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A Major European Success for ODTÜ-GÜNAM
ODTÜ-GÜNAM will take on key roles in four newly funded projects under the Horizon Europe Programme. Our institution will coordinate PRELAM-IPV and CRAFT-PV, while participating as a project partner in ReSolar and LoopSi. Focusing on high-efficiency, sustainable, repairable and…
SilicoNPV 2026 in Ankara, Türkiye
We were pleased to host SilicoNPV 2026 and bifiPV 2026 workshop in Ankara, bringing together the international photovoltaic community to exchange knowledge, share recent advancements, and strengthen collaborations in crystalline silicon PV technologies.SilicoNPV conference was…
A study co-authored by Prof. Dr. Rasit Turan, Coordinator of the SiPV Division at ODTÜ-GÜNAM, has been featured on the international photovoltaic platform TaiyangNews - All About Solar.
The work has also been published in the journal Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (SOLMAT).🔗 Read the full article: https://taiyangnews.info/technology/lithography-free-patterning-route-developed-for-bc-manufacturingAt ODTÜ-GÜNAM, we are pleased to see our research gaining…
We participated in the workshop “Circularity and Recycling in the Turkish Photovoltaic Sector: Policy Framework, Economic Model, and Feasibility.”
The event was organized in collaboration with the Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mining Research Authority (TEMEN), Ahiler Development Agency, ODTÜ-GÜNAM, and GÜNDER, with the aim of enhancing sustainability and resource efficiency in Türkiye’s photovoltaic sector. Representing…
Change in ODTÜ-GÜNAM Chair of the Board
From Founder Prof. Dr. Raşit Turan to the New Term under Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selçuk Yerci Prof. Dr. Raşit TURAN – Founder of ODTÜ-GÜNAM and Coordinator of the SiPV Division Prof. Dr. Raşit Turan led the establishment of the Solar Energy Research and Application Center (GÜNAM)…
We Held Our First Farmer Workshop as Part of the SolarHub Project!
On February 26, as part of our SolarHub project, we held our first farmer workshop in Ankara at the TAGEM Soil, Fertilizer, and Water Resources Central Research Institute Directorate and the Water Resources Central Research Institute. The event, coordinated by TAGEM and…
Berkay Uygun Has Been Awarded By EU-PVSEC Student Award
Berkay UYGUN, Researcher at ODTÜ-GÜNAM Silicon Photovoltaic Technologies Division, has awarded the “EU PVSEC Student Award”. We congratulate him on this achievement for his oral presentation titled 'Local p+ Poly-Si Passivating Contacts Realized by Direct FlexTrail Printing of…
Recent Master's Thesis Defense Successes from ODTÜ-GÜNAM
Mustafa Büyükgüzel and Berkay UYGUN, ODTÜ-GÜNAM Silicon Photovoltaic Technologies Division researchers, have achieved their master's degrees with their successful thesis defenses on September 6.We congragulate- Mustafa Büyükgüzel, who defended his thesis titled “ION IMPLANTATION…
ODTÜ-GÜNAM SiPV Lead Researcher Dr. Hisham Nasser's Article in the Journal “Materials Science and Engineering: B”
ODTÜ-GÜNAM Silicon Photovoltaic Technologies Division Lead Researcher Dr. Hisham Nasser's article titled "Analysis on the capacitance-voltage characteristics of metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitors based on thermally evaporated WOx on n- and p-type crystalline silicon" has…
ODTÜ-GÜNAM SiPV Lead Researcher Dr. Hisham Nasser's Article in the Journal “Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering”
ODTÜ-GÜNAM Silicon Photovoltaic Technologies Division Lead Researcher Dr. Hisham Nasser's article titled " TCAD simulation of germanium-based heterostructure solar cell employing molybdenum oxide as a hole-selective layer" has been published in the journal Modelling and…
ODTÜ-GÜNAM SiPV Researchers' Article in the Journal “Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing”
ODTÜ-GÜNAM Silicon Photovoltaic Technologies Division researchers' article titled "Annealing-free, electron-selective ohmic contacts using zirconium oxide and aluminum for n-type crystalline silicon solar cells" has been published in the journal Materials Science in…
ODTÜ-GÜNAM TANDEM Project Receives Support from Horizon Europe
“Low-cost sustainable high efficiency tandem solar cells (TANDEM)” project, led by Dr. Hisham Nasser, Lead Researcher of ODTÜ-GÜNAM Silicon Photovoltaic Technologies Division, in which ODTÜ-GÜNAM is the member of a 5-member consortium, has been entitled to be supported within…