorganic mixed perovskites and investigate their dominant background mechanism.
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