SMARTLINE-PV Stakeholder Workshop on Circular BIPV, IoT and Certification
On 12 October 2026, the SMARTLINE-PV project will hold a stakeholder workshop at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie. The event will focus on circular product design, digital integration and end-of-life strategies for lead-free perovskite building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). The workshop brings together expertise from architecture, façade engineering, roofing, construction, project development, certification and photovoltaics. […]
SMARTLINE-PV at EU PVSEC 2026 in Rotterdam
SMARTLINE-PV participated in the 43rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2026) in Rotterdam, bringing its work on sustainable, lead-free perovskite photovoltaics to the international PV community. From 14 to 16 September 2026, SMARTLINE-PV was represented at the Perovskite Network Booth at the Beurs World Trade Center Rotterdam. The joint exhibition brought together the European projects […]
Synchrotron Beamtime at ALBA: New Insights into Tin Perovskite Thin Films
Researchers from the European research projects SMARTLINE-PV, OPVStability, GreenOMorph and the Austrian Science Fund project HalOMat joined forces for a collaborative beamtime at the ALBA Synchrotron near Barcelona, Spain. The joint experiments focused on detailed structural investigations of thin films using grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS). We also thank the ALBA beamline scientists for their highly valuable support […]
Bringing SMARTLINE-PV Research into the Classroom
On 12 April 2025, Venanzio Raglione from the CNR Institute of Structure of Matter (CNR-ISM) presented research connected to the SMARTLINE-PV project during the Giornate Galileiane at the I.I.S. “G. Galilei–Bellisario” in Avezzano, Italy. His seminar, entitled “Fluorescenza: la luce nascosta nel mondo invisibile” – “Fluorescence: the Hidden Light in the Invisible World” – introduced younger students to scientific concepts related to light, […]
SMARTLINE-PV Consortium Advances Lead-Free Perovskite PV at Rome Project Meeting
The SMARTLINE-PV consortium met in Rome on 24 and 25 February 2026 for two days of technical exchange, project coordination and collaborative planning. Representatives from across the European consortium presented the latest progress within the project’s work packages and aligned the next steps toward scalable, sustainable and building-integrated photovoltaic solutions. The technical programme addressed key […]
SMARTLINE-PV Featured in Innovation News Network
SMARTLINE-PV has been featured in a new publication by Innovation News Network, presenting the project’s approach to sustainable and scalable solar-energy conversion using tin-based perovskites. Published on 26 January 2026 under the title “SMARTLINE-PV: Sustainable and Scalable Solar Energy Conversion with Tin-Based Perovskites,” the article provides an overview of the project’s scientific objectives, technological developments and future application […]
SMARTLINE-PV Presented at Pacifichem 2025 in Honolulu
SMARTLINE-PV was represented at the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies – Pacifichem 2025, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from 15 to 20 December 2025. On 19 December, Thomas Rath from Graz University of Technology, coordinator of SMARTLINE-PV, delivered the invited presentation: “SMARTLINE-PV – Scalable Lead-Free Tin Halide Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Innovative Crystallization Techniques.” The […]
Stakeholder Workshop on Lead-Free Perovskite PV at Fraunhofer ISE
October 7th, 2025 On October 7th, the first Stakeholder Workshop within the Horizon Europe project Smartline PV took place at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) in Freiburg, Germany. The event brought together experts from research, industry, certification bodies, and policy to discuss the future of sustainable, lead-free perovskite photovoltaics in Europe. Responsible innovation and early assessment Organized by the bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH team — Markus […]
SMARTLINE-PV at EU PVSEC 2025 in Bilbao
SMARTLINE-PV participated in the 42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), held in Bilbao, Spain, from 22 to 26 September 2025. From 22 to 24 September, SMARTLINE-PV was represented at the joint Perovskite Network exhibition boothtogether with the European projects PERSEUS, PEARL, LUMINOSITY, SuPerTandem, LAPERITIVO, TRIUMPH and NEXUS. The joint booth provided a platform […]
Smartline PV at the 17th ISOPHOS Summer School on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
The Smartline PV project will contribute to the upcoming 17th ISOPHOS International Summer School on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, taking place from 2–6 September 2025 in Talamone, Tuscany (Italy). As part of the program, Thomas Rath (Technische Universität Graz) will deliver a tutorial lecture on “Lead-Free Perovskites – Challenges and Opportunities”. His presentation will cover recent advances in tin-based and other lead-free […]