Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE
Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE

Prof. Dr. Andreas Bett

Director, Division Institute Directorate

Research focus

The main areas of research of Prof. Dr. Andreas Bett include solar silicon material, epitaxial growth of Si and III-V semiconductors, development of characterisation techniques for advanced solar cell devices and the fabrication of solar cells. Furthermore, he develops concentrator module and systems and is involved in field testing.
He is also co-founder of the company Concentrix Solar which manufactures and installs CPV systems. In addition he is active member in the IEC TC82 WG7 for standardisation of CPV technologies and member of the European PV Platform WG3. He has organised several international conferences and served in many scientific committees. 

Curriculum vitae

Prof. Dr. Andreas W. Bett is director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany and operates the chair »Solar Energy - Materials and Technologies» in the Faculty of Mathe-matics and Physics, University of Freiburg. He received the Dipl. degree in physics and the state exami-nation in physics and mathematics from the University of Freiburg, Germany in 1988 and 1989, respec-tively and the PhD degree in physics from the University of Konstanz, Germany in 1992. He joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, ISE in 1987. In 1993 he became the head of the group »III-V – epitaxy and solar cells«. From 2007 until 2016 he was division director »Materials – Solar Cells and Technology« and from 2009 until 2016 he was deputy director of the institute. In 2017 he was ap-pointed director of the institute.

Awards & outstanding achievements

In 2009 Prof. Dr. Andreas Bett received the 17th European Becquerel Prize for outstanding merits in photovoltaics. In 2010 he was awarded with the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize and the EARTO Prize and in 2012 he received the German Environmental Prize for his efforts and achievements in industrialisation of CPV technology. In 2023, he won WSS Research Award by the Werner Siemens-Foundation for the submission "Höchsteffiziente Erzeugung von Strom und Wasserstoff aus der Solarenergie" at the ideas competition.

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