Technical Program

Multifunctional III–V Laser Power Converters and Hybrid PV/EAM Devices for 1µm MultiMode Laser Terminals

Seth Hubbard¹, Elijah Sacchitella¹, Nikhil Pokharel¹, Stephen Polly¹, Raymond Hoheisel². ¹Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.²Teravec, Technologies, VA, USA

Effects of Electron Irradiation and High-Intensity Laser Illumination on the Performance of InGaAsP Laser-Power Converters

Sho Aonuki¹, Yudai Yamashita², Takaya Oshimo³, Kotona Tabata³, Takeru Yamada³, Masato Suzuki¹, Natsuha Ochiai¹, Yukiko Suzuki¹, Kazuto Kashiwakura¹, Yuka Oshima¹, Kouichi Akahane⁴, Masakazu Arai³, Yohei Toriumi¹, Madoka Takahashi¹. ¹Space Environment and Energy Laboratories, NTT, Inc., Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.²Basic Research Laboratories, NTT, Inc., Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan.³University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.⁴National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Response times of single- and multi-junction InGaAs photonic power converters

Karin Hinzer¹, Osbel Almora², Alexandre W. Walker³, D. Paige Wilson¹, Carmine Pellegrino⁴, Meghan N. Beattie¹, Lluis F. Marsal², David Lackner⁴, Henning Helmers⁴. ¹SUNLAB, Nexus for Quantum Technologies Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.²Department of Electrical and Automatic Electronic Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.³Quantum Nanotechnologies Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.⁴Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - High Temperature Characterization of Emitters for Thermophotovoltaics

Titilope M. Dada, Eric J. Tervo. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Results of First Long Duration Space Flight of Hybrid Perovskite Thin Film Solar Cells

Kaitlyn VanSant¹, Kelly Schutt¹, Samuel Erickson², Timothy Peshek³, Sayantani Ghosh⁴, Joseph Luther¹Lyndsey McMillon-Brown³. ¹National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.³NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.⁴University of California, Merced, CA, USA

Multiscale Characterization of Aluminum Oxide Passivation Effects in UV-Susceptible TOPCon Photovoltaic Modules

Dana B. Kern, Rebecca Wai, Harvey Guthrey, John Mangum, Chun-Sheng Jiang, Steve Johnston. National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA

Performance Calibration of Multi-Busbar and Busbar-Less Industrial Silicon Cells Using a Home-Built Reconfigurable Probing Chuck

Nikos Kopidakis¹, Jeremy Brewer¹, Idris Davis¹, Rafell Williams¹, Harrison Wilterdink², Nicholas Degenhart², David Hinken³, Karsten Bothe³, Tao Song¹. ¹National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.²Sinton Instruments, Boulder, CO, USA.³Institut fA¼r Solarenergieforschung (ISFH), Hameln, Germany

Neutralization of the impact of belt speed on screen printed copper metallization by LECO on PERC homogeneous emitter

Abasifreke Ebong¹, Donald Intal¹, Sandra Huneycutt¹, Ajeet Rohatgi², Vijay Upadhyaya², Sagnik Dasgupta², Ruohan Zhong², Thad Druffel³, Ruvini Dharmadasa³. ¹University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.²Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.³Bert Thin Films LLC, Louisville, KY, USA

History and Progress of Vacuum Lamination-Free Photovoltaics for Improved Reliability and Recyclability

Ryan J. Ruhle, David R. Durney, Larry Maple, Walajabad S. Sampath. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

W/TiN/n-Si Heterostructures for Schottky Barrier Solar Cells: Utilizing Tungsten as a Carrier Collector for Enhanced Stability and Junction Quality

Raid Bader, Haralabos Efstathiadis. Dept. of Nanoscale Science a Engineering, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA

Identifying Lifetime Limiting Defects in PV Modules - What Will Cause Failure First?

Teresa M Barnes¹, Dennice Roberts¹, Martin Springer¹, Jennifer Braid², Rebecca Wai¹, Dana Kern¹. ¹National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.²Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Non-Idealities in Pulsed-light Characterization of Perovskite Solar Cell Films

Rodolfo De La Cruz Zanetti¹, Buh Kum Tatchen², Ahmad R. Kirmani², Richard R. King¹. ¹Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.²Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.³Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.⁴Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

On the Validity of Superposition Principle and Series Resistance for Perovskite Solar Cells

Andreas Fell¹, Oliver Fischer^{1, 2}, Johannes Greulich¹, Christoph Messmer^{1, 2}, Hannah Davidson¹, Martin C. Schubert¹, Stefan W. Glunz^{1, 2}. ¹Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany.²INATECH, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Use of Ion Blocking Layers on Accurate Measurement of Ion Densities In Perovskite Solar Cells

Anders Peterson, Purnendu Kartikay, Shadab Soomro, Vikram Dalal. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Resilience and Long-term degradation study of the oldest PV system in Sweden

Yusuf Rostom^{1, 2}, Emmanouil Psimopoulos^{1, 2}, Andre Augusto^{1, 2}. ¹ Sustainable Energy Research Centre, Dalarna University, 791 31, Falun, Sweden.²Energy Engineering, School of Information and Engineering, Dalarna University, 7918 8, Falun, Sweden

Perovskite Active Glass in 2m2 Format for >25% Efficiency 4T Si/Perovskite Tandems: Power, Efficiency and Durability Progress

Monika Kataria, Yury Smirnov, Kasra Darabi, Mihirsinh Chauhan, Deepak Krishnan, Gaurab Thapa, Keegan Knorr, Josue M. Almaguer, Abdulwahab Alasfour, Ali Akil, Massimo Raffa, John IannelliErnest Hasselbrink. Caelux Corporation, Baldwin Park, CA, USA

Stabilizing Interconnection Interfaces in Perovskite Solar Modules through Additive Flexographic Patterning

Mariia Klymenko, Yanan Li, William Scheideler. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

Impact of solvent engineering on improving perovskite performance in a scalable two-step hybrid deposition process

Raju Pusapati^{1, 2, 3}, Sunil Suresh^{1, 2, 3}, Aslihan Babayigit^{1, 2, 3}, Sanjay Sandhu⁴, Cristian Villalobos Meza^{2, 3}, Tamara Merckx^{2, 3}, Jef Poortmans^{1, 2, 3}, Tom Aernouts^{2, 3}, Jessica de Wild^{2, 3}, Bart Vermang^{1, 2, 3}. ¹IMO-IMOMEC, University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium.²Energy Ville, Genk, Belgium.³IMEC, Genk, Belgium.⁴University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

The Ideal Quench? Gas-Quenching Timing and Wet Film Evolution in Slot-Die Coated Perovskites

Alexander Tarasov¹, Lennart Reb¹, Nasim Rezaei-Hartmann², Adrian Adrian², Anton Dzong¹, Enno Malguth², Claudine GroA², Madeleine Justianto², Florian Mathies¹, Eva Unger¹Christian Camus². ¹Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy GmbH, Berlin, Germany.²LayTec AG, Berlin, Germany

Interface and bulk engineering for highly efficient and stable perovskite-based photovoltaics

Fengjiu Yang, Ross Kenner, Xinwen Zhang, Joey Luther, Joseph Berry, Kai Zhu. National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA

Mechanistic Insights into ScribeInduced Halide Migration in Perovskite Solar Modules

Tianran Liu¹, Jin Wen¹, Shuai You¹, Xinwen Zhang¹, James Brown¹, Chenchao Xie¹, Lance Wheeler¹, Joseph Luther^{1, 2}, Joseph Berry^{1, 2}, Kai Zhu¹, Michael Owen-Bellini¹, Laura Schelhas^{1, 2}. ¹National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.²University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - First United States-specific, industry-sourced life cycle assessment of Cadmium Telluride photovoltaic recycling shows module design is the key driver of net environmental impact

Aman Raj¹, Dwarakanath Ravikumar¹, Meryl Winicov². ¹Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.²SOLARCYCLE, Inc, Mesa, AZ, USA

Life Cycle Assessment of CdTe BIPV in the Nordic Built Environment

Ilham Ihoume^{1, 2}, Michiel van Noord³, Ammar Ahmed⁴, AndrAc Augusto^{1, 2}. ¹Sustainable Energy Research Centre, Dalarna University Falun, Sweden.² Energy Engineering, School of Information and Engineering, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.³RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Division Built Environment, System Transition, Stockholm, Sweden.⁴Energy and Environment Division, TA, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia

Scaling PV EndofLife Decisions: Generator Knowledge, Regulatory Perspectives, and Leach Testing Data

Taylor Curtis¹, Cara Libby², Mitch Rencheck². ¹National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.²Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA.³Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Modeling Enhanced Spatial Resolution and Regulatory Drivers of Photovoltaic End-of-Life Pathways in a Circular Economy Agent-Based Model

Purboday Ghosh, Julien Walzberg, Garvin Heath. National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA

Trends in PV Module Recycling in IEA PVPS Task12 Countries: Overview and Update

Keiichi Komoto. University of Miyazaki

Combining computational screening and experiment to discover defect-tolerant semiconductors for thin-film photovoltaics

Zhenkun Yuan^{1, 2}, Muhammad R. Hasan³, Gideon Kassa¹, Genevieve Amobi³, Shaham Quadir⁴, Smitakshi Goswami¹, Andrew Pike¹, Guillermo L. Esparza⁵, Sita Dugu⁴, Andriy Zakutayev⁴, David P. Fenning⁵, Obadiah G. Reid^{4, 6}, Sage Bauers⁴, Jifeng Liu¹, Kirill Kovnir^{3, 7}, Geoffroy Hautier^{1, 2}. ¹Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.²Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.³Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.⁴National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.⁵University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.⁶University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.⁷Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Photovoltaics with Carrier-Selective Contacts and Indium Tin Oxide Superstrates

Rachel W. Tham, Belle Chen, Michael K. Kelzenberg, Phillip R. Jahelka, Susana Torres-Londono, Cora M. Wyent, Harry A. Atwater. Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Alloy Engineering of BaZrS3 Chalcogenide Perovskite

Kiruba Catherine Vincent¹, Shubhanshu Agarwal¹, Rohan Nalumachu¹, Kim Kisslinger², Rakesh Agrawal¹. ¹Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.²Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Exceptionally Bright Near-Band-Edge Emission in an Earth-Abundant, Defect-Tolerant Semiconductor

Smitakshi Goswami¹, Zhenkun Yuan¹, Genevieve Amobi², Sita Dugu³, Gideon Kassa¹, Kirill Kovnir², Geoffroy Hautier^{1, 4}, Sage Bauers³, Jifeng Liu¹. ¹Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.²Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.³National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.⁴Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Process Optimization of Sputtered ZnO-Based Electron-Selective Contact for Non-Epitaxial, Heterojunction InP Solar Cells

Venkata S. A. Chaluvadi¹, Toluwalase Agoro¹, Luksa Kujovic², Adam M. Law², Kieran Curson², John M. Walls², Louise C. Hirst¹. ¹University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.²Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Commercial Production of the Group-V Doped Polycrystalline CdTe Source Material for the Next-Generation Photovoltaics

Benjamin Montag¹, Amit Munshi², Mayank Mate², Magesh Murugesan³, Jing Shang³, John McCloy³, Matthew Reese⁴, Eric Colegrove⁴, Hongling Lott⁴, Robert Morrissey⁴, Joshua Brown⁴, Ed Sartor⁴, Andrea Mathew⁴, Cody Riecheck¹. ¹Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc, Manhattan, KS, USA.²Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA.³Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.⁴National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA

State-of-the-art characterization by XPS, UPS and LEIPS of the interfacial band structure of ZTO as ETL on kesterite-based solar cells

Laura Garcia-Carreras¹, Yudania SAinchez², Umair Razi², Jacob Andrade-Arvizu², Alejandro PAcrez-RodrAsguez^{2, 4}, Yuancai Gong³, Alex Jimenez-Arguijo³, Edgardo Saucedo³, Tariq Jawhari^{1, 4}, Lorenzo Calvo-Barrio^{1, 4}. ¹Centres CientAsfics i TecnolA²gics (CCiTUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Lluis SolAc i SabarAss 1, 080, Barcelona, Spain.²Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre, 1 - Pl. 2, 08930, Sant AdriAn de BesA²s, Spain.³Photovoltaic Group Electronic Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Av., Sant AdriAn de BesA²s, Spain.⁴IN2UB, Departament da, Barcelona, Spain

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Fabrication of 4T and 2T Perovskite/CdSeTe Tandem Solar Cells

Arun Basnet¹, Adam B. Phillips ¹, Manoj K Jamarkattel¹, Amirhossein Rahimi¹, Kshitiz Dolia, Tingting Zhu, Haoran Chen¹, Ebin Bastola¹, Prabodika N. Kaluarachchi, Kiran Lamichanne, Sanjeeb Budhathoki, Tamanna Mariam, Ujjwal Dhakal¹, Divya Thakur¹, Michael Woodhouse², Jacob Cordell², Brittany Smith², Lorelle Mansfield², Randy J. Ellingson¹, Yanfa Yan¹, Zhaoning Song¹, Michael J. Heben¹. ¹Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, USA.²National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Optimizing Monolithic (Ag, Cu)(In, Ga)Se2/Si Tandem Solar Cells via Bandgap Engineering and Bifacial Operation

Julia Horstmann¹, Tobias Gut¹, Matthias Maiberg¹, Mario Hanser², Jana-Isabelle Polzin², Martin Hermle², Roland Scheer¹. ¹Martin-Luther-UniversitAct Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.²Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany

Colored Al2O3 microhole array back contact architecture for CdTe solar cells

Etee Kawna Roy, Heayoung Yoon. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

PVCollada: A Schema for Exchange of Digital PV System Design Data

Clifford W Hansen¹, Stephane Degre². ¹Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.²PVsyst SA, Satigny, Switzerland

Solar-plus-storage case studies in Cyprus

Andreas Livera^{1, 2}, Panayiotis Herodotou^{1, 2}, Demetris Marangis^{1, 2}, Andreas V. Olympios^{1, 2}, Constantinos Charalambous³, George Makrides^{1, 2}, George E. Georghiou^{1, 2}. ¹PV Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, 2, Nicosia, Cyprus.²PHAETHON Centre of Excellence for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions, 2109, Nicosia, Cyprus.³Technical Services, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Validation Study of Soil Modeling Approach for Underground Ampacity Calculations in Ground Mount Photovoltaic Solar Projects

Beri Gershwind, Andrew Melvin. Ulteig, Denver, CO, USA

Design, Implementation, and Outdoor Performance of a GaN-Based Boost MPPT Converter Interfaced with a Bifacial PV Module

Alex Musetti¹Michel Piliougine², Payam Rajabi Kalvani³, Salvatore Antonino Lombardo², Luca Selmi³, Pierpaolo Palestri³, Giovanna Sozzi¹, Alessandro Soldati¹. ¹UniversitAn di Parma, Dip. di Ingegneria e Architettura, Parma, Italy.²Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, Catania, Italy.³UniversitAn degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dip. di Ingegneria Enzo Ferrari, Modena, Italy

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Forecasting solar panel soiling recovery using environmental data during rain events in Africa

Grace S.W. Liu, Brendan Wright, Ali Shakiba, Abhnil Prasad, Ziv Hameiri. University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

Impact of Long-Term Average Soiling and Temporal Resolution on Energy Yield Analysis

Mark A. Mikofski, Umay Akkoseoglu, Javier Lopez Lorente, Usgal Zandanbal. DNV Energy USA, Oakland, CA, USA

Resilience Metrics Framework for Solar Photovoltaics

Bonnie Powell, James Elsworth. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Golden, CO, USA

Detecting and Quantifying Inverter Clipping and its Thermal Behavior in Hot-Desert PV Systems based on Long-Term Field Measurements

Dhanup S. Pillai ¹, Carlos D. RodrAsguez-Gallegos², Oktoviano Gandhi³, Abdelbassat Krama¹, Sertac Bayhan¹. ¹Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar.²RINA Tech Renewables Australia, RINA Consulting, Victoria, Australia.³Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Sensitivity of models for snow-induced energy losses in fixed-tilt PV systems due to different ground snow depth data sources

Shelbie Wickett, Ayush Chutani, Isobel Bowker, Ana Dyreson. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Field Comparison of Snow Losses in Bifacial Fixed Tilt Versus Single Axis Tracking PV system

Ayush Chutani, Isobel Bowker, Ana Dyreson. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA

Assessment of renewable transition pathways using the firm power generation concept

Martin JAinos Mayer^{1, 2}. ¹Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technolo, Budapest, Hungary.²MTA-BME LendA¼let a, Budapest, Hungary

On Flexibility, Storage and Curtailment in High VRE Power Grids

Marc Perez¹, Richard Perez^{1, 2}, Marco Pierro³, Jan Remund⁴. ¹Clean Power Research, Bellevue, WA, USA.²SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, USA.³EURAC Rsearch, Bolzano, Italy.⁴Meteotest, Berne, Switzerland

Optimization of Urban Onsite Energy Generation and Energy Storage Assets Enhancing Grid Stability for Dynamic Power Generation

Benjamin Damiani¹, Adam Bennett², Pat Phelps³, Erika Boeing², Miguel Granier⁴. ¹Cherry Street Energy, Atlanta, GA, USA.²Accelerate Wind, Birmingham, AL, USA.³WhyGrene, Seattle, WA, USA.⁴Cox Cleantech Accelerator, Atlanta, GA, USA

DC Loss Prediction for PV Systems from Measured Energy Time Series and Numerical Weather Predictions

Thomas Haley, Emily Tansey, Kyle Seymour. Clean Power Research, Bellevue, WA, USA

Impact of Multi-instrument Quality Control on Reliability of Solar Measurements

Oliver Osvald, Peter Mihalik, Rastislav Hrncirik, Marketa Hulik Jansova, Tomas Cebecauer, Katarina Blstak Catlosova, Assa Camara, Martin Jakubik. Solargis s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakia

Closing Remarks

Karin Hinzer.

Technical Highlights

Myles Steiner.

Napkin Award

Karin Hinzer.

Poster and Best Student Awards

Ammar Nayfeh.

Upcoming Conferences: PVSC-55

Jeremiah McNatt.

Upcoming conferences: EU-PVSEC

Radovan Kopeck.

Upcoming Conferences: WCPEC-9

Jae Ho Yun.

Close of Conference

Karin Hinzer.