The first foundation stone of IPVF (Institut Photovoltaïque d’Ile-de-France) was laid today within the École Polytechnique neighborhood in Palaiseau. In the presence of Chantal Castelnot, Sub-Prefect of Palaiseau representative of Madame Josiane Chevalier, Prefect of Essonne, and Gregory de Lasteyrie, Mayor of Palaiseau, this ceremony celebrates the construction of the building of 7800 m2 , which began early January , 2016.

Fabien Mollica (right in photo) and François Gibelli (left), two Ph.D. students from laboratories associated with IPVF, received student awards at the European conference of the Materials Research (E -MRS ), which was held in Lille from May 2 to 6. Light management in ultrathin CIGS solar cells by substituting the back contact with a TCO based reflector, F. Mollica, M. Jubault, F. Donsanti, A. Loubat, M. Bouttemy, J. Vigneron, A. Etcheberry, N. Naghavi Non