PVSC PROGRAM

TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Monday, June 10th
8:30 - 9:00 AM
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PLENARY - AREA 8: MODULE AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY Chair/Organizer: Gernot Oreski
Ballroom 2 (5th Fl) |
TBD Matthew Millendorf. Raptor Maps |
9:00 - 9:30 AM
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PLENARY - AREA 4: SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES Chair/Organizer: Ammar Nayfeh
Ballroom 2 (5th Fl) |
High efficiency silicon solar cell technology for multi-terawatt PV era Xixing Xu. LONGi Central RaD Institute |
9:30 - 10:00 AM
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BREAK - BREAK: COFFEE BREAK/EXHIBITS
Plenary Room Lobby |
10:00 - 12:00 PM
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KEYNOTE - KEYNOTE: CONFERENCE WELCOME, AWARDS AND KEYNOTE SESSION Chair/Organizer: Arno Smets
Ballroom 2 (5th Fl) |
1:30 - 3:00 PM
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ORALS - AREA 2: CELL AND MODULE CHARACTERIZATION‚ THEORY, MODELING Chair/Organizer: Shubhra Bansal, Deborah McGott, Marco Nardone
Parallel Room 1 |
1:30 |
Metastability-related Defect Levels in Arsenic-doped CdSeTe Characterized by Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy Steve Johnston1, Rouin Farshchi2, Tim Nagle2, Dingyuan Lu2, Gang Xiong2. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.2California Technology Center, First Solar Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA |
2:00 |
Phosphorus Doping in CdSeTe Solar Cells Rouin Farshchi, Timothy Nagle, Andrew Sharits, Dingyuan Lu, Gang Xiong. California Technology Center, First Solar Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA |
2:15 |
Nm-Scale Characterization of Microelectronic Structure of Phosphorus-Doped CdSeTe Devices Chun-Sheng Jiang1, Rouin Farshchi2, Timothy Nagle2, Dingyuan Lu2, Gang Xiong2, Matthew O Reese1. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.2California Technology Center, First Solar Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA |
2:30 |
Carrier Dynamics and Photoluminesence in Antimony-doped CdTe and CdSeTe. Gregory A Manoukian1, Calvin Fai2, Bin Du3, William N Shafarman3, Charles J Hages2, Jason B Baxter1. 1Drexel University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering, Gainesville, FL, USA.3Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA |
2:45 |
Performance Impacts of Band Tails on Cd(Se)Te Solar Cells Nathan Rosenblatt1, 2, Jimmy Hack1, Chungho Lee1, Yong-Hang Zhang2, Wyatt K. Metzger1. 1First Solar California Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA, USA.2Center for Photonics Innovation and School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA |
ORALS - AREA 4: THIN SILICON, LIGHT MANAGEMENT, NEW MATERIALS, DEVICE PHYSICS AND CHARACTERIZATION Chair/Organizer: Nicholas Rolston, Ammar Nayfeh
Parallel Room 5 |
1:30 |
Reduced Silver and Lead Consumption for Interconnection of the Rear Side of PERC+ Solar Cells by Ultrasonic Assisted Soldering Malte Brinkmann1, Romain Delsol1, Thomas Daschinger1, Rolf Brendel1, 2, Henning Schulte-Huxel1. 1Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin, Emmerthal, Germany.2Institute for Solid State Physics, Hanover, Germany |
1:45 |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Identifying mobile ions kinetics at a-Si:H/c-Si interfaces by cryogenic C-V measurement after bias-temperature stress Guang-Yu Lee1, Jorge Ochoa Bueno2, Mariana Bertoni2, David Fenning1. 1Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.2School of Electrical and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA |
2:00 |
Processing Methods to Texture Glass for Enhanced Optical Performance in Thin Film Solar Cells Govind Padmakumar, Matthias Criel, Aravind S Balaji, Tanya Kashyap, Federica Saitta, Paula P Rodriguez, Arno H M Smets. Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |
2:15 |
Correlating VOC Degradation with Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics in Si Heterojunction Stack Ujjwal K. Das1, Margaret Zeile1, 2, Marissa Pina2, John R. Mason2, Andrew V. Teplyakov2. 11Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA |
2:30 |
Passivation Mechanisms in Locally Etched p-type poly-Si on Silicon Nitride/Silicon Oxide Stack Dirk W Steyn1, 2, Bill Nemeth2, Steve P Harvey2, David L Young2, Paul Stradins2, Sumit Agarwal1, 2. 1Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA.2National Renewable Energy Labratory, Golden, CO, USA |
2:45 |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Recombination Activity of Chromium-Gallium Pairs in Silicon Sanjida H. Sabah1, Tien T Le1, Zhuangyi Zhou2, Chang Sun3, Yichun Wang3, Qian Jin3, Fiacre E. Rougieux2, Daniel Macdonald1, AnYao Liu1. 1Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.2UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.3LONGi, Photovoltaics company, Sydney, Australia |
ORALS - AREA 5: IN-SITU AND IN-LINE METROLOGY, DATA ANALYSIS, AND MACHINE LEARNING Chair/Organizer: Bernhard Kloeter
Parallel Room 4 |
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Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Empirical Digital Twin of Solar Cells: A Physics-Guided Neural Network for Semantic Compression and Prediction of j0 and Rs Images Philipp Kunze, Wilkin Woehler, Leslie Kurumundayil, Cyril Leon, Stefan Rein, Matthias Demant. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany |
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Unveiling the Chemistry: A Dive into Wet Chemical Perovskite Thin Film Creation Revealed by Spectral in-situ Reflectance Nasim Rezaei-Hartmann1, Thorsten Brand1, Claudine GroA1, Enno Malguth1, Florian Mathies2, Rico Meitzner2, Olivier Ronsin3, Kai Segadlo3, Alexander Tarasov2, Eva Unger2, Christian Camus1. 1Lay Tec AG, Berlin, Germany.2Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy GmbH, Berlin, Germany.3Forschungszentrum JA¼lich GmbH, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-NA¼rnberg (IEK-11), Dynamics of Complex Fluids and Interfaces, Nuremberg, Germany |
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Deep learning-assisted extraction of photoluminescence and series resistance images from a single electroluminescence measurement Gaia Maria N. Javier1, Hugo Bucquet1, 2, Brendan Wright1, Yan Zhu1, Tien-Chun Wu1, Thorsten Trupke1, Ziv Hameiri1. 1The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.2A, Palaiseau, France |
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Microscopic Image Analysis of Printed Structures Without a Microscope: A Deep Learning Approach Leslie Kurumundayil, Theresa ThrAptschler, Jonas SchApnauer, Doga Can A, Stefan Rein, Matthias Demant. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
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Spatially Resolved Characterisation of Large-area Perovskite Modules Shuai Nie, Yan Zhu, Juergen Weber, Thorsten Trupke, Ziv Hameiri. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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Quantifying Error in Photovoltaic Installation Metadata Kirsten Perry, Quyen Nguyen, Robert White. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Lakewood, CO, USA |
ORALS - AREA 6: SINGLE JUNCTION AND TANDEM PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS Chair/Organizer: Shijing Sun
Parallel Room 2 |
1:30 |
Automated Conformal Spin Coating of Perovskite on Commerically Textured Silicon Cells Deniz N. Cakan1, Eric Oberholtz1, Srinivas Yadavalli2, Hendrik M. Vossler1, Guillermo L. Esparza1, Sean P. Dunfield1, Darren J. Lipomi1, Neil P. Dasgupta2, David P. Fenning1. 1University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
1:45 |
High temperature deposited TCO recombination layer for perovskite/TOPCon tandem solar cells with efficiency exceeding 31.7% Menglei Xu, Jungan Wang, Yuanfang Zhang, Xunlei Yan, Ying Xu, Yong Yu, Rui Li, Jie Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Hao Jin. Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd., Haining, China |
2:00 |
Efficient CsPbI3 Solar Cell Modules Dongmei Li, Yuqi Cui, Shan Tan, Qingbo Meng. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
2:15 |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Towards the Working Mechanisms of Tin Oxide as Buffer Layer in Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Qing Yang1, 2, Karsten Bittkau1, Benjamin Klingebiel1, Uwe Rau1, 2, Thomas Kirchartz1, 3, Kaining Ding1, 2. 1IEK-5 Photovoltaics, Forschungszentrum JA¼lich GmbH, JA¼lich, Germany.2Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.3Faculty of Engineering and CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany |
2:30 |
Michael Saliba1, 2 1Institute for Photovoltaics (IPV), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 70569 Germany .2IEK5-Photovoltaics, Forschungszentrum Julich, Julich, 52425 Germany |
ORALS - AREA 7: DEEP LEARNING APPLICATION AND STRATEGIES FOR PV SYSTEMS Chair/Organizer: Mengjie Li
Parallel Room 3 |
Automatic loss factor modeling and attribution on unlabeled PV energy data Bennet Meyers1, Michael Deceglie2. 1SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.2National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA |
Advanced health-state data-driven predictive analytics for utility-scale photovoltaic power plants Jesus Montes-Romero1, 4, Andreas Livera1, Spyros Theocharides1, George Makrides1, Juergen Sutterlueti2, Steve Ransome3, George E. Georghiou 1. 1 PHAETHON Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 1678, Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.2Gantner Instruments GmbH, MontafonerstraA, Schruns, Austria.3Steve Ransome Consulting Ltd, KT2 6AF #99 Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.4Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), University of Jaen (UJA), 23071 Jaen, Spain, Jaen, Spain |
Time Dilated Bundt Cake Analysis of PV Output Mehmet G Ogut1, Bennet Meyers2, Aramis Dufour1, Stephen P Boyd1. 1Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.2SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Comparison of Empirical and Data Driven Digital Twins for a PV+Battery Fleet Benjamin G Pierce1, 3, Raymond J Wieser1, Thomas G Ciardi1, Ange Dominique Yao1, Roger H French1, Mengjie Li2. 1Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.2University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.3Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
PLC-HMI based Photovoltaic System Condition Monitoring Structure Comprising an Innovative Fault Detection Scheme Nima Pourshahbaz1, Amir Nedaei1, Aref Eskandari1, Sherko Salehpour1, Jafar Milimonfared1, Mohammadreza Aghaei2, 3. 1Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.2Norwegian University of Science and Technology, A, Norway.3University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Large Scale, data driven, Digital Twin Models: Outlier Detection and Imputation Raymond Wieser, Yangxin Fan, Laura Bruckman, Yinghui Wu, Roger French. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA |
ORALS - AREA 8: PERFORMANCE & MODELLING Chair/Organizer: Gernot Oreski
Ballroom 2 (5th Fl) |
Assessing the performance, reliability, and economic impact of PV systems installation parameters in harsh climates: Case study Iraq Mohammed Hameed1, 2, 3, Kaaya Ismail4, 5, Richard DeJong4, 5. 1Martin Luther University, Halle, Saale, Germany.2Fraunhofer Institute CSP, Halle, Saale, Germany.3Ministry of Oil, Baghdad, Iraq.4Hasselt University, Genk, Belgium.5EnergyVille, imo-imomec, Genk, Belgium |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - A Signal Processing Method for the Reduction of Seasonal Variations in Performance Ratio Estimations of PV Powerplants Chirutha Kottantharayil1, Shoubhik De2, 3, Deepa M. U.1, Anil Kottantharayil2, 3. 1Dept. of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Trivandrum, India.2Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.3National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Capacity Expansion for Utility Scale Single Axis Tracked PV Systems with Sub-Optimal Performance Benjamin G Pierce1, 2, Michael R Davidson3, Marios Theristis2, Daniel Riley2. 1Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.2Sandia National Labrotories, Albuquerque, NM.3University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
Experience with a Physics-Based Anomaly Detection Algorithm to Detect DC Faults at Utility PV Plants Scott Sheppard1, Steven Koskey1, Corson Teasley1, Christopher Perullo1, Daniel Fregosi2, Wayne Li2. 1Turbine Logic, Atlanta, GA, USA.2Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, NC, USA |
Advancing our Understanding of System Availability through the PV Fleet Performance Data Initiative Martin Springer, Chris Deline, Matt Muller, Kirsten Perry, Michael Deceglie, Dirk Jordan, Robert White. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA |
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Machine Learning for Single-Axis Tracker Fault Detection and Classification Taos Transue, Marios Theristis, Daniel M. Riley. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
3:00 - 3:30 PM
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BREAK - BREAK: COFFEE BREAK/EXHIBITS
Plenary Room Lobby |
3:30 - 5:00 PM
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POSTERS - AREA 4: PASSIVATED, CARRIER-SELECTIVE, AND HETEROJUNCTION CONTACTS
Chair/Organizer: Nicholas Rolston, Di Yan
Poster 2 |
Fabrication and simulation studies of dopant free MoOx/c-Si(n) single side hetero-junction solar cells Juhi Kumari1, Rahul Rahul2, Pratima Agarwal1, 2. 1School of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India.2Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India |
Development of Bifacial Passivated Contacts Solar Cells with SiC/SiO2 as Front Transparent Passivated Contacts. Jin-Cheng Chen1, Chun-Ping Lin2, 3, Yi-Ping Lin1, Han-Chen Chang3, Ying-Yuan Huang2. 1Institute of Photonic System, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan.2Institute of Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan.3Photovoltaic Technology Division, Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan |
Correcting Overestimates in TLM-based Contact Resistivity Measurements Thomas Fiducia1, Zachary Holman2. 1University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United Kingdom.2Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA |
Improvement for passivation performance of TiOx/SiOy/c-Si heterostructures by capping with Atomic-Layer-Deposited Nb doped TiOx Layer Shohei Fukaya1, 2, Kazuhiro Gotoh1, 3, 5, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa1, Noritaka Usami1, 2, 5. 1Grad. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan.2InFuS, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan.3Niigata Univ., Niigata, Japan.4IRCNT Niigata Univ., Niigata, Japan.5IMaSS, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan |
Recovery and Investigation of Encapsulant for EOL solar PV panels Divya Jain1, Douglas Halliday 1, Marek Szablewski1, Namrata Sengar2. 1Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom.2Department of Pure a Applied Physics, University of Kota, Kota, India |
Hybrid PERC Bottom Cells for Si/Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Inho Kim, Yong-hyun Kim, Doh-Kwon Lee, Byeong-Kwon Ju, In-woo Choi. KIST, Seoul, South Korea |
Deep Learning-Based Wrap-around Classification in Passivated Contact Fabrication Junhee Kim1, Han-Jung Kim1, Sang Hee Lee2, Min Gu Kang2. 1Gumi Electronics a Information Technology Research Institute, Gumi, South Korea.2Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, South Korea |
A comparative study on indoor performance for PERC and TOPCon crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules Ling Li, Xin Huang, Baojie Lv, ZeWen Chen, He Wang, Hong Yang. Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China |
PROTAVIC® ACE 10720 : an innovative and affordable Electrically Conductive Adhesive (ECA) for the Photovoltaics industry Simon Malandain1, Vincent Charlot1, Bill MacDonald2. 1PROTAVIC INTERNATIONAL, Levallois-Perret, France.2PROTAVIC AMERICA, Londonderry, NH, USA |
Impact of Ex-situ POCl3 Diffusion on the Passivation Property of n-TOPCon on the Textured Si Wafer Kwan Hong Min, Wook-Jin Choi, Sagnik Dasgupta, Ruohan Zhong, Vijaykumar D Upadhyaya, Brian C Rounsaville, Ajay D Upadhyaya, Ajeet Rohatgi, Young-Woo Ok. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA |
Exploring the performance and reliability of screen-printable fire-through copper paste on PERC solar cells Suchismita Mitra1, Steve Johnston1, Harvey Guthrey1, Peter Hacke1, William Nemeth1, Ruvini Dharmadasa2, Thad Druffel2, Kevin Elmer2, Apolo Nambo2, Dustin Williams2, Ajay Upadhyaya3, Vijaykumar D Upadhyaya3, Ajeet Rohatgi3, Paul Stradins1. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.2Bert Thin Films, Louisville, KY, USA.3Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA |
Deposition of ITO with embedded metal nanostructures and the enhancement of the top transparent electrode for emerging photovoltaic applications. Ananta Paul1, Sudhanshu Mallick1. 1Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.2Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India |
Improvement in performance of dopant-free V2Ox/c-Si(n) solar cell by the application of UV-Ozone treatment Rahul Rahul 1, Juhi Kumari2, Pratima Agarwal1, 2. 1Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India.2School of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India |
Investigating the origins of surface passivation degradation in n+ and p+ poly-Si/SiOx passivating layers for silicon solar cells. Aditya Ratnapagol1, 2, William Nemeth2, Chun-Sheng Jiang2, Sumit Agarwal1, 2, Paul Stradins2, David L. Young2. 1Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA.2National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA |
Investigations on additives for batch cluster processing for industrial TOPCon solar cells Philipp Schmid, Jan Vollmer, Tobias Dannenberg, Benedikt Straub, Fabian Dorn, Ahmed Eljaouhari, Damian Brunner. RENA Technologies GmbH, 78148 GA¼tenbach, Germany |
Poly-Si Removal for TOPCon Solar Cells: A Comprehensive Comparison of Different Approaches and their Cost-effectiveness Jan Vollmer1, Tobias Dannenberg1, Philipp Schmid1, Katrin Krieg2, Sebastian Mack2, Martin Zimmer2, Damian Brunner1. 1RENA Technologies GmbH, Freiburg, Germany.2Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
Experimental investigation of the impact of iron contamination and gettering on polysilicon/oxide based solar cells Zhongshu Yang, Rabin Basnet, Chris Samundsett, Pheng Phang, Thien Truong, Di Kang, Wensheng Liang, Anh Bui, Wei Wang, Tien Le, Daniel Macdonald, Anyao Liu. School of Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
Characterization and Modeling of Thin n-type and Thick p-type Polysilicon Passivated Contacts for Back-junction Solar Cells Ruohan Zhong1, Pradeep Padhamnath2, Gabby de Luna2, John D. Arcebal2, Vijaykumar Upadhyaya1, Sagnik Dasgupta1, Daniel L. Meier3, Ajeet Rohatgi1. 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.2Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.3Lightdrop Harvest LLC, Saint Marys, PA, USA |
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POSTERS - AREA 4: THIN SILICON, INTERGATION, CHARACATZITAION AND MODELING
Chair/Organizer: Ujjwal Das, Yan Zhu
Poster 4 |
Development of Amorphous Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) Solar Cells with Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Photocurrent Generation Enhancement Brahim AISSA, Alessandro SINOPOLI. Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar |
Modeling of Solar Cell Junction Temperature for Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Module Zewen Chen1, Baojie Lv1, Ling Li1, Fengqin He2, Qi Yang2, He Wang1, Hong Yang1. 1Xia, Xia, China.2PV Industrial Innovation Center of State Power Investment Corporation, Xia, China |
Formation and defect analysis of BaSi2/a-SiC/TiN/SiO2 heterojunctions deposited at high temperature by sputtering Rui Du1, Haruki Takenaka1, Takumi Sato1, Yoichiro Koda2, Masami Mesuda2, Kaoru Toko1, Takashi Suemasu1. 1University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.2Tosoh Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan |
Thermal Suppression of Secondary Reactions in PECVD of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells For Reduction of Staebler Wronski Degradation Gautam Ganguly. GG Consulting, Prescott Valley, AZ, USA |
The Investigation of the Addition of Surface-engineered Carbon Nanotubes to Ag Thick Film Paste to Improve the Solar Cell Front Gridline Durability Sandra Huneycutt1, Abasifreke Ebong1, Donald Intal1, Andre Chavez2, 3, April Jeffries3, Sang Han2, 3. 1The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.2The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.3Osazda Energy, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
Polyimide Knotless Screen for High Efficiency Heterojunction Solar Cells Mass Production Bianca Passarella1, Florent Pernoud2, Alfredo Di Matteo1, Alessandro Furnari1, Marcello Sciuto1, Renaud Varache2, Francesco Rametta1, Cosimo Gerardi1. 13SUN S.r.l., Catania, Italy.2Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, INES, Le Bourget du Lac, France |
Modelling the metallization and busbar layout of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells to account for losses in cell-to-module analyses Christian Reichel. Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
Evaluation of Laser-Welding between Aluminum Foil and High-Temperature Silver Paste Used in Back-Contact Silicon Solar Cells Jason Ro, Barry Hartweg, Kathryn Fisher, Zhengshan/J. Yu, Zachary/C. Holman. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA |
Silver-Free Low-Temperature Metallization for High-Efficiency Solar Cells Utilizing Mask and Plate Approach JAprg Schube, Maral Ghanbari, Tadeo Schweigstill, Gabriele Mikolasch, Raphael Efinger, Patricia Schulze, Jonas Bartsch, Roman Keding. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), Freiburg, Germany |
Light Induced Degradation in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Zitong Zhao, Andrew Diggs, Zack Crawford, Adam Goga, Gergely T. Zimanyi. University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA |
POSTERS - AREA 8: MODULE AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY
Chair/Organizer: Gernot Oreski
Poster 3 |
Field Assessment of the DustIQ Optical Soiling Sensor Performance Under the Harsh Conditions of Desert Environments Brahim AISSA, Giovanni SCABBIA, Benjamin W. FIGGIS. Qatar Environment a Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar |
Investigating PV Soiling Mapping: A Case Study in a Desert Environment Brahim Aissa1, Atef Zekri2, Mosab I.A.K. Subeh1, Juan Lopez-Garcia1, Veronica Bermudez-Benito1. 1Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Doha, Qatar.2HBKU Core Laboratories, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar |
Miniaturized Martian Agrivoltaics: Solutions to Space in Space Eshaana M. Aurora, Juan David G. Aguayo, Jabir Bin Jahangir, Peter Bermel, Muhammad A. Alam. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
Ashesi Solar Monitoring Network (ASMONET): An IoT-Enabled Network for Ground-Based Soiling Measurements in West Africa. Francis Aweenagua1, Stewart Isaacs2, Jeremiah Takyi1, Heather R. Beem1. 1Ashesi University, Berekuso, Ghana.2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
Visualizing spatially non-uniform reverse bias degradation in monolithic perovskite modules Klaas Bakker, Jonathan Henzel, RAcmi Aninat, Ilker Dogan, Valerio Zardetto, Mirjam Theelen. TNO partner in Solliance, Eindhoven, Netherlands |
μ-farm: Scale Model Approach to Outdoor Solar Farm Experiments Jabir Bin Jahangir, Juan David G. Aguayo, Muhammad A. Alam. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
Polymer-related Anomalies and Findings in Solarparks – a starting point for adapted test sequences Claudia Buerhop-Lutz, Oleksandr Stroyuk, Oleksandr Mashkov, Thilo Winkler, Jens A. Hauch, Ian Marius Peters. Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, HI ERN, Erlangen, Germany |
Comparision of PV System Performance Evaluations: Performance Ratio versus Energy Performance Index Suellen C.S. Costa1, Denio A. Cassini1, Antonia Sonia A.C. Diniz1, Daniel S. Braga1, VinAscius Camatta1, Lawrence L. Kazmerski1, 2. 1PontifAscia Universidade CatA³lica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.2RASEI, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA |
Gain of bifacial PV modules on horizontal single-axis trackers in desert climates A de la Parra, Miguel GarcAsa, Javier Marcos, Luis Marroyo. Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Pamplona, Spain |
Technical and Economical Modeling of Micro cracks for Module Installed on field Alpesh Desai1, Indrajit Mukhopadhyay2, Abhijit Ray3. 1Department of Solar Energy, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, India.2Department of Solar Energy, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, India.3Department of Solar Energy, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, India |
Effect of Soiling on the PV Module Temperature and Soiling Loss Estimation Pavan Fuke1, 2, Shoubhik De1, 2, Narendra Shiradkar1, 2, Anil Kottantharayil1, 2. 1Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.2National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India |
UV Induced Power Losses in Fielded Utility N-Type Si PV Modules E Ashley Gaulding, Steve W Johnston, Timothy J Silverman, Michael G Deceglie. National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO, USA |
Application of the Mars™ Optical Soiling Sensor to Commissioning and Performance Assessment in Utility-Scale PV Systems Michael Gostein1, Beth Copanas2. 1Atonometrics, Austin, TX, USA.2RES Group, Denver, CO, USA |
Instantaneous Soiling Quantification by Image Contrast Bing Guo1, Luke Bethancourt2. 1Texas AaM University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar.2Texas AaM University, College Station, TX, USA |
A Uniform Taxonomy for Photovoltaic System Operations and Maintenance Data Clifford W. Hansen1, A. J. Rossman2, James Nagel2. 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.2Heliovolta, Carlsbad, CA, USA |
PV performance and degradation analysis after several years of exposure under desert maritime climate of DjIbouti Daha Hassan Daher1, Pierre-Olivier Logerais2, Dek Mouhoumed1, Christophe MAcnAczo3. 1Centre da, Djibouti, Djibouti.2UniversitAc Paris Est CrActeil, CERTES, IUT de SAcnart-Fontainebleau, 36 rue Georges Charpak, Lieusaint 77567, France, Paris, France.3Centre da, Djibouti, Djibouti.4LOCIE UMR 5271, UniversitAc Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Solar Academy Graduate School, INES, F-73376, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, Bourget du Lac, France |
Reliability Evaluation of Photovoltaic Modules with Different Tolerances on Maximum Power Xin Huang1, Qian Yang2, Feng Q. He3, Qi Yang3, He Wang1, Hong Yang1. 1Xia, Xia, China.2Xia, Xia, China.3PV Industrial Innovation Center of State Power Investment Corporation, Xia, China |
Thermal and Performance Analysis of CIGS Modules for Building-Applied PV Systems Halima Jahan1, Jaewon Oh1, Ankil Sanghvi2, Andrey Bednarzhevskiy2, Liyuan Liu2, Aakash Raj2, Govindasamy Tamizhmani2, Rajalakshmi Sundaramoorthy3. 1University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.2Arizona State University Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory, Mesa, AZ, USA.3SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY, USA |
Photovoltaic Module Performance for Six Years after Hail Damage Steve Johnston, Kent Terwilliger, Rebecca Wai, Dana Kern, Dirk Jordan. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA |
A Novel Low reflection, Anti-soiling, Polymer/Glass Laminate for Solar Module Cover Glass Luke O. Jones, Adam M. Law, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Rachael C. Greenhalgh, John M. Walls. Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
Screening of Defects Responsible for Hotspot Formation in Amorphous Silicon Foils by Electroluminescence Imaging Sreejith K. P., Peer Sluijs, Vijay Venkatesh, Niklas Zeiher, Govind Padmakumar, Arno Smets. Photovoltaic Materials and Devices (PVMD) group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |
Accelerated Aging Study Of Backsheet Repair With Flowable Silicone Sealant Kayla Kenney1, Guy Beaucarne2, Jorge Lima Garcia2, Emmanual Jadot2, Anika Gassner3, Gabriele Eder3. 1Dow Silicones Corporation, Auburn, MI, USA.2Dow Silicones Belgium SRL, Seneffe, Belgium.3OFI - Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology, Wien, Austria |
Performance of Framed and Frameless Bifacial PV Modules in the Desert Climate Maulid Kivambe1, Amir Abdallah1, Benjamin Figgis1, Mohamed Abdelrahim2, Mohamed Elgaili2, Juan Lopez-Garcia1. 1Qatar Environment a Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU), P.O. Box 34110, DOHA, Qatar.2Bin Omran Trading and Communication, P.O. Box 288, DOHA, Qatar |
Degradation of ZnO-Based Buffer Layers for Thin Film CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells Luksa Kujovic, Ali Abbas, Luke O. Jones, Mustafa Togay, Kieran M. Curson, Nicholas Hunwick, Luis C. Infante-Ortega, Adam M. Law, Jake W. Bowers, John M. Walls. Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
Predictive analytics for maximising the photovoltaic system performance Andreas Livera, Demetris Marangis, Georgios Tziolis, George Makrides, George E. Georghiou. PHAETHON Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus |
Adaptive Protection for Potential UPRM Microgrid system Fernando Lozano I., Lionel Orama. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, USA |
Development and Investigation of Lightweight Photovoltaics Modules Using Multi-Wire Interconnection Technology against Thermo-mechanical Load towards Vehicle-integrated Photovoltaics Applications Bin Luo1, 2, 3, 4, Jianqun Hao1, Jonathan Govaerts 2, 3, 4, Marta C. Paesa2, 3, 4, Wouter Marchal3, Rik V. Dyck1, 2, 3, 4, Tom Borgers2, 3, 4, Hariharsudan S. Radhakrishnan2, 3, 4, Michael Daenen2, 3, 4, Aart W. Van Vuure1, Jef Poortmans 1, 2, 3, 4. 1KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.2Imec, Genk, Belgium.3Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.4EnergyVille, Genk, Belgium |
Field study of nighttime leakage current in bifacial PV modules: correlation with atmospheric electric field data Cecile Molto1, Ryan Smith2, Dylan.J Colvin1, Peter Hacke3, Christopher DiRubio4, Matthew Gardeski4, Fang Li5, Jaewon Oh6, Govindasamy Tamizhmani5, Hubert Seigneur1. 1University of Central Florida - Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL, USA.2Pordis LLC, Austin, TX, USA.3National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, USA.4First Solar Inc, Tempe, AZ, USA.5Photovoltaic REliability Laboratory - Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, USA.6UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA |
A model of degradation mechanisms in perovskite solar cells aided by a modified tandem ANN C. Dong NGUYEN, Itaru Raifuku, Yasuaki Ishikawa. Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan |
Case Study: Assessing the Impact of Environmental Pollution on the Generation Performance of a Photovoltaic Plant David Nova1, Fernando A. Herrera1, Luis A. CAirdenas1, David S. MartAsnez 1, David Santos 1. 1Universidad Nacional de Colombia, BogotAi, Columbia |
Moisture Ingress and Adhesion in Double Glass PV Modules Sergiu Pop1, Mihail Bora 2. 1SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, CA.2Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA |
Cracked Gridline Wear Out Follows a Power Law Salil R Rabade, Timothy J Silverman, Nick Bosco. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA |
Effects on Encapsulation Combinations on the Performance and Reliability of TOPCon Modules Eric Schneller1, Alex Morgan2, Neil Wiens2, Hong X Xuan2, Tyler Frank1, Andrey Zelenskiy1, Mike Alexander1, Joshua Williams1, Mahyar Mohammadnezhad2. 1Silfab Solar, Burlington, WA, USA.2Silfab Solar, Mississauga, ON, Canada |
Benchmarking a Physics-Based Approach for Anomaly Detection at Utility PV Plants Scott Sheppard1, Keith Dickey2, Steven Koskey1, Corson Teasley1, Christopher Perullo1, Daniel Fregosi3, Wayne Li3. 1Turbine Logic, Atlanta, GA, USA.2Southern Power Company, Birmingham, AL, USA.3Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, NC, USA |
Reliability of Deployed Organic Photovoltaic Modules Hafiz K. M. Sheriff, Jr.1, Yongxi Li2, Sammy Saad2, Stephen R. Forrest1, 2, 3, 4. 1Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.2Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.3Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.4Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, ANn Arbor, MI, USA |
The future vision for cost effective and effective lightning surge protection of solar photovoltaic inverters For the 52nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) Daichi Tanioka. Daichi Tanioka, Amagasaki, Japan |
Development of anti-soiling coating for PV cover glass using hollow silica nanoparticles Shivam Vishwanath, Anil Kottantharayil, Sudhanshu Mallick. Centre for Research in Nanotechnology a Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India |
Detection of Thermal Cycle and Humidity Freeze Induced Damage on a Half-cut-cell Module Using Luminescence and Thermal Imaging Rebecca B. Wai, John S. Mangum, Steve Johnston, Dana B. Kern, Kent Terwilliger, Ingrid L. Repins. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA |
From Zero to 20% PV String Losses in 2 Weeks: The Role of Sun Path in Exacerbating PV String Losses in the Autumn Season Due to Vegetation Shadings in Ground-Mounted Solar Farms Qi S. Wang, Ju Lim. Sunalytics Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore |
TCO optimization for solar modules with 4T perovskite/silicon tandem cells for standard testing conditions and outdoor operation Robert Witteck, Paul Ndione, San Theingi, William McMahon, Christian Velez, William Nemeth, Joseph Luther, Lance Wheeler, John Geisz, Axel Palmstrom, Emily Warren. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA |
Analysis of Measurement Reproducibility for Photovoltaic Modules under Outdoor Test Conditions Qian Yang1, Xin Huang2, Fengqin He3, Qi Yang3, He Wang2, Gang Lu1, Hong Yang2. 1Xia, Xia, China.2Xia, Xia, China.3PV Industrial Innovation Center of State Power Investment Corporation, Xia, China |
Towards An Improved Understanding of PV System Degradation Behavior and Robust Estimation of PLR Ange Dominique Yao1, 2, William C. Oltjen1, 2, Manjunath Matam3, Hubert Seigneur3, Laura Bruckman1, 2, Roger H. French1, 2, Kristopher O. Davis3, 4, 5, Mengjie Li3, 4. 1SDLE Research Center, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH, USA.2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, USA.3Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), University of Central Florida (UCF), Cocoa, FL, USA.4Resilient, Intelligent and Sustainable Energy Systems (RISES) Cluster, UCF, Orlando, FL, USA.5Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Orlando, FL, USA |
Analysis of the damp heat stability of lightweight silicon heterojunction solar modules with various encapsulation materials Kai Zhang1, 2, Andreas Lambertz1, Yanxin Liu1, 2, Karsten Bittkau1, Kaining Ding1, Uwe Rau1, 2. 1IEK-5 Photovoltaics, Forschungszentrum JA¼lich GmbH, Juelich, Germany.2JA¼lich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA-Energy) and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Juelich, Germany |
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