NEWS & EVENTS

Meet our team: VITSOLC

VITSOLC, a Barcelona-based startup and ICFO spin-off, is dedicated to creating transparent solar modules that seamlessly blend into applications where traditional photovoltaics fall short — such as electric vehicles, sustainable buildings, and greenhouses. In the five interview of the “Meet our team” series, Sergi Cuesta, CTO of VITSOLC, shares insights into its role in SOREC2 […]

SOREC2 researcher defends his PhD thesis on overcoming losses in organic solar cells

Francisco Bernal-Texca, a researcher at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and a member of the SOREC2 team, successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Photonic based approaches to overcome intrinsic losses in organic solar cells” on November 29th 2024.

Listening citizens to inform the SOREC2 technology

On October 25th, the first session of the workshop “Which future do you want for renewable energies?” was held in Barcelona. Organized by “Science for Change”, on behalf of  Democracy X (formerly DBT) in Spain, this workshop is part of the tasks assigned to the work package 5 of SOREC2 project to gather public views […]

CatSyNanoMat researchers showcase SOREC2 project at the UAB Innovation Fair 2024

A team of members of the CatSyNanoMat research group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) participated in the 2024 edition of the UAB Innovation Fair, held at the Hotel EXE campus last October 15th. The event, which is part of the Innovation Week, provided a platform for researchers to connect with other research groups […]

SOREC2 team members at the WIRMS 2024

Carles Ros and Emmanouela Andrioti, both researchers at ICFO and SOREC2 team members, attended the 12th International Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator Based Sources (WIRMS 2024). The event was held in Castelldesfels, Spain, from 7h to 11th October 2024. At the event, they presented a poster titled “Understanding the instability in high-performance […]

SOREC2 joins the European Reseachers’s Night 2024

The University of Ferrara (UNIFE) turned the historic Piazza Castello into a bustling science laboratory for the European Researchers’ Night on September 27th. Among the many young scientists showcasing their work was Alberto Magliocco, a PhD student from UNIFE and a member of the SOREC2 project team.