Programme


 
Tuesday, 21st May

4:00pm
Registration Opening, Poster & Exhibitor set-up from 4.00pm to 5.30pm


Wednesday, 22nd May

8:00am
Registration Opening - Poster Installation - Welcome Coffee


8:45am
Conference Opening - Luc JEANNEROT, ARCSIS
 
Chairperson: Pere Roca I Cabarrocas


9:10am
Keynote Speaker - Antonio LUQUE,  University of Madrid, Spain
"What we have learned in the development of the Intermediate Band Solar Cell" 


Session 1
Silicon - Part 1: Bulk Silicon

9:50am
"Industrial N-Type “PhosTop” Solar Cell Fabrication Using a Novel Diffusion Mask and the “NICE” MODULE TECHNOLOGY” – B. Damiani, SEMCO Engineering (Montpellier, France), IRYSolar (Montpellier, France), B. Semmache, L. Valette, L. Crampette, SEMCO Engineering (Montpellier, France), O. Nichiporuk, Apollon Solar (Lyon, France)


10:10am
"Diffused and Implanted Boron Emitters Toward High Efficiency N-Type Pert Solar Cells" – A. Lanterne, S. Gall, Y. Veschetti, R. Cabal, CEA-INES (Le Bourget du Lac, France), A. Tauzin, CEA-LETI (Grenoble, France) 


10:30am
"Emitter Engineering by Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation for P-Type Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells" T.Michel, F. Torregrosa, L. Roux, IBS (Peynier, France), J. Le Perchec, A. Lanterne, R. Monna, CEA-INES (Le Bourget du Lac, France), M. Commandré, Institut Fresnel, CNRS (Marseille, France)


10:50am
Break
 
Chairperson: Luc Jeannerot


Session 1
Flash Talk 1 – Silicon – Part 1: Bulk Silicon

11:10am
From D1-1/01 to D1-1/03


Session 1
Silicon - Part 2: Thin Film Silicon

11:25am
Invited Speaker – M. Meier, IEK5-Phorovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Jülich, Germany) 
“Thin-Film Silicon: Progress beyond the State of the Art”


11:45am
"Degradation of Thin Amorphous Silicon Passivation Films" - B.M. Meiners, D. Borchert, S. Hohage, S. Holinski, P. Schäfer, Fraunhofer ISE (Gelsenkirchen, Germany)


12:05pm
"Microcrystalline Layers Prepared at High Deposition Rates for Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells" – S. Michard, V. Balmes, A. Lambertz; T. Merdzhanova, M. Meier, F. Finger, IEK5-Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum (Jülich, Germany)


12:25pm
Lunch
 
Chairperson: Abdelillah Slaoui


Session 1
Silicon - Part 2: Thin Film Silicon

1:30pm
"High Open-Circuit Voltage Observed in Nanocrystalline Silicon Membrane Cells" – R. Mentek, B. Gelloz, D. Hippo, N. Koshida, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Tokyo, Japan)


1:50pm
"Highly Crystalline Silicon Thin Films Grown By ECRCVD for the Applications of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells" – C.C Lee, Optical Science Center, National Central University (Jhongli, Taiwan), Y.H. Chu, T.H. Chang, D.P. Cai, J.Y. Chang, Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University (Jhongli, Taiwan), T. Li, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University (Jhongly, Taiwan)


2:10pm
"Microstructure and Crystallographic Orientation Study of Crystalline Si Thin-Films on Glass Fabricated by Continuous-Wave Diode Laser"– J.S. Yun, C. Ahn, J. Huang, M. Jung, S. Varlamov, K. Kim, M. Green,  University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), K. Kim, R. Evans, University of New South Wales & Suntech R&S Australia (Sydney, Australia)


2:30pm
"Growth Kinetics of Ag3Sn in Silicon Solar Cells with Sintered Ag Metallization Layer" – H.H. Hsieh, Green Energy and Environmental Research Lab, Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan), T.L. Yang, K.Y. Huang, S. Yang, C.R. Kao, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)


Session 1
Flash talk 2 - Silicon – Part 2: Thin Film Silicon

2:50pm
From D1-2/01 to D1-2/07


3:20pm
Break


Session 1
Silicon - Part 2: Thin Film Silicon

3:40pm
"Silicon-Light: A European Project Aiming at High Efficiency Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells on Foil" – W. Soppe, Energy Research Centre of The Netherlands (ECN) (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), J. Krc, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), K. Leitner, Umicore Thin Film Poducts AG Balzers (Liechtenstein), F.J. Haug, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), M. Duchamp, Forschungszentrum (Jülich, Germany), W. Schipper, Nanoptics GmbH (Halle, Germany), G. Sanchez, Valencia University (Spain), Q.K. Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University (Shanghai, China)


4:00pm
"High Efficiency A-SI/μC-SI Tandem Solar Cells and Mini Modules on Thin Annealed Al-Doped Zinc Oxide" – S. Neubert, F. Welker, S. Ring, B. Stannowski, R. Schlatmann, PVComB, Helmholtz-Zentrum (Berlin, Germany), F. Ruske, B. Rech, Institute of Silicon Photovoltaics, Helmholtz-Zentrum (Berlin, Germany)


4:20pm
"Microcrystalization of Hydrogenated SiGe Thin Films Depending on Ge Content and Surface State of Substrate" – S.J. Yun, S.H. Lee, Y.J. Lee, J.W. Lim, J.K. Kim, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University of Science and Technology (Daejeon, Korea)


4:40pm
"Efficiency and Stability Enhancement of Laser-Crystallized Polycrystalline Thin-Film Solar Cells by Laser Firing of the Absorber Contacts" – M.Weizman, C. Schultz, F. Fink, University of Applied Sciences, HTW (Berlin, Germany), H. Rhein, S. Gall, B. Rau, Helmholtz-Zentrum (Berlin, Germany), J. Dore, University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), R. Schlatman, University of Applied Sciences, HTW (Berlin, Germany), Helmholtz-Zentrum (Berlin, Germany) 


Session 1
Flash talk 3 - Silicon – Part 2: Thin Film Silicon

5:00pm
From D1-3/01 to D1-3/05 


5:30pm
Poster Session


7:00pm
End of the day 1


Thursday, 23rd May

8:00am
Welcome Coffee
 
Chairperson: Gilles Dennler


Session 2
Part 1: CIGS, CdTE and other ternary films

8:30am
Keynote Speaker - Prof. Hironori KATAGIRI - Nagaoka National College of Technology (Japan)
"CZTS Thin Film Solar Cells for Sustainable PV Expansion” 


9:10am
"1.5 % ABS. Efficiency Improvement of Solar Cells by ZNS Nanodots Between CIGSSE Absorber and IN2S3 Buffer – Studies Into the Reasons” – C. Fischer, Y. Fu, R. Saez-Araoz, T. Koehler, M. Krueger, A. Steigert, I. Lauermann, M. Ch. Lux-Steiner, Helmholtz-Zentrum (Berlin, Germany), O. Cojocaru-Miredin, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (Düsseldorf, Germany)     


9:30am
"Ga Gradients in CIGS: Formation, Characterization and Consequences" - T. Klinkert, M. Jubault, F. Donsanti, J.F. Guillemoles, D. Lincot, IRDEP, EDF R&D, Institute of Research and Development on Photovoltaic Energy (IRDEP) CNRS (Chatou, France), Chimie ParisTech (Paris, France)      


9:50am
"Combining optical and electrical spectroscopy to unravel the effect of Sb doping on CIGS solar cells" - L. Van Puyvelde, J. Lauwaert, P.F. Smet, D. Poelman, C. Detavernier, H. Vrielinck, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University (Gent, Beligum), F. Pianezzi, S. Nishiwaki, A.N. Tiwari, Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials, Science and Technology (Duebendorf, Swizerland), S. Khelifi, M. Burgelman, Department of Electronic and Information Systems, ELIS (Gent, Belgium) 


Session 2
Flash Talk 4 – Part 1: CIGS, CdTE and other ternary films

10:10am
D2-1/01 to D2-1/06


10:30am
Break
 
Chairperson: Ludovic Escoubas


Session 3
Part 1: Dye-sensitized solar cell and Organic Photovoltaics

10:50am
Keynote Speaker - Michael GRAETZEL - EPFL, Switzerland
"Performance and Industrialization of Mesoscopic Solar Cells” 


Session 3
Flash Talk 5 – Part 1 - Dye-sensitized solar cell and Organic Photovoltaics

11:30am
From D2-2/01 to D2-2/05


11:50am
"Ternary Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells on Plastic Substrates Based on Macromolecular/Polymer Composite" – V.A.L Roy, Z.X. Xu, L. Zhou, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong (China)


12:10pm
Lunch


1:15pm
Business Session
"Business, Market and Perspectives"
 
Chairperson : Laurent Roux
 
- Daniel CESARIO, CEA, La cité des Énergies, France: "The economic competitiveness of solar PV: a short-term challenge?"
- Prof. Dr. Michael POWALLA, ZSW-BW, Germany: "CIGS Cells and Modules with High Efficiencies: R&D Status and Industrial Perspectives"
- Pierre-Yves THOULON, Crosslux, France: "A new approach to industrial-class transparent PV"
- Adrien DARRAGON, Aleo-Solar, Germany: "Yield and cost improvement at the module level. How encapsulation can contribute to the innovation?”
- Thierry LEPERCQ, Solairedirect, France: "Toward a massive development of photovoltaics in the emerging countries: which models"
 
 


3:30pm
Break
 
Chairperson: Jean-Jacques Simon


Session 3
Part 2: Dye-sensitized solar cell and Organic Photovoltaics

3:50pm
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Antonio FACCHETTI - Northwestern University, USA
"Molecular, Polymeric, and Interlayer Materials for Printed Organic Photovoltaics” 


4:30pm
"Low Temperature Solution Processed ZnO Interfacial Layers for Efficient Inverted P3HT – PC61BM Solar Cells" - L. Krishnan Jagadamma, M. Abdelsamie, G. Olivier Ngongang Ndjawa, K. Zhao, A. Amassian, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal (Jeddah Saudi Arabia)


4:50pm
"Finite element method to predict opto-electrical properties of printable hybrid solar cells" – D. Duché, F. Bencheikh, J.J. Simon, L. Escoubas, Aix-Marseille University, IM2NP, CNRS (Marseille, France), S. Ben Dkhil, N. Berton, J. Ackermann, Aix-Marseille University, CINaM, CNRS (Marseille, France)


5:10pm
"Solliance OPV: Towards Low Cost, Efficient and Stable Organic Photovoltaic Modules" – R. Andriessen, Holst Centre – Solliance (Eindhoven, The Netherlands),  J. Kroon, ECN - Solliance (Petten, The Netherlands), T. Aernouts, Imec – Solliance (Leuven, Belgium), R. Janssen, Eindhoven University of Technology – Solliance (The Netherlands)          


5:30pm
Poster Session


6:50pm
Aix-en-Provence guided tour (only on registration)


7:50pm
Cocktail at "Les Jardins du Pavillon de Vendôme" followed by the Conference Dinner (only on registration)


Friday, 24th May

8:00am
Welcome Coffee
 
Chairperson: Jean-Louis Lazzari


Session 4
New Concepts

8:30am
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Silke CHRISTIANSEN - Max Planck Institute (Germany)
"Nanowire Device Concepts for Thin Film Photovoltaic" 
          


9:10am
"Absorption Enhancement in Disordered Photonic Crystals: A Photonics Point of View" -  R. Peretti, H. Ding, L. Lalouat, C. Seassal, E. Drouard, Lyon University, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon INL, CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France), F. Mandorlo, University of Lyon, Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology, INSA de Lyon (Villeurbanne, France), G. Gomard, Lyon University, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon INL, CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France) & INSA Lyon (France)   


9:30am
"Modeling and Demonstration of High Efficiency Crystalline Thin-Film GaAs Solar Cells" – Y.H. Zhang, J.J. Li, S. Liu, W. Yang, J. Becker,  Center for Photonics Innovation and School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering (Tempe, USA), B. Landini, K. Campman, Sumika Electronic Materials, Inc. (Phoenix, USA)  


Session 4
Flash Talk 6 – New Concepts

9:50am
From D3-1/01 to D3-1/08


10:15am
Break
 
Chairperson: Véronique Charrier


Session 2
Part 2: CIGS, CdTE and other ternary thin films

10:35am
"Plasmonic nanostructures for broadband multi-resonant absorption in ultrathin solar cells" – N. Vandamme, I. Massiot, X. Dupuis, N. Bardou, J.L. Pelouard, A. Cattoni, S. Collin, Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures – CNRS (Marcoussis, France),  J.J. Guillemoles, Institut de Recherche et de Développement sur l'Energie Photovoltaïque - EDF/CNRS/Chimie ParisTech (Chatou, France), P. Lalanne, C. Sauvan, Laboratoire Photonique, Numérique et Nanoscience - Bordeaux University, Institut d’Optique de Talence (France), C. Colin, Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures – CNRS (Marcoussis, France), Institut de Recherche et de Développement sur l'Energie Photovoltaïque - EDF/CNRS/Chimie ParisTech (Chatou, France)


Session 2
Flash Talk 7 – Part 2: CIGS, CdTE and other ternary thin films

10:55am
From D3-2/01 to D3-2/05


11:15am
"Studying Gallium Arsenide Selenide Domain Structure by the Method of Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Combined With X-Ray Absorption" - M.E. Boiko, M.D. Sharkov, A.M Boiko, A.V. Bobyl, E.I. Terukov, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute (St Petersburg, Russia)
    


11:35am
"Persistent Photoconductivity in Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Layers" – K. Macielak, M. Maciaszek, M. Igalson, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology (Warszawa, Poland), N. Barreau, Institut des Materiaux Jean Rouxel, Nantes University (France)      


Session 2
Flash Talk 8 – Part 2: CIGS, CdTE and other ternary thin films

11:55am
From D3-3/01 to D3-3/08


12:20pm
Lunch


1:15pm
Poster Session
 
Chairperson: Daniel Lincot


2:30pm
"Interplay Between Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide Thin Films" – D. Bellet, G. Rey, G. Giusti, H. Roussel, V. Consonni, Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique, CNRS-Grenoble INP (France)


2:50pm
"Modeling of the Effects of Charge Transport on Voltage-Dependent Photocurrent in Ultra-Thin CdTe Solar Cells" – M.Z. Kabir, S.M. Arnab, Concordia University (Quebec, Canada)


3:10pm
"Few Micrometer Wide Scribes of Rectangular Cross Section in TCO Layers Made by Femtosecond Laser Processing" –  G. Seifert, Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP (Halle, Germany) & Centre for Innovation Competence SiLi-nano®, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Halle, Germany), S. Krause, Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP (Halle, Germany), P.T. Miclea, Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP (Halle, Germany) & Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Halle (Germany), S. Schweizer, Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP (Halle, Germany) & Department of Electrical Engineering, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (Soest, Germany),   


3:30pm
"Correlations Between Photoreflectance Spectra and Optoelectronics Properties of CIGS-Based Solar Cells" – A. Moreau, IM2NP, CNRS (Marseille, France) & Nexcis Photovoltaic Technology (Rousset, France), L. Escoubas, J.J. Simon, IM2NP, CNRS (Marseille, France), V. Bermudez, Nexcis Photovoltaic Technology (Rousset, France)   


3:50pm
Closing Remarks


4:00pm
End of the conference



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