PVSC PROGRAM

8:30

Scaling PV Inspections for a Growing Solar Industry Matthew Millendorf. Raptor Maps

9:00

Pathways to Efficient and Stable Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics Stefaan De Wolf. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

10:00

Conference Welcome & Announcements Arno Smets.

10:15

Technical Program Overview Ian Marius Peters.

10:25

Wenham Award Arnulf Jager-Waldau.

10:30

Cherry Award Thorsten Trupke.

10:35

Cherry Award Technical Presentation Xixiang (Chris) Xu. Longi

11:05

Cherry Award Q&A .

11:15

Keynote Presentation Peter Fath. RCT Solutions GmbH

11:45

Keynote Speaker Q&A .

11:55

Other Announcements .

1:30

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

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

1:30

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - 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

1:45

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

2:00

Quantifying Error in Photovoltaic Installation Metadata Kirsten Perry, Quyen Nguyen, Robert White. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Lakewood, CO, USA

2:15

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

2:30

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

2:45

Microscopic Image Analysis of Printed Structures Without a Microscope: A Deep Learning Approach Leslie Kurumundayil, Theresa Troetschler, Jonas Schoenauer, Doga Can Oener, Stefan Rein, Matthias Demant. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany

1:30

Automated Conformal Spin Coating of Perovskite on Commercially 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

2024 Wenham Award Winner Presentation Michael Saliba1, 2. 1Institute for Photovoltaics (IPV), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 70569 Germany .2IEK5-Photovoltaics, Forschungszentrum Julich, Julich, 52425 Germany

1:30

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

1:45

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

2:00

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

2:15

Advanced health-state data-driven predictive analytics for utility-scale photovoltaic power plants Jesus Montes-Romero1, 5, Vasiliki Paraskeva1, 2, Andreas Livera1, 2, Nino Heinzle3, George Makrides1, 2, Juergen Sutterlueti3, Steve Ransome4, George E. Georghiou 1, 2. 1PV Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, 2109 Nicosia, Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.2 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.3Gantner Instruments GmbH, MontafonerstraA, Schruns, Austria.4Steve Ransome Consulting Ltd, KT2 6AF #99 Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.5Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), University of Jaen (UJA), 23071 Jaen, Spain, Jaen, Spain

2:30

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

2:45

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

1:30

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

1:45

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, Ivan Gordon4, 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

2:00

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

2:15

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

2:30

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

2:45

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

3:30

Panelist 1 Dirk Weiss. First Solar

3:45

Panelist 2 Peter Fath. RCT Solutions

4:00

Panelist 3 Xu Xixiang. LONGi

4:15

Panelist 4 Sebastian Gatz. von Ardenne

4:30

Panel Discussion .

B4

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

B5

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

B7

Fabrication and Detailed Analysis of 22.0% Rear Junction Double-side TOPCon Solar Cell with Front SiOx/Polysilicon Selective Emitter Wook-Jin Choi1, Young-Woo Ok1, Kwan Hong Min1, Ruohan Zhong1, Sagnik Dasgupta1, Vijaykumar / D Upadhyaya1, Gabby De Luna2, John Derek Arcebral2, Pradeep Padhamnath2, 3, Ajeet Rohatgi1. 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.2Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.3AGH University of Krakow, KrakA³w

B8

High Temperature Copper Metallization: Demand, Hurdles and Reliability Ruvini Dharmadasa1, Dustin Williams1, Kevin Elmer1, Thad Druffel1, William Nemeth2, Steve Johnston2, Paul Stradins2. 1Bert Thin Films Inc., Louisville, KY, USA.2National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

B9

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

B11

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

B12

n-type polysilicon by PVD enabling self-aligned back contact solar cells Erik Hoffmann1, Geoffrey Gerorge1, Massimo Centazzo1, Muhammad Khan1, Nabeel Khan1, Philip JAcger2, Rolf Brendel2, Thorsten Dullweber2. 1EnPV GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany.2Institut fA¼r Solarenergieforschung GmbH, Emmerthal, Germany

B13

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

B15

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

B17

Sun Tracking as Most Efficient Collection of Solar Energy Sam Mil'shtein, Dhawal Asthana. UMass, Lowell, MA, USA

B18

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

B19

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

B20

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, Diego Di Girolamo1. 13SUN S.r.l., Catania, Italy.2Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, INES, Le Bourget du Lac, France

B22

Rules of Thumb for Industrial Solar Cells – Taylor Approximation of the One-Diode-Model Ralf Preu, Pierre Saint-Cast. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy, Freiburg, Germany

B23

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

B24

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

B25

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

B26

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

B27

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

B29

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

B30

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

B31

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 Luna3, John D. Arcebal3, Vijaykumar Upadhyaya1, Sagnik Dasgupta1, Daniel L. Meier4, Ajeet Rohatgi1. 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.2AGH University of Krakow, KrakA³w, Poland.3Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.4Lightdrop Harvest LLC, Saint Marys, PA, USA

F1

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

F5

Growth of CySi1-x-ySnx Alloys for Low-Cost High-Efficiency Multi-Junction Solar Cells SEYEDEH FAHIMEH BANIHASHEMIAN1, Mohammad Mahmoudi2, Aboozar Mosleh1, Hameed Naseem1. 1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.2Material Science and Engineering Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.3Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.4Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

D1

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

D2

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

D3

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

D4

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

D5

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

D6

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

D7

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 Camatta Santana1, Lawrence L. Kazmerski1, 2. 1PontifAscia Universidade CatA³lica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.2RASEI, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

D8

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

D9

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

D10

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

D11

Mitigating the Impact of Soiling on Performance and Capacity Testing Using Optimized Soiling Measurement Strategies Michael Gostein1, Beth Copanas2, Audrey Marquis1. 1Atonometrics, Austin, TX, USA.2RES Group, Denver, CO, USA

D12

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

D13

Analyzing Hail Impact-Induced Glass Fracture in Photovoltaic Modules Using High Speed Video and Computational Simulation James Hartley1, Steven DiGregorio1, Jacob Weil2, Kevin Zhang2, Jennifer Braid1. 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.2First Solar, Perrysburg, OH, USA

D16

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

D17

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

D18

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

D19

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

D20

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

D21

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

D22

Degradation of ZnO-Based Buffer Layers for Thin Film CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells Luksa Kujovic, Ali Abbas, Luke O. Jones, Mustafa Togay, Nicholas Hunwick, Adam M. Law, Kieran M. Curson, Luis C. Infante-Ortega, Jake W. Bowers, John M. Walls. Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

D23

Predictive analytics for maximizing the photovoltaic system performance Andreas Livera1, 2, Demetris Marangis1, 2, Georgios Tziolis1, 2, Vasiliki Paraskeva1, 2, George Makrides1, 2, George E. Georghiou1, 2. 1PV Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.2PHAETHON Centre of Excellence for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions, 2109 Nicosia, Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

D24

Adaptive Protection for Microgrids: University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Use Case Fernando Lozano I.1, Lionel Orama1, Rachid Darbali-Zamora2, Eduardo I. Ortiz-Rivera1. 1University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, USA.2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

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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

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Variational diagnosis of PV performance throughout the day Yasuhiro Matsumoto1, Aldo DAsaz2, RenAc Asomoza1, Edgar Sandoval-GarcAsa3. 1Centro de InvestigaciA³n y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico, Mexico.2WEG Transformadores, State of Mexico, Mexico.3TecnolA³gico Nacional de MAcxico/TES de CuautitlAin Izcalli, State of Mexico, Mexico

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Field study of nighttime leakage currents 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, Christopher Raupp7, Jaya Mallieni7, Sanjay Shrestha7, Paul Brooker8, 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.7SOLV Energy, San Diego, CA, USA.8Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), Orlando, FL, USA

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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

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Moisture Ingress and Adhesion in Double Glass PV Modules Sergiu Pop1, Mihail Bora 2. 1SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA.2Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA

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Cracked Gridline Wear Out Follows a Power Law Salil R Rabade, Timothy J Silverman, Nick Bosco. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

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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

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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

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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

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UV-Induced Degradation Susceptibility of Industrial N-Type Silicon High-Efficiency PV Modules Archana Sinha, Jean-Nicolas Jaubert, Todd Karin. Kiwa PVEL, Napa, CA, USA

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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

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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

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Utility Scale Photovoltaic System Connector Techno-Economic Analysis Andy Walker1, Vignesh Ramasamy1, Jal Desai1. 1NREL, Golden, CO, USA.2NREL, Golden, CO, USA.3NREL, Golden, CO, USA

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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

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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

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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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Laboratory Hail Damage of Photovoltaic Modules: Electroluminescence and High-speed Digital Image Correlation Analysis Steven J. DiGregorio, Jennifer L. Braid, Michael Shimizu, James Y. Hartley. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA