{"id":5220,"date":"2025-11-19T14:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/?p=5220"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:55:13","slug":"coatings-for-tomorrows-energy-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/en\/2025\/11\/19\/coatings-for-tomorrows-energy-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Coatings for Tomorrow\u2019s Energy Solutions \u2013 #FutureEnergy MorphoColor\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space has dedicated its Science Year 2025 to solutions and ideas in energy research. For us at Europe\u2019s largest solar research institute, this has been part of our DNA since 1981. That\u2019s why we asked our colleagues what\u00a0<strong>#FutureEnergy<\/strong>\u00a0plays a special role in their everyday work. In this (mainly German) blog series, we introduce our researchers, their projects, and their personal views on energy and the energy transition.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sophie Gledhill<\/strong> is a researcher at ISE and is developing thin film coatings for various applications together with colleagues from the Coatings \u2013 Technology and Systems research group. Coatings are applied to surfaces for both functional and aesthetic reasons. This allows us to design our surfaces to exhibit a variety of properties, such as being more corrosion-resistant or controlling the conductivity and spectral properties of certain components, for example, for solar modules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:43% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-650x650.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Gledhill\" class=\"wp-image-5188 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-740x740.jpg 740w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sophie_Gledhill_800-300x300@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong><strong>Dr. Sophie Gledhill<\/strong><\/strong><br>Senior Scientist\u00a0at Fraunhofer ISE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sophie-gledhill-75544147\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-mail  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sophie-gledhill-75544147\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19,5H5c-1.1,0-2,.9-2,2v10c0,1.1.9,2,2,2h14c1.1,0,2-.9,2-2V7c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2zm.5,12c0,.3-.2.5-.5.5H5c-.3,0-.5-.2-.5-.5V9.8l7.5,5.6,7.5-5.6V17zm0-9.1L12,13.6,4.5,7.9V7c0-.3.2-.5.5-.5h14c.3,0,.5.2.5.5v.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3d213aab wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gridlove-acc-color has-gridlove-bg-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.fraunhofer.de\/en\/rd-infrastructure\/center\/center-for-functional-surfaces\/vacuum-coating-technology-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vacuum Coating Technology Center<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gridlove-acc-color has-gridlove-bg-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.fraunhofer.de\/de\/forschungsprojekte.html\">Research Project \u00bbSMARTLINE PV\u00ab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which future technology are you enthusiastic about? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Most people at Fraunhofer ISE know about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.fraunhofer.de\/en\/press-media\/press-releases\/2024\/fraunhofer-ise-researchers-win-joseph-von-fraunhofer-prize-for-morphocolor-coating-technology.html\">MorphoColor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> technology<\/a> which allows coloured solar modules to be produced with very little losses in efficiency. I particularly love the news this month that St Pauli Football Club are using the MorphoColor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> technology to make a massive multicoloured solar installation in the form of the pride flag colour-scheme on their stadium roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another key product ready for the market is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.fraunhofer.de\/en\/research-projects\/radio-transparent-insulating-glazing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">radio-transparent insulated glazing<\/a> technology. Modern facades use double and triple insulating glazing with low-E or solar control layers which improve heat insulation but also reflect radio waves, leading to poor mobile phone reception. In the research project &#8220;Radio-Transparent Insulating Glazing,&#8221; it was shown that by segmenting the low-E layers the transmission of radio signals significantly increases without compromising the thermal insulation properties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To test new coating technologies, we have several sputter coating systems in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.fraunhofer.de\/en\/rd-infrastructure\/center\/center-for-functional-surfaces.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Functional Surfaces<\/a>. With the largest one, we can even coat substrates nearly six meters long.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a class=\"gridlove-popup-img\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-650x488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"The structuring on the low-e coating for the Radio-Transparent Insulating Glazing\" class=\"wp-image-5182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-740x555.jpg 740w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-650x488@2x.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fly-on-radio-transparent-low-e_blog-300x225@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The structuring on the low-e coating for the Radio-Transparent Insulating Glazing. \u00a9 Fraunhofer ISE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You are the lead of the research project <\/strong>&#8220;<strong>SMARTLINE PV<\/strong>&#8220;<strong>. What contribution does the project make with regard to future energies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The SMARTLINE PV project is a European Union-funded initiative that focuses on using MorphoColor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> technology on flexible substrates and integrating it with perovskite solar cells. Our focus is on lightweight, flexible, and colored solar modules that have potential not only in building-integrated applications but also in vehicle-integrated photovoltaics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unique in this project is that the sputtered thin film optical filter of the MorphoColor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> which gives rise to a selective reflectance in the wavelengths for a specified colour will be optically matched to a perovskite solar cell. Not only this but it will also be incorporated as the front contact of the solar cell. This means the MorphoColor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> thin film stack is composed of, or at least partially composed of, transparent conducting dielectric materials \u2013 and not like in the standard version which uses insulating ceramics.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a class=\"gridlove-popup-img\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-650x488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Gledhill at the load-lock on the vertical inline plasma pilot line.\" class=\"wp-image-5184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-740x555.jpg 740w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-650x488@2x.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Inline-Plasma-Pilotanlage-300x225@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sophie Gledhill at the load-lock on the vertical inline plasma pilot line. \u00a9 Fraunhofer ISE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why did you choose energy research?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Like most people in Fraunhofer ISE- because I wanted to do research and development in a field that had a positive impact on the environment. In 1998 I had a degree in material sciences, and I had a choice to take a job in high temperature superconductors (ceramic material which exhibits zero resistance at temperatures above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen \u2013 considered a \u201chot\u201d topic in material science then) or start a Ph. D at Oxford University in thin film photovoltaics. When I took the solar cell option, the superconductor employer muttered that photovoltaics research was \u201cin pursuit of the Holy Grail\u2026but with hindsight I am pleased see that he was very wrong. Photovoltaics is a growing market whilst high temperature superconductors still face many economic and technological hurdles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a class=\"gridlove-popup-img\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-650x488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"Plasma formed from a twin tube magnetron sputtering cathode.\" class=\"wp-image-5190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-740x555.jpg 740w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-650x488@2x.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/twin-tube-plasma_blog-300x225@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plasma formed from a twin tube magnetron sputtering cathode. \u00a9 Fraunhofer ISE \/ Photo: Josef Steinhart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which fake news about the energy transition annoys you the most? Which scientific fact about the energy transition should everyone know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>What is particularly annoying is that fossil fuel companies are running \u201ca massive mis- and disinformation campaign\u201d so that countries slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they \u201ctransition away\u201d from a carbon-intensive economy. This has been reported by the UN. The perception among many political observers of a rejection of climate policies was a result of this campaign, rather than reflecting the reality of what people think. Indeed, the Peoples\u2019 Climate Vote, carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford, is the world\u2019s biggest standalone public opinion poll on climate change. Through this platform the Peoples climate vote of 2024, 80 % of people asked globally, said that governments should strengthen their position on climate change.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>What gives you personal energy?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I like working with our students \u2013 they often have a fresh view and good ideas. An early morning swim in the Seepark lake also helps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-gridlove-bg-color has-gridlove-cat-1-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-24f6f74ceaaa6c1aa6a49695db66c238\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 37%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-gridlove-bg-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c1c22afe724fe09fc8cf3bc62ae2cb1d\">Fraunhofer ISE is participating in Science Year 2025 \u2013 Future Energy with this blog series as well as other activities and events. All of our contributions can be found on our German <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.fraunhofer.de\/de\/veroeffentlichungen\/studien\/sustainable-pv-manufacturing-in-europe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\" style=\"color: #1f82c0\"><\/i> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.fraunhofer.de\/de\/wissenschaftsjahr-2025-zukunftsenergie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Website<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WJ25_Logo_Badge_Basic_Digital-650x410.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4522 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WJ25_Logo_Badge_Basic_Digital-650x410.png 650w, https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WJ25_Logo_Badge_Basic_Digital-300x189.png 300w, 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