On November 12, an international forum dedicated to renewable energy sources 'COP23 Renewable Energy Day' took place in Bonn, held by the International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA.

Among the invited speakers of the forum the academic community of Russia was presented the Laboratory of new materials for solar energy. Participants of the forum with great interest took the report on the prospects of perovskite solar energy and breakthrough work in this area conducted at Moscow State University.

On 21^st of July a research project on perovskite solar cells was presented to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. At the stand, talented schoolchildren presented a hand-made working prototype of a perovskite solar cell developed in the framework of their project.

Three members of the laboratory graduated today as Masters in Materials Science: Nikolai Belich, Aleksei Grishko and Andrey Petrov.

On May 31th Prof. Michael Graetzel participated in a scientific seminar of the laboratory. Professor Graetzel presented the latest results of his research goup. A.V. Shevelkov presented his results on iodobismuthates. Master students Nikolai Belich, Aleksei Grishko and Andrey Petrov briefly delivered their latest results on their research topics.