workshop ACP

Program

ACPV Workshop

June 20 - June 22, 2012


Registration
Tuesday, June 19, 19:00-20:00
Wednesday, June 20, 08:00-09:00

The program as pdf

  Wednsday, 20 June 2012
09.00 - 09.20 Welcome, scope of the ACPV workshop.  Alexander Ulyashin, Jesper Friis and Tanja Pettersen, SINTEF
  Opening Session Chair: Tanja Pettersen
09.20 - 09.45 Invited talk: “Thin crystalline silicon hybrid technologies”, Sarah Kajari-Schroeder, ISFH
09.45 - 10.10 Invited talk: “Increasing silicon solar cell efficiencies with advanced upconverter systems" (EU project “NanoSpec”)". Jan Christoph Goldschmidt, ISE Freiburg
10.10 - 10.35 Invited talk: "The SNAPSUN project: silicon nanocrystal synthesis by dry and wet processes"
Etienne Quesnel, CEA Liten
10.35 - 11.00 Invited talk: “Crystalline Silicon based Tandem Solar Cells” (EU project “NASCEnT”)
Stefan Janz, ISE Freiburg  
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break.
11.20 - 16.20

EU project HiperSol
11.20 - 11.30 An introduction to the HiperSol project. Jesper Friis, SINTEF
11.30 - 11.35 Session on metallisation. Chair: Sara Olibet, ISC
11.35 - 11.55 Characterisation of the contacting interface. Sara Olibet, ISC
11.55 - 12.15 What makes a good contact? Insights from atomistic modelling. Keith Butler, University of Sheffield
12.15 - 12.35 Modelling of contacting - from atomistic to macroscopic scale. Ole Martin Løvvik, SINTEF
12.35 - 13.00 Industry presentation. Daniel Reinke, Sunways
13.00 - 14.00 Lunsj
  Chair: Jesper Friis, SINTEF
14.00 - 14.20 Invited talk: “Hybrid Solar Cells”. Martin Stutzmann, TUM
14.20 - 14.25 Session on passivation. Chair: Arthur Weeber, ECN
14.25 - 14.45 Characterization of a-SiNx:H layer: bulk properties and interface with Si. Machteld Lamers, ECN
14.45 - 15.05 Defects in amorphous silicon nitrides Si3N4-Si3Nx. Leif Eric Hintzsche, University of Vienna
15.05 - 15.15 Phosphorous in silicon and silicon nitride. Espen Flage-Larsen, SINTEF
15.15 . 15.35 Calculation of life times. Hans Ågren, KTH
15.35 - 15.50 Industrial perspective for photovoltaic based on silicon solar cells. Miguel Angel Vázquez, Isofoton
15.50 - 16.20 Discussions. Theme: current limitations and new possibilities
16.20 - 16.45 Coffee break
16.45 - 17.35

EU project ThinSi  (Session 1)
  Chair: Kris Van Nieuwenhuysen, IMEC
16.45 - 17.00 ThinSi film based hybrid solar cells on low-cost substrates: EU Project ThinSi, Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF, Norway
17.00 - 17.15 Production of highly doped bi-product silicon powder for ThinSi solar cell substrates, Ronny Gløckner, ELKEM Solar
17.15 - 17.30 Low cost Si substrates for advanced Photovoltaics, Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF
17.30 - 17.45

Thermal Spray of Si powder for PV applications, Michalis Vardavoulias, Pyrogenesis
17.45 - 18.00 Group Photo
17.45 Coffee break, Poster session, see list of posters
20.00 - 22.00 Dinner
   
  Thursday, 21 June 2012
09.00 - 11.30  EU project ThinSi  (Session 2)
  Chair: Ronny Gløckner, ELKEM Solar; Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF
09.00 - 09.15 Processing of low-grade silicon substrates for c-Si Thin-Film solar cells in the ThinSi project, Stefan Reber, ISE Freiburg
09.15 - 09.30 Vacuum Thin Film Deposition Technology for Development of Silicon Based Photovoltaics, Louise Bailey, OIPT
09.30 - 09.45 Non vacuum deposition of transparent conducting oxide thin films, Kwang-Leong Choy, University of Nottingham
09.45 - 10.00 Low cost production of ITO thin films, Jimmy Hsu, IMPT
10.00 - 10.15 Conductivity profiling of ultrathin AZO films by ellipsometry, Anna Sytchkova /Danilo Zola
10.15 - 10.30 Processing of solar cell structures and solar cells on low-cost substrates, Kris Van Nieuwenhuysen, IMEC
10.30 - 10.45 Nano-scale conductive and micro- Raman characterization of  Si based Solar cells Mingwen Tian, NT-MDT
10.45 - 11.00

Cost models for silicon based PV, Miguel Ángel Vázquez Rodríguez, ISOFOTON
11.00 - 11.30

Discussion. Si wafer equivalent and low-cost processing of Si based solar cells
11.30 - 12.00

Coffee break
12.00 - 16.15

EU Project R2M-Si
12.00 - 12.05

 Session 1 - R2M Si. Chair: Barbara Terheiden, University of Konstanz
12.05 - 12.30

Invited talk: “Role and status of the c-Si thin-film solar cell concept in the current PV market"
Stefan Reber, ISE Freiburg
12.30 - 12.45

Idea and status of the EU project R2M-Si, Stefan Reber, ISE Freiburg
12.45 - 13.00

Ultra thin solar cells based on epitaxial foils obtained by porous-silicon-based layer transfer process, Kris van Nieuwenhuysen, IMEC
13.00 - 14.00

Lunch
14.00 - 14.05

Session 2 - R2M Si. Chair: Stefan Reber, ISE Freiburg
14.05 - 14.20

Anisotropy of porous silicon formation rate, Ekaterina Astrova, IOFFE
14.20 - 14.35

Optical constants of sintered porous Si – Overview of microstructure-based computation approaches with comparison to experimental estimations, Gabriel Michard, Barbara Terheiden, University of Konstanz
14.35 - 14.50

A composite wafer with crystalline film on a sintered Substrate for a low cost and a high efficiency cell technology, Alain Straboni, S'Tile
14.50 - 15.25

Discussion. Si wafer equivalent: R2M processing  
15.25 - 15.25

Coffee break
 15.50 - 17.00

EU Project NanoPV (invited talks)
 

Chair: Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF
 15.50 - 16.15

Invited talk: “Improved polycrystalline silicon modules on glass substrates” (EU project “PolySiMode”)
Ivan Gordon, IMEC
16.50 - 16.40 

Invited talk: “Thin film solar cell concepts on glass substrates based on Si nanowires: materials synthesis and characterization and device integration (EU project RodSol)”
Silke Christiansen, Max-Planck-Institut for the Science of Light, Erlangen 
 16.40 - 17.00

Invited talk: "Progress in Nanostructure Formation on Silicon Surfaces Using Pure Hydrogen Radical Etching Reaction"
Hiroshi Nagayoshi, Tokyo National Technical College, Japan 
17.00 - 18.30

EU Project NanoPV (Session 1)
 

 Chair: John van Roosmalen, ECN; Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF
17.00 - 17.15

Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for advanced photovoltaics: EU project nanoPV, Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF
17.15 - 17.30

Si/SiO2 nanostructures as hetero-emitter for photovoltaic applications”, Jan Amaru Töfflinger, Maurizio Roczen, Caspar Leendertz, Lars Korte, Enno Malguth, Andreas Schöpke, HZB
17.30 - 17.45

Au-nanoparticles doped plasmonic layers and highly luminescent semiconductor quantum dots for photovoltaic applications Vladimir Chirvony, University of Valencia
17.45 - 18.00

Black silicon for solar cells– morphological diversity and electronic quality, S. Koynov, M. Algasinger, J. Paye, M. S.Brandt, M. Stutzmann
18.00 - 18.15

Al2O3 thin films deposited by low temperature atomic layer deposition for silicon passivation, G. Seguini, E. Cianci, C. Wiemer, M. Perego, D.S.
Saynova-Oosterling, J.A.M. van Roosmalen, CNR, Italy/ECN
18.15 - 18.30

Si nanowire solar cells, Fritz Falk, IPHT
18.30

Coffee break, Poster session
20.00 - 22.00

Dinner 
 

 
   Friday, 22 June 2012
08.30 - 13.00 EU Project NanoPV (Session 2)
  Chair: Fritz Falk, IPHT; Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF
08.30 - 08.50 Invited talk: “Manufacturing of thin crystalline Si wafers by the Slim-cut process and solar cell production starting  from thin Si wafers” (EU project “Sugar”)
Ivan Gordon, IMEC
08.50 - 09.05 Preparation of nanowires with the potential for solar cells, Cigang Xu, OIPT, UK
09.05 - 09.20 Nanostructures for advanced solar cells, Branko Pivac, RBI
09.20 - 09.35 Application of magnetron sputtering and chemical metods for deposition of thin film nanomaterials for Photovoltaics, Doriana Dimova-Malinovska, P.Vitanov, Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
09.35 - 09.50 Non vacuum processing of nanomaterials for advanced photovoltaics. Kwang-Leong Choy, IMPT
09.50 - 10.05

XIS, an innovative integrated crystalline silicon cell and module concept with low silicon and metal consumption, John van Roosmalen, Paula Bronsveld, Agnes Mewe, Gaby Janssen, Maciej Stodolny, Esther Cobussen-Pool, Ian Bennett, Bart Geerligs, and Arthur Weeber, ECN
10.05 - 10.35

Discussion. Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies in PV
10.35 - 11.00

Coffee break
 

Chair: Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF
11.00 - 11.25

Invited talk: “Crystallization, defects and characterization of solar cell silicon"
Marisa Di Sabatino Lundberg, NTNU
11.25 - 11.50

Invited talk: "Marie Curie Actions: funding opportunities for researchers of tomorrow"
Renat Bilyalov, EU Commission
11.50 - 13.00

Panel discussion and conclusions
Alexander Ulyahin, Jesper Friis, Tanja Pettersen, SINTEF
13.00 - 14.00

Lunch and end of workshop
 

Published January 23, 2012

Invited speakers (preliminary list)

  • Silke Christiansen, IPHT
  • Stefan Janz, ISE
  • Simon Perraud, CEA
  • Ivan Gordon, IMEC
  • Sarah Kajari-Schröder, ISFH
  • Stefan Reber, ISE
  • Jan Christoph Goldschmidt, ISE
  • Renat Bilyalov, EU commission

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