Middle East Technical University · Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications

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It is the only national research centre conducting research, development and innovation activities in solar energy technologies that has been granted qualification under Law No. 6550 on Supporting Research Infrastructures and has an independent legal personality.

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Our research divisions conduct activities spanning the entire life cycle of solar energy technologies.

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01SiPV 02EmPV 03IntegratedPV 04ODAK 05MDR 06Powering 07SolarSEED

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ODTÜ-GÜNAM regards its skilled workforce as a key pillar of its sustained success and develops employee-centred human resources policies.

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Researcher

Prof. Dr. Ali ÇIRPAN

Lead Researcher

Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies (EMPV)

Scientific Output

Latest Articles

Incorporation of a π-bridge in triphenylamine-EDOT based conjugated polymer for bifunctional electrochromic supercapacitor device

2026

Carbazole, Fluorene, and Silafluorene Bearing Non-Fullerene Acceptors: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance in Organic Photovoltaic Devices

2024

Design, Synthesis, and Theoretical Studies on the Benzoxadiazole and Thienopyrrole Containing Conjugated Random Copolymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications

2024

How do we get across? Impact of bridging aromatic units on the optical, electronic, and photovoltaic properties of donor-acceptor polymers

2024

Recently developed benzodithiophene based organic solar cells: A review on materials and strategies

2023

R&D

Latest Projects

Improving the Performance of the TOPCon Silicon Sub-Cell in Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: The Role of Tin Oxide (SnO2) Thin Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)

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Özgün Polimerler Ve Nonfulleren Akseptörler İçeren Yarı Şeffaf Üçlü Karışım Organik Güneş Hücrelerinin Geliştirilmesi

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