A robot arm loads a carrier with silicon wafers.

Our equipment

The ISFH has excellent technical infrastructure for practice-oriented developments in the fields of photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, and energy systems. This overview provides you with a comprehensive insight into our laboratories and equipment. It shows the facilities and technologies we work with and those available to you as a partner from industry, academia, or the public sector. Whether for research collaborations, technology transfer, or service contracts – our equipment is at your disposal. Feel free to contact us. The contact persons for the respective areas can be found on the corresponding pages.

A measuring station in the center of the CalTeC laboratory.

ISFH CalTeC

ISFH CalTeC is recognized by the German accreditation body (DAkkS) as an independent calibration and testing laboratory.

An employee operates an industrial PECVD coating system.

SolarTeC

800 m² technology center with industrial facilities for the processing of silicon solar cells

A robot arm for the automated production of customized PV modules.

FlexMod

Demonstration line for the highly automated and flexible production of customized photovoltaic modules

An employee works on a test stand.

Test benches for systems technology equipment

Hardware-in-the-loop experimental systems for testing renewable electricity and/or heat systems as well as test benches for heat pumps and heat transfer stations

A solar simulator consisting of many small lamps.

Solar simulators

Solar simulators for silicon solar cells, tandem solar cells, photovoltaic modules and thermal or photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors

Four solar thermal collectors are mounted on a test roof.

Test roofs and façade test stands

Test roofs for photovoltaic modules and solar thermal collectors with a usable area of 400 m² and façade test stands with an area of up to 50 m².

A photo of the suction and thrust test station.

Load and reliability tests

Climatic chambers, long-term UV irradiation and systems for pressure, suction and shear tests on solar modules

An employee works on a glove box.

Laboratories for perovskite solar cells

At ISFH, various methods are available for the deposition of thin films for perovskite solar cells and their investigation.

A monitor shows an image of the scanning electron microscope standing next to it.

Measurement equipment

Characterization of semiconductors and thin films, in particular by determining the optical, structural, chemical and electronic properties