• J.K. Sekutowicz, A. Muhs
  DESY, Hamburg
• P. Kneisel
  JLAB, Newport News, Virginia
• R. Nietubyc
  The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Centre Swierk, Swierk/Otwock

In this contribution, we report progress on the development of a hybrid lead/niobium superconducting RF (SRF) photoinjector. The goal of this effort is to build a Nb injector with the superconducting cathode made of lead, which demonstrated in the past superior quantum efficiency (QE) compared to Nb Three prototype hybrid devices, consisting of an all-niobium cavity with an arc-deposited spot of lead in the cathode region, have been constructed and tested. We present the cold test results of these cavities with and without lead.