[4] Brabec is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry,[5] and a co-chair of the board of Advanced Energy Materials, which he established with Manfred Waidhaas in 2011.
[6] Brabec obtained a Diploma in Theoretical Physics in 1992 and a Doctor of Technology degree in 1995, both from the Johannes Kepler University Linz, where he also worked as a Research Assistant from 1995 to 1998 with Serdar Sarıçiftçi.
He joined Siemens Corporate Technology as a Principal Research Scientist and Project Leader from 2001 to 2004, and received a Habilitation in Physical Chemistry from the University of Linz in 2003.
[12] Brabec has contributed to the field of materials science by studying organic solar cells, emerging photovoltaics, solution-processed semiconductors, non-destructive imaging, and accelerated lifetime testing.
In a joint study published in Science, he introduced a new interface architecture using tantalum-doped tungsten oxide (Ta-WOx) for perovskite solar cells, achieving high efficiency and stability with scalable hole-transporting materials.
[24] In a collaborative research, Brabec proposed a cost-effective method for efficient X-ray detection using millimeter-thick crystalline perovskite wafers (MAPbI3).
[25] His work also outlined a digital twin for photovoltaic materials that employs machine learning and high-throughput experimentation to accelerate innovation and enhance structure-property understanding.