Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWSProfile
Dr. Klemens Ilse, group leader »Materials for H2 Technologies«
Research activities
- International cooperation on hydrogen research
- Production of green hydrogen and its derivates from renewable energy, e.g. in desert locations
- Hydrogen logistics
- Standardization and certification of electrolyzers
- New methods for degradation analysis and optimization of electrolyzer components
- Photovoltaics in harsh climates
Academic/professional resume
Since 2022
Group leader "Materials for H2 Technologies"
2020 - 2022
Research associate in business unit "Hydrogen Technologies", Fraunhofer IMWS
2020
Head of team "Functional and optical surfaces" within the group "Diagnostics and Metrology", Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP
2015 – 2020
PhD thesis, written at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and Fraunhofer CSP. Topic: "Microstructural investigation and simulation of natural soiling processes on PV modules"
2015 – 2020
Research associate and project management, Fraunhofer CSP and Anhalt University of Applied Science, Köthen
2012–2015
Master of Science in Physics at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Thesis: "Fabrication and characterization of silicon nanoparticles embedded in aluminum oxide"
2010 – 2015
Research assistent, group "Diagnostics and Metrology", Fraunhofer CSP
2009 – 2012
Bacherlor’s degree in Physics at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Thesis: "Electrical characterization of circuit structures for thin-film photovoltaic modules"
Awards
2021
Schott AG Materials Award for PhD thesis "Microstructural investigation and simulation of natural soiling processes on PV modules"
2019
Junior Award of the Heinz Bethge Foundation for Applied Electron Microscopy for PhD thesis "Microstructural investigation and simulation of natural soiling processes on PV modules"
2019
"Overall EU PVSEC Student Award" at 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2019) for "Physics of soiling and dust adhesion - lessons learnt from laboratory soiling tests"
2019
"Best Poster Award" at 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC 46) for "Quantification of abrasion-induced ARC transmission losses from reflection spectroscopy"
2017
"Best Student Paper Award" at 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 44) für "Comparing indoor and outdoor soiling experiments for different glass coatings and microstructural analysis of particle caking processes"
Publications
Resilience of industrial PV module glass coatings to cleaning processes
M.Z. Khan, C. Pfau, M. Schak, P.T. Miclea, V. Naumann, A. Debess, C. Hagendorf, K. Ilse
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 12.5 (2020): 05350 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0024452
Techno-economic assessment of soiling losses and mitigation strategies for solar power generation
K. Ilse, L. Micheli, B.W. Figgis, K. Lange, D. Daßler, H. Hanifi, F. Wolfertstetter, V. Naumann, C. Hagendorf, R. Gottschalg, J. Bagdahn
Joule 3 (2019) 2303–2321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.08.019
Advanced performance testing of anti-soiling coatings – Part I: Sequential laboratory test methodology covering the physics of natural soiling processes
K. Ilse, M.Z. Khan, N. Voicu, V. Naumann, C. Hagendorf, J. Bagdahn
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 202 (2019) 110048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110048
Fundamentals of soiling processes on photovoltaic modules
K. Ilse, B.W. Figgis, V. Naumann, C. Hagendorf, J. Bagdahn
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 98 (2018) 239–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.09.015