The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany is the largest solar research institute in Europe. With a staff of about 1400, we are committed to promoting a sustainable, economic, secure and socially just energy supply system based on renewable energy sources. We contribute to this through our main research areas of energy provision, energy distribution, energy storage and energy utilization. Through outstanding research results, successful industrial projects, spin-off companies and global collaborations, we are shaping the sustainable transformation of the energy system.

A key topic of his R&D activities is production technologies for photovoltaics, whereby innovative printing processes are used in compliance with specific requirements in terms of precision, productivity, and resource efficiency. In addition to photovoltaics, the printing processes developed at Fraunhofer ISE are also relevant for other applications such as fuel cells, electrolysers, battery cells and power electronics.