Invited speakers

Area 1: PV in Sustainable Energy System

Area 2: System Engineering and Field Performance

Area 3: Wafer-based Silicon Photovoltaics

Area 4: Thin-film Photovoltaics and Modules

Area 5: Perovskite and Emerging Photovoltaics

Cross Cutting Areas


Area 1

PV in Sustainable Energy System

Sub area 1-1

Policy, Market, Finance, and Deployment

 

The Silicon to Solar (S2S) Study: A Policy Roadmap for Australian Solar Manufacturing

Dr. Michelle Vaqueiro Contreras (UNSW, Australia)

 

(Tentative) JPEA Outlook 2050

Mr. Takeaki Masukawa (JPEA, Japan)

Sub area 1-2

Grid Integration and Energy Management

 

Grid Forming Inverter: Getting Ready for Inverter Dominated Power System

Dr. Aminul Huque (EPRI, USA)

 

NEDO Grid Integration Projects

Ms. Yuka Ogasawara (NEDO, Japan)

Sub area 1-3

Green Energy Carriers and Storage

 

Demonstration Operation of Large-Scale Hydrogen Energy System Using Renewable Energy

Dr. Junichi Sato (Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Japan)


Area 2

System Engineering and Field Performance

Sub area 2-1

Integrated PV and Advanced Applications of Photovoltaics

 

Realization of Space Qualified III-V Thin-Film Solar Cell Modules

Dr. Hiroshi Yamaguchi (SHARP, Japan)

 

Development of Lightweight Solar Array Panel for Japan’s Lunar Lander SLIM

Dr. Hiroyuki Toyota (JAXA, Japan)

 

Radiation Sensing using Si, InGaP, CIGS, and Perovskite Solar Cells

Dr. Yasuki Okuno (RIKEN, Japan)

Sub area 2-2

Field Performance of Photovoltaic Systems

 

UV-induced Degradation in Various Module Types

Dr. Peter Hacke (NREL, USA)

 

Solar Farm Inspection via Large-scale Daylight Photoluminescence Imaging

Dr. Oliver Kunz (UNSW, Australia)

 

Energy Impact of Different Solar Tracker Wind Stow Strategies

Dr. Kyumin Lee (Array Technologies, USA)


Area 3

Wafer-based Silicon Photovoltaics

Sub area 3-1

Materials, Processes, Fundamentals

 

Gettering in Silicon TOPCon Cells and its Impact

Dr. Anyao Liu (Australian National Univ., Australia)

 

Revealing the Properties of Si Passivating Contacts Using Advanced STEM Analysis

Dr. Harvey Guthrey (NREL, USA)

Sub area 3-2

Cells and Modules

 

From the Lab to the Field: Decoding Degradation at Cell, Module, and Field Level for SHJ and TOPCon

Prof. Bram Hoex (UNSW, Australia)

 

Challenges for the Upscaling of Perovskite/silicon Tandem Technology

Dr. Solenn Berson (INES, France)

 

Multi-functional TiOx Nanolayers for Silicon and Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Dr. Takuya Matsui (AIST, Japan)

 

Silicon Solar Cell Research at KIER and Center for Advanced Solar PV Technology

Dr. Hee-eun Song (KIER, Korea)

 

Pathway for Photovoltaics Everywhere: Technologies and Applications

Prof. Olindo Isabella (Delft Univ. Tech., The Netherlands)

 

Industrial-Scale Deposition of Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide for 26.4%-Efficient Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with Copper Electrodes

Prof. Xinbo Yang (Soochow Univ., China)


Area 4

Thin-film Photovoltaics and Modules

Sub area 4-1

Organic and Inorganic Photovoltaics

 

New p- and n-type Photovoltaic Materials for Organic Solar Cells

Prof. Han Young Woo (Korea Univ., Korea)

 

How to Reduce the Energy Loss at the Interfaces of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells by Controlling Electron Transfer Rates

Prof. Shogo Mori (Shinshu Univ., Japan)

 

Sustainability Evaluations and Design Considerations for Terawatt Scale Manufacturing of Future Silicon Based Tandem Technology

Dr. Li Wang (UNSW, Australia)

Sub area 4-2

Compound Thin-film Photovoltaics

 

Emerging Inorganic Chalcogenide for Solar Harvesting Devices

Prof. Lydia Helena Wong (Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore)

 

Insights from CIGS Community in Advancing Perovskite Tandem Applications

Dr. Veronica Bermudez Benito (HBKU-QEERI, Qatar)

Sub area 4-3

III-V High-efficiency Devices

 

Lowering the cost of III-V Photovoltaics

Dr. John Simon (NREL, USA)


Area 5

Perovskite and Emerging Photovoltaics

Sub area 5-1

Perovskite Photovoltaics

 

Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells via Charge Carrier Transport Modulation and Defects Passivation

Dr. Jing-Bi You (CAS, China)

 

Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells through Interface Engineering

Prof. Jangwon Seo (KAIST, Korea)

 

Thermal Stability of Tin-based Perovskites Solar Cells and All-perovskite Solar Cells Composed of Tin-based Solar Cells

Prof. Shuzi Hayase (Univ. Electro-Communications, Japan)

 

Perovskite Solar Cells: Discovery and Research Directions

Prof. Nam-Gyu Park (SungKyunKwan Univ., Korea)

 

High Efficiency, Stable Perovskite Solar Cell Minimodules

Prof. Dongmei Li (Institute of Physics, CAS, China)

 

Functional Materials and Scalable Processes for Low-cost Perovskite Solar Cells and Radiative Cooling Films

Prof. Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos (Mahidol Univ., Thailand)

 

Perovskite Interface Geometry and Intra-Crystal Disorder

Prof. Yuanyuan Zhou (HKUST, Hong Kong)

 

Photovoltaic Potential of Tin Perovskites Revealed through Layer-by-layer Investigation

Dr. Artem Musiienko (HZB, Germany)

Sub area 5-2

Emerging Materials and New Concepts

 

Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Prof. Wanli Ma (Soochow Univ., China)

 

Charge Carrier Dynamics of Metal Halide Perovskite in Correlation with their Solar Cell Performance

Prof. Yasuhiro Tachibana (RMIT Univ., Australia)

 

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Quantum Dots as well as Application to Solar Cells

Prof. Qing Shen (The Univ. Electro-Communications, Japan)

 

Dual-wavelength Laser Power Converters Compatible with Highly Efficient Solar Cells using Triplet-triplet Annihilation and Singlet Fission of Molecular Systems

Dr. Yasuhiko Takeda (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Japan)


CC Areas

Cross Cutting Areas

Sub area CC-1

Perovskite Tandems

 

All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells

Prof. Dewei Zhao (Sichuan Univ., China)

 

Unlocking the Potential of Perovskite Solar Cells: From Single-junction to Tandem

Prof. Yi Hou (National Univ. Singapore, Singapore)

 

Narrow Bandgap Mixed Tin–Lead Perovskites for All-Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaics

Dr. Shuaifeng Hu (Univ. Oxford, UK)

Sub area CC-2

Artificial Intelligence in PV Development

 

Recent Developments in Quality Inspection for Solar Cell Production using Deep Learning Techniques

Dr. Matthias Demant (Fraunhofer ISE, Germany)

 

Advancements in Solar Radiation Forecasting using Deep Learning

Dr. Jun Sasaki (Japan Weather Association, Japan)

Sub area CC-3

Solar to X; Sciences, Materials and Devices

 

Local Environments on Cu Electrode Surface for Selective CO2 Electrolysis

Prof. Miho Yamauchi (Kyushu Univ., Japan)


IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission Deadline:
May 31 (Fri), 2024
June 19 (Wed), 2024

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July 31 (Wed), 2024

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July 31 (Wed), 2024

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August 29 (Thu), 2024

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August 29 (Thu), 2024

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September 30 (Mon), 2024

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October 11 (Fri), 2024

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December 16 (Mon), 2024

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