Stability of perovskites: Emmy Noether funding for Esma Ugur

February 24, 2026

Perovskites are among the most promising materials for the next generation solar cells and other optoelectronic devices. But how can they be made long-term operational stable enough to become suitable for widespread application? This is the question being addressed by Dr. Esma Ugur, who has been granted funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the Emmy Noether Programme. The award amounts to around 2.2 million euros for a period of six years.

With this funding, Dr. Esma Ugur will establish an independent research group at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy at LMU Munich. In her project, “Deciphering Multiscale Heterogeneities in Perovskites for the Design of Durable and High-Performance Optoelectronics”, she tackles one of the key scientific challenges limiting the widespread commercial use of perovskites: their long-term stability.

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