As part of GOTSolar educational activities a workshop entitled ‘Solar energy [r]evolution in the light of climate change’ was organised. It took place in December 2017 at the laboratory in IChF PAN, and was targeted at high school students and holders of scholarships of the Polish National Children's Fund, by which the workshop was co-inspired. The aim of the classes was to enable participants to build a simple, self-made perovskite solar cell. During the whole week of workshop, young scientists were introduced into the world of photovoltaics during short theoretical introduction, during which they learnt about the history of solar photovoltaics and the characteristics of 3rd generation systems based on the perovskite materials. Afterwards, they participated in the practical part that included synthesis of materials that make up the individual layers of the solar cell and their characterization using various analytical methods. The participants were also introduced to the GOTSolar project itself and the European Union objectives towards science and technology including the Horizon 2020 FET-Open funding scheme.

Workshop participants during the talk with one of the mentors from IChF PAN

Perovskite samples synthesized by the workshop participants.

Participants of the workshop with their mentros from IChF PAN