TECHNICAL PROGRAM



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Wednesday, June 11th

8:30 - 9:00 AM
PLENARY - AREA 3: SPACE APPLICATIONS DRIVING INNOVATION IN PHOTOVOLTAICS
Plenary Room

8:30
Space Applications Driving Innovation in Photovoltaics
Louise Hirst. University of Cambridge
9:00 - 9:30 AM
PLENARY - AREA 2: AREA 2 PLENARY SESSION
Plenary Room

Area 2 Plenary Session
Angus Rockett. Colorado School of Mines
9:30 - 10:00 AM
AREA 11: FROM CHALLENGES TO CHANGE: ADVANCING PV CIRCULARITY THROUGHOUT THE PV LIFE CYCLE
Plenary Room

9:30
From Challenges to Change: Advancing PV Circularity throughout the PV Life Cycle
Cara Libby. EPRI
10:00 - 10:30 AM
BREAK: COFFEE BREAK/EXHIBIT
Exhibit Hall
10:30 - 12:00 PM
ORALS - AREA 2: CONTACTS, INTERFACES, AND SUBSTRATES
Chair/Organizer: Thomas Fiducia, Angus Rockett
Parallel Room 1

10:30
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Bilayer SnO2/ZnO Buffer Layers to Achieve 21.7% Efficient CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells
Luksa Kujovic1, Xiaolei Liu1, Stuart Robertson1, Zhaoxia Zhou1, Luis C. Infante-Ortega1, Mustafa Togay1, Jake W. Bowers1, John M. Walls1, Ciaran Llewelyn2, Dan A. Lamb2, Stuart J. C. Irvine2, Chungho Lee3, Wei Zhang3, Timothy Nagle3, Dingyuan Lu3, Gang Xiong3. 1Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.2Centre for Solar Energy Research (CSER), in the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM), Faculty of Science a Engineering, Bay Campus, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.3First Solar, Inc., California Technology Center (CTC), Santa Clara, CA, USA

10:45
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Interface Fermi-Level Engineering for Selective Hole Extraction without p-type Doping in CdTe Solar Cells
Xin Qi1, 2, Zheng Ju1, 2, Xiaoyang Liu1, 3, Nathan Rosenblatt2, Jiarui Gong4, Yi Lu4, Yang Liu4, Razine Hossain1, 2, Tyler T. McCarthy1, 2, Allison M. McMinn1, 2, Martha R. McCartney1, 3, David J. Smith1, 3, Zhenqiang Ma4, Yong-Hang Zhang1, 2. 1Center for Photonics Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.2School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.3Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

11:00
Oxide Formation on CdTe as a Back Surface Passivation Material
Noah Kamm1, Anthony Nicholson3, Arashdeep Thind1, Zheng Ju2, Xin Qi2, D. Bruce Buchholz4, Amit Munshi3, Yong-Hang Zhang2, Robert Klie1. 1University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.2Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.3Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.4Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

11:15
Atomic Layer Deposition of Zinc Tin Oxide Buffer Layers, Investigation of Conduction Band Minimum Through Analysis of CISe and CIGSe Solar Cells
Boaz Koren, Francesco Lodola, Saeed Bayat, Penda Fall, Michele Melchiorre, Susanne Siebentritt. 1Laboratory for Photovoltaics (LPV), Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg

11:30
Advanced Passivation Approaches for Thin Bifacial CIGSe Solar Cells
Saeed Bayat1, Rico Gutzler2, Wolfram Witte2, Capucine Tong3, Michele Melchiorre1, Susanne Siebentritt1. 1University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.2Zentrum fA¼r Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-WA¼rttemberg (ZSW), Stuttgart, Germany.3Saint-Gobain Research, Aubervilliers, France

11:45
Strategic interfacial layers for enhanced charge transport in Sb2Se3 solar cells
Geumha Lim1, Van-Quy Hoang2, Jaebeak Lee2, Jin-Kyu Kang2, Kee-Jeong Yang2, Shi-Joon Sung2, Dae-Hwan Kim2, William Jo1. 1Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.2Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, South Korea
ORALS - AREA 3: COST REDUCTION STRATEGIES
Chair/Organizer: Phillip Jahelka, Aaron Ptak
Parallel Room 2

10:30
Development of 6-inch GaAs solar cells grown by single-chamber hydride vapor phase epitaxy
Ryuji Oshima1, Keigo Kondo2, Yasushi Shoji1, Yudai Shimizu3, Kikuo Makita1, Akinori Ubukata3, Hiroki Tokunaga3, Yoshinobu Okano2, Takeyoshi Sugaya1. 1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.2Tokyo City University, Setagaya-ku, Japan.3Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan

10:45
Proof-of-Concept of Dual-Junction (InGaP/GaAs) Solar Cells on Engineered Ge substrates for Affordable and Sustainable Space Applications
Alexandre Chapotot1, Rajiv Sharma1, Priyanka Proost1, Robin Vanuytven1, Eric M. M. Tan1, Aitana Cano2, IvAin GarcAsa2, Kristof Dessein1, Jinyoun Cho1. 1Umicore Electro-Optic Materials, Watertorenstraat 33, 2250, Olen, Belgium.2Instituto de EnergAsa Solar, E.T.S.I TelecomunicaciA³n, Universidad PolitAccnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

11:00
A Path to III-V Photovoltaic Cost Reduction Combining GaAs (211) Spalling with Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy
Kevin L Schulte1, Mario Dumont1, Anna K Braun2, Nicholas Yoo2, Corinne E Packard2, 3, John Simon1, Aaron J Ptak1. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA.3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

11:15
Demonstration of High-Volume Substrate Reuse for Inverted Metamorphic Solar Cells
Rebecca Glaudell, Robert McCarthy, Francis Tuminello, Andree Wibowo, Chris Youtsey, Noren Pan. MicroLink Devices, Inc, Niles, IL, USA

11:30
Spray-coated Ag Back Contacts for III-V Solar Cells
Thales Borrely1, Thien Truong1, Theresa E. Saenz1, AJ Gray1, Sarah A. Collins1, Jennifer Selvidge1, Mirzo Mirzokarimov1, Jacob J. Cordell1, Bill McMahon1, Sneh Sinha2, Mitchell Smith2, Melbs LeMieux2, Brett Walker2, David Young1, Myles A. Steiner1. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.2Electroninks Inc., Austin, TX, USA

11:45
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Germanium Nano-Membrane Growth on Porous Germanium with Unpolished Bulk Substrates for Substrate Reuse
Imad-Eddine Mokeddem1, 2, Ahmed Ayari1, 2, Gbenro Folaranmi1, 2, Alexandre Chapotot3, Jinyoun Cho3, Kristof Dessein3, Abderraouf Boucherif1, 2. 1Institut Interdisciplinaire da, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.2Laboratoire Nanotechnologies NanosystAumes (LN2) - IRL3463, CNRS, UniversitAc de Sherbrooke, INSA Lyon, UniversitAc Grenoble Alpes, A, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.3Umicore Electro-Optic Materials, Olen, Belgium
ORALS - AREA 6: SCALABLE DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES
Chair/Organizer: Trystan Watson, Ian Sellers
Plenary Room

10:30
Upscaling Perovskite Module Development
Erik Ahlswede, Jonas Hanisch, Oliver Salomon, Cordula Wessendorf, Tina Wahl, Roland Wuerz, Stefan Paetel, Michael Powalla. ZSW Zentrum fuer Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung, Stuttgart, Germany

10:45
Open-Air, Quench-Free Blade Coating of Photostable Triple Halide Perovskites for Tandems
Muneeza Ahmad, Nicholas Rolston. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

11:00
Accelerating Low-Cost Perovskite Module Manufacturing with High-Throughput Open-Air Techniques
Austin C. Flick, Thomas W. Colburn, Abigail Carbone, Francisco Barrera, Will Cai, Reinhold H. Dauskardt. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

11:15
Influence of Perovskite layer Sequential Deposition on the Self-Assembled Monolayer in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
Min-cheol Kim1, Sua Park1, Donghyeon Lee1, Shinhyun Kim2, Yanqi Luo1. 1Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.2Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA

11:30
Machine Learning-Based Process Optimization for Highly Uniform Flexography-Printed Perovskite Thin Films
Yanan Li, Julia E. Huddy, Masha Klymenko, William J. Scheideler. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

11:45
Detection and Mitigation of Detrimental Structural Defects in Perovskite Solar Modules
Marion Provost1, Thomas Guillemot1, Alexandra Levtchenko1, Karim Medjoubi1, Liam Gollino1, Jean-Baptiste Puel1, 2, Iwan Zimmermann1, Daniel Ory1, 2, Jean Rousset1, 2. 1Institut PhotovoltaAmque d'A, Palaiseau, France.2EDF RaD, IPVF, Palaiseau, France
ORALS - AREA 8: COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES ON DEGRADATION AND FAILURE MECHANISMS IN PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
Parallel Room 3

10:30
Statistical Failure Analysis of 6000 Residential Rooftop-Harvested Photovoltaic Connectors
Steven DiGregorio, Laurie Burnham, Bruce King. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

10:45
30+ Years of Operation for PV Systems Deployed in Temperate and High-Altitude Climates: Effects of Environmental Stressors and Bill of Materials
Ebrar A1, Hugo Quest2, 3, Anika Gassner4, 5, Alessandro Virtuani6, 7, Gabriele C. Eder4, Stefanie Vorstoffel8, Claudia Buerhop-Lutz8, Gabi Friesen1, Christophe Ballif2, 6, Matthias Burri9, Christof Bucher9. 1University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Mendrisio, Switzerland.2A, NeuchActel, Switzerland.33S Swiss Solar Solutions AG, Gwatt (Thun), Switzerland.4OFI Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology, Vienna, Austria.5Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.6Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM, NeuchActel, Switzerland.7Officina del Sole srl, Milan, Italy.8Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen NA¼rnberg fA¼r Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), Forschungszentrum JA¼lich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.9Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), Department of Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Energy and Mobility Research, Laboratory for Photovoltaic Systems, Bern, Switzerland

2:00
Module Backsheet Burns Attributed to Misaligned Busbar Wires
Steve Johnston, Dana B. Kern, Rebecca B. Wai, Harvey Guthrey, Steven P. Harvey, Ingrid L. Repins. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

2:15
Multiple Contributors to Worsening PV Glass Breakage
Timothy J Silverman, Elizabeth C. Palmiotti, Martin Springer, Michael G. Deceglie, Ingrid Repins, E. Ashley Gaulding. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

2:30
Gaining Fundamental Understanding of Critical Failure Modes and Degradation Mechanisms in Fielded Photovoltaic Modules via Multiscale Characterization
Kristopher O. Davis1, 2, 3, 4, Dylan J. Colvin4, Max Liggett1, 2, Brent A. Thompson4, Sameera N. Venkat1, 2, Joseph Raby1, 2, Manjunath Matam4, Hubert P. Seigneur4, Mengjie Li5, Laura S. Bruckman6, 7, Roger H. French6, 7, Andrew M. Gabor8, Philip J. Knodle8. 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.2Resilient, Intelligent and Sustainable Energy Systems (RISES) Research Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.3CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.4Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), University of Central Florida, Cocoa, FL, USA.5School of Modeling, Simulation, a Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.6Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension (SDLE) Research Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.7Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.8BrightSpot Automation Automation LLC, Westford, MA, USA

2:45
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Nanomaterials Coatings for Cleaner and Highly Efficient PV Panels in Desert Climates
Alaa Elsafi1, Mohammad Istiaque Hossain2, Amir Abdallah3, Yasser Hassan4, Khaled Youssef1, Siham Alqaradawi4. 1 Materials Science and Technology Graduate Program, Department of Physics and Materials Science, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar, Doha, Qatar.2Core Laboratories, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar, Doha, Qatar.3Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), P.O. Box 34110, Doha, Qatar, Doha, Qatar.4Department of Chemistry a Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, P.O.Box 2713, Doha, Qatar, Doha, Qatar
ORALS - AREA 10: SOLAR RESOURCE MEASUREMENT AND MODELING
Chair/Organizer: Sophie Pelland, Javier López Lorente
Parallel Room 4

10:30
Solar Radiometer Comparison
Adam R. Jensen1, Ioannis Sifnaios1, Nicholas C. Riedel-LyngskAbr2. 1Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.2European Energy, Soeborg, Denmark

10:45
On the Complementary Variability of the Solar and Wind Resources
Marc Perez1, Richard Perez1, 2. 1Clean Power Research, Napa, CA, USA.2University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA

11:00
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Time-varying Irradiance Non-Uniformity on PV modules with Horizontal Single Axis Tracker: Modeling vs Measurements
Arthur Poquet1, 2, 3, Etienne Drahi3, Jordi Badosa2, Philippe Blanc1. 1Mines Paris, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.2Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France.3TotalEnergies, Palaiseau Cedex, France

11:15
The influence of cloud cover on the reliability of satellite-based solar resource data
Yu Xie1, Manajit Sengupta1, Jaemo Yang1, Aron Habte1, Grant Buster1, Brandon Benton1, Michael Foster2, Andrew Heidinger3, Yangang Liu4. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, NY, USA.2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.3National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Madison, WI, USA.4Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA

11:30
Development of A High Resolution Solar Climate Dataset- National Climate Database (NCDB) Version 1
Jaemo Yang1, Manajit Sengupta1, Aron Habte1, Yu Xie1, Maggie Bailey2, Douglas Nychka2, Soutir Bandyopadhyay2. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

11:45
Snow loss estimation for photovoltaic single-axis tracker systems
Ayush Chutani1, Ana Dyreson1, Laurie Burnham2. 1Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA.2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
ORALS - AREA 11: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, USER BEHAVIOR AND EDUCATION
Chair/Organizer: Ilke Celik, Dwarak Ravikumar
Parallel Room 5

This session covers sustainability studies and PV education. Life cycle assessment, end of life management, sustainable manufacturing, user behavior, and PV workforce development and education will all be discussed.


10:30
Increasing the climate benefit of photovoltaics (PV) by up to 208% points through low-carbon manufacturing
Dwarakanath Ravikumar1, 2, Garvin Heath2, Rachel Wood-Robinson2, 3. 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.2National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.3University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

10:45
Environmental Implications of Production Location and Method on Energy Materials: The Case of Tellurium
Francis Hanna, Annick Anctil. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

11:00
Bio-Based Materials To Supply The Solar Photovoltaic Industry: A Review and Critical Assessment
Lison Marthey1, Alessandro Virtuani1, Sonja Feldbacher2, Alexis Barrou1, Emma Gotis1, Olatz Arriaga Arruti1, Pierrick Duvoisin1, Bertrand Paviet-Salomon1, Gernot Oreski2, Christophe Ballif1, 3. 1Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), NeuchActel, Switzerland.2Polymer Competence Center Loeben GmBH (PCCL), Loeben, Austria.3Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory, Institute of Microengineering (IMT), Ecole Polytechnique FAcdAcrale de Lausanne (EPFL), NeuchActel, Switzerland

11:15
Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Machine Learning-Assisted Automated Laser Recovery of Silver Electrode Recovery from Waste Silicon Solar Cells
Mahantesh Khetri, Mool C. Gupta. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

11:30
Residential User Technical Knowledge and Misconceptions About Solar PV in Michigan
Annick Anctil, Preeti Nain, Francis Hanna. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

11:45
Virtual Production Line for Solar Cell Processing
Christiana Honsberg1, Stuart Bowden2, Jeffery Cotter3, Michael Goryll1, Stephen Goodnick1, Nicholas Rolston1, Richard King1. 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.2Solestial Solar, Tempe, AZ, USA.3Cotter Consulting, San Jose, CA, USA
3:00 - 3:30 PM
BREAK: COFFEE BREAK/EXHIBITS
Exhibit Hall
3:30 - 5:00 PM
POSTERS - AREA 1: POSTER SESSION B (click to view)
Poster Section 1
POSTERS - AREA 4: PACKAGING, RELIABILITY, RECYLABILITY, AND SUPPLY CHAIN (click to view)
Chair/Organizer: Delfina Munoz, Di Yan, Paul Procel Moya
Poster Section 2
POSTERS - AREA 6: MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING I (click to view)
Chair/Organizer: Shuaifeng Hu, Michael Owen-Bellini
Poster Section 3
POSTERS - AREA 7: MODELING AND PREDICTING ENERGY YIELD AND PERFORMANCE (click to view)
Chair/Organizer: Adam Jensen, Ismail Kaaya, Chiara Barretta
Poster Section 4
POSTERS - AREA 8: FIELD INSIGHTS INTO THE DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAIC COMPONENTS (click to view)
Poster Section 5
POSTERS - AREA 10: SOLAR RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (click to view)
Chair/Organizer: Sophie Pelland, Javier López Lorente , Adam R. Jensen
Poster Section 6
5:00 - 6:00 PM
ORALS - SPECIAL SESSION: SPECIAL SESSION - FUNDAMENTALS
Plenary Room