PVSC PROGRAM

The future of space photovoltaics – challenges and opportunities

Carsten Baur, Antonio Caon, Stephen Taylor. European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands

SolAero’s Expansion of Capacity and Capabilities to Meet Emerging Demand for Radiation Hard III-V Solar Cells

Zachary S Bittner, Daniel Derkacs, Samantha Whipple, Dan Aiken, Alex Haas, Nate Miller, Pravin Patel, Navid fatemi. SolAero By Rocket Lab, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Impact of Radiation Environment and Solar Array Uncertainty on Achieving Mission Power Requirements

Don Walker, T. Paul O'Brien, Timothy B. Guild, Pilar Espinet Gonzales, Simon H. Liu. The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, USA

Impacts of Primary Arcing on Thin Film Solar Cells

Meghan Bush¹, Jeremiah Sims¹, Alexis Arroyo¹, Boris Vayner². ¹NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.²HX5, LLC, Cleveland, OH, USA

Development and modelling of optimised solar cells for Mars surface conditions

Pier Luigi Coz¹, Carsten Baur¹, Felix Gerstenberger², Victor Khorenko², Gerald Siefer³, Michael Schachtner³. ¹European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands.²AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany.³Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Experimental verification of AlGaAs reflectors optimised for InGaP/GaAs/Ge triple-junction cells

Jamie A. Harrison, Phoebe M. Pearce, Stephen P. Bremner, Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes. School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Illuminated Lock-In Thermography Decomposition: Identification of Power Contributions

Carlos Cura-Villarreal, Andreas Gerber, Uwe Rau, Bart E. Pieters. IMD3-Photovoltaics, Forschungszentrum JA¼lich GmbH, JA¼lich, Germany

Imaging Potential and Doping Nonuniformity and Locating Junctions by Combined Nanoelectrical Probes

Chun-Sheng Jiang¹, Rouin Farshchi², Carey Reich², Timothy Nagle², Dingyuan Lu², Gang Xiong², Lorelle M. Mansfield¹, Matthew O. Reese¹. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²California Technology Center, First Solar Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA

Investigating Hydrogen Behavior at a-Si:H/c-Si Interfaces through Electrical Measurement and Chemical Analysis

Guang-Yu Lee¹, Nicholas Moser-Mancewicz², Jorge Ochoa Bueno², Mariana Bertoni², David Fenning¹. ¹Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.²School of Electrical and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Microscopic Characterization of Polarization-Type Potential-Induced Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells

Minghui Li^{1, 2}, Jun Zhou¹, Xiting Lang¹, Xirui Liu^{1, 2}, Junchuan Zhang¹, Hao Tian¹, Jian Liu¹, Yangyang Gou¹, Yongjie Jiang¹, Jichun Ye¹, Mengjin Yang¹, Chuanxiao Xiao^{1, 3}. ¹Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China.²Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.³Ningbo New Materials Testing and Evaluation Center CO., Ltd, Ningbo, China

Scanning X-ray nanodiffraction unveils systematic strain gradient in 75 000 perovskite grains

Niklas Pyrlik^{1, 2}, Giovanni Fevola¹, Christina Ossig^{1, 2}, Sven Hampel¹, Jackson L. Barp Jr.^{1, 2}, Gero Falkenberg^{1, 2}, Christian Strelow³, Tobias Kipp³, Jan Garrevoet¹, Gerald Falkenberg¹, Huagui Lai⁴, Fan Fu⁴, Michael E. Stuckelberger¹. ¹Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany.²UniversitAct Hamburg, Fachbereich Physik, Hamburg, Germany.³UniversitAct Hamburg, Institut fA¼r Physikalische Chemie, Hamburg, Germany.⁴Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), DA¼bendorf, Switzerland

From Marco to Micro, Mastering the Defective Nature of Perovskite Solar Cells

Yen-Hung Lin. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

Spectral correction in yield forecasts for two-terminal perovskite-silicon tandem modules

Malcolm D Abbott, Solomon Freer, Bastien JJ Ardissone, Ben Sudbury, Keith R McIntosh. PV Lighthouse, Coledale, Australia

Time-Varying Luminescence Imaging for Degradation Diagnosis ofPerovskite Photovoltaic Devices

Takeshi Tayagaki, Haruka Kobayashi, Kohei Yamamoto, Takurou N. Murakami, Masahiro Yoshita. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

Spatially resolved electronic parameters on perovskite modules using luminescence imaging

Zhewen JD Deng¹, Jack R. Palmer², David P. Fenning^{1, 2}. ¹Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.²Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Layer by Layer Characterization of the Failure Origin Process in Perovskite Solar Cells

Anyssa DERJ¹, Marion Provost¹, Karim Medjoubi¹, Mirella El Khatrib¹, Daniel Ory², Nao Harada¹, Muriel Bouttemy³, Jorge Posada². ¹Institut PhotovoltaAmque d'A, Palaiseau, France.²EDF, RaD, Boulevard Gaspard Monge, 91120, Palaiseau, France.³Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, 45 avenue des A, Versailles, France

Understanding Photo-Induced Degradation in Perovskites: A Kinetic Model Approach

Jeremy Hieulle¹, Anurag Krishna^{2, 3, 4}, Hazem A. Musallam¹, Joana Ferreira Machado¹, Tom Aernouts^{2, 3, 4}, Alex Redinger¹. ¹Department of Physics and Materials Science University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City L-1511, Luxembourg.²Thin Film PV Technology, Imec, imo-imomec, Thor Park 8320, Genk, 3600, Belgium.³Energy Ville, imo-imomec, Thor Park 8320, Genk, 3600, Belgium.⁴Hasselt University, imo-imomec, Martelarenlaan 42, Hasselt, 3500, Belgium

Falling costs for battery storages increase the economic value of facade photovoltaic systems integrated into a building energy system in Europe

Dennis Bredemeier^{1, 2}, Alexander Mahner¹, Tobias Wietler¹, Raphael Niepelt^{1, 2}, Rolf Brendel^{1, 2}. ¹Department of Solar Energy, Institute of Solid-State Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.²Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), Hameln, Germany

Environmental and Economic Impact of PV-battery Storage System: Application of EV direct current fast charging

Chenyang Deng, Hamid Mozafari, Mehrnaz Ghamami, Annick Anctil. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Field Measurement of Single Axis Tracking Algorithm Benefits in Operating Solar Power Plants

Aron P. Dobos, Andy Weber, Rohit Mishra, Amir Asgharzadeh Shishavan. Nextracker, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA

Maximizing Output of Single-Axis Tracker PV Plants Under Non-Uniform Cloud Cover

Mustafa Dokucu, Ricky B Dunbar, Abhinav Ratnagiri, Anup Desai, Amir A Shishavan. Nextracker Inc., Fremont, CA, USA

Validation of a physics based digital twin to estimate battery degradation in utility scale stationary storage

Felipe Salinas, Eric Bonilla, Gofran Chowdhury. 3E, Brussels, Belgium

Data-driven Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) envelope design optimization

Tharushi Samarasinghalage, Rebecca Yang, Yusen Zhao. Solar Energy Application Lab, School of Property Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

A Snapshot of the Global PV Market and Industry

GaAltan Masson¹, Arnulf JAcger-Waldau², Izumi Kaizuka³, Johan Lindahl⁴, JosAc Donoso⁵, Melodie de l'Epine⁶. ¹IEA PVPS Task 1, Brussels, Belgium.²European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.³RTS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.⁴Becquerel Sweden, StaffansvAcgen, Sweden.⁵UNEF, Madrid, Spain.⁶Becquerel France, Liyon, France

On Track or Off Course? EU's PV Deployment Progress Towards a 100% Renewable Future

Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau, Georgia Kakoulaki, Anatoli Chatzipanagi, Sandor Szabo. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy

Repowering PV Systems Demystified: Terms, Motives, Economics and Impacts

Silvana Ovaitt, Heather Mirletz, Brian Mirletz, Matthew Prilliman. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Solar and Battery Residential Rate Plan Impacts

Christiana Honsberg, Clark Miller, Stephen Goodnick. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Social Projects for Implementation of Photovoltaic Solar Energy in Low-Income Communities: Monitoring and Evaluation Model Based on the Theory of Change and Logical Framework

Anna C. Sermarini, Rodrigo F. Calili, Maria F. L. Almeida. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Considering the Equitable Allocation of DER Hosting Capacity

Stephen Kerr, Nadav Enbar, William Taylor, Daniel Ernstmann. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Hot carriers : to be or not to be

JF Guillemoles, N. Roubinowitz, T. Vezin, D. Suchet. Institut PhotovoltaAmque d'A, Palaiseau, France

When Te ≠ Th: investigating the operation of a two-temperature hot carrier solar cells.

Daniel Suchet, Nathan Roubinowitz, Thomas Vezin, Jean-FranAsois Guillemoles. Institut Photovoltaique da, Palaiseau, France

Understanding the influence of recombination dynamics on hot carrier populations in III-V nanowires

Hamidreza Esmaielpour¹, Nabi Isaev¹, Imam Makhfudz², Paul Schmiedeke¹, Markus DApblinger³, Jonathan J. Finley¹, Gregor KoblmA¼ller¹. ¹Walter Schottky Institut, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.²IM2NP, UMR CNRS 7334, Aix-Marseille UniversitAc, Marseille, France.³Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Device-Scale Modeling of Valley Photovoltaics

Daixi Xia, Jacob J. Krich. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Valley Transfer and Hot Carrier Extraction in GaAs/Al0.16Ga0.84As Heterojunction Solar Cells

Hasan Ahmed^{1, 2}, Chiran Wijesundara, ¹, Vincent R Whiteside², David K Ferry³, Stephen J Polly⁴, Seth M Hubbard⁴, Tim Thomay¹, Ian R Sellers². ¹Department of Physics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.²Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.³School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.⁴School of Physics a Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA

High-throughput Computational Discovery of Long Carrier Lifetime and Stable New Solar Absorbers

Geoffroy Hautier¹, Zhenkun Yuan¹, Diana Dahliah², Muhammad Hasan³, Gideon Kassa¹, Andrew Pike¹, Yihuang Xiong¹, Victoria Kyveryga³, Philip Yox³, David Fenning⁵, Andryi Zakutayev⁴, Sage Bauers⁴, Obadiah Reid⁴, Sage Bauers⁴, Kirill Kovnir³, Jifeng Liu¹. ¹Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.²UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.³Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.⁴NREL, Boulder, CO, USA.⁵UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA

Efficiency Limit of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Frederick U. Nitta, Koosha Nassiri Nazif, Eric Pop. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

CIGS tandem on Silicon: an approach to stick around

Thomas Bidaud¹, Fabien Pineau³, Elise Salmon², Jeronimo Buencuerpo^{1, 2}, Raju Pusapati^{4, 5, 6}, Bart Vermang^{4, 5, 6}, Jessica De Wild^{4, 5, 6}, Philipp Spreer⁷, Hans-Peter Sperlich⁷, Nicolas Barreau³, Negar Naghavi², Jean-FranAsois Guillemoles², StAcphane Collin¹. ¹Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, UniversitAc Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France.²Institut PhotovoltaAmque d'A, Palaiseau, France.³Nantes UniversitAc, CNRS, Institut des MatAcriaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel, IMN, Nantes, France.⁴Imec, Genk, Belgium.⁵Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.⁶EnergyVille, Genk, Belgium.⁷Meyer Burger Germany, Hauterive, Switzerland

Epitaxial Lift-off Technique Using Cu Superstrates for Flexible CdTe/MgCdTe Double-Heterostructure Thin-Film Solar Cells

Xin Qi^{1, 2}, Zheng Ju^{1, 2}, Xiaoyang Liu^{1, 3}, Razine Hossain^{1, 2}, Yong-Hang Zhang^{1, 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

Graded Cadmium Selenide Telluride Absorber Thickness, Back Surface Passivation, and Organic Hole Transport Layers: Interactions in Open-Circuit Voltage and Fill Factor

Scott Lambright¹, Robert Cannon III¹, Adrija Roy¹, Ebin Bastola¹, James Becker², Adam B. Phillips¹, Abasi Abudulimu¹, Yanfa Yan¹, Zhaoning Song¹, Michael J. Heben¹, Randy J. Ellingson¹. ¹Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.²First Solar Inc., Advanced Research, Perrysburg, OH, USA

Sensitivity Analysis of Carrier Recombination Lifetime Measurements on Silicon Solar Cells due to Input Parameter Uncertainty

Adrienne Blum, Harrison Wilterdink, Ronald Sinton. Sinton Instruments, Boulder, CO, USA

Enhancement of Carrier Selectivity in P-type Silicon Nanocrystals/Silicon Oxide Composite Layers through AlOx:H Layer Deposition and Forming Gas Annealing

Kazushi Mizutani¹, Kazuhiro Gotoh^{1, 2, 3}, Tomihisa Tachibana^{4, 5}, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa^{1, 5}, Takahiro Ozawa⁶, Markus Wilde⁶, Katsuyuki Fukutani⁶, Noritaka Usami^{1, 5, 7}. ¹Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.²Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata, Japan.³Interdisciplinary Research Center for Carbon-Neutral Technologies, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.⁴National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute AIST (FREA), Koriyama, Japan.⁵Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.⁶Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.⁷Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Improving the thermal stability of polycrystalline silicon passivated contacts using aluminium doped zinc oxide interlayers

Di Yan¹, Yida Pan¹, Jesus Ibarra Michel¹, Sieu Pheng Phang², Rabin Basnet², Heping Shen², Jie Yang³, Xinyu Zhang³, Peiting Zheng³, James Bullock¹. ¹Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.²School of Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.³Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd, Haining, Zhejiang, China

Effect of Laser Oxidation Patterning of Polysilicon on The Morphology, Passivation, and Efficiency of Selective DS-TOPCon Cells

Sagnik Dasgupta¹, Wook-Jin Choi¹, Vijaykumar Upadhyaya¹, Young-Woo Ok¹, Akhil G. Nair², Pradeep Padhamnath³, Ajeet Rohatgi¹. ¹Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.²Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.³AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Pinhole Dynamics in Textured Passivated-Contact Si Solar Cells

Zachary Crawford, Andrew Diggs, Adam Goga, Zitong Zhao, Gergely Zimanyi. University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Progress in the research on the performance, processing and reliability of lightweight and flexible thin-film PV foils at TUDelft

Govind Padmakumar¹, Federica Saitta¹, Peer Sluijs¹, Niels van Sielfhout¹, Reinder Beokhof¹, Lara van der Poll¹, Sreejith K.P.¹, Paula Perez Rodriguez¹, Luana Mazzarekka¹, Tom Savenije¹, Thierry de Vrijer², Ravi Vasudevan², Mohammed El Makkaoui², Herbert Lifka², Edward Hamers², Arno H.M. Smets¹. ¹Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.²HyET Solar NL, Arnhem, Netherlands

Repair Options for PV Modules: Technical Feasibility

Gabriele Eder¹, Raffael Schifferegger¹, Anika Gassner¹, Yuliya Voronko¹, Gernot Oreski². ¹OFI Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology, Vienna, Austria.²PCCL Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Leoben, Austria

Canary in Coal Mine: Junction Box Temperature Provides Early Warning of Manufacture, Installation, or Degradation Faults

Shovon Talukder¹, Mohammad Ryyan Khan¹, Muhammad Ashraful Alam². ¹East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.²Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Comparing Glass Surface Stress in Contemporary and Historic Photovoltaic Modules as it Relates to Field Breakage

E. Ashley Gaulding, Elizabeth C. Palmiotti, Timothy J Silverman, Michael G. Deceglie, Ingrid L. Repins. National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO, USA

Detailed Analysis of Degradation Rates of Operating PV Assets in Tropical Climate Conditions

Xiaoqi Xu¹, Andre M. Nobre^{1, 2}, Cao Han¹, Yu Xu¹, Ian Marius Peters³, Thomas Reindl¹. ¹Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.²PV Doctor Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore.³Forschungszentrum JA¼lich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

Field Performance of Advanced PV Module Technologies in Desert Climates: Contrasting Results and Insights

Dhanup S. Pillai ¹, Edgard Abou Kheir², Maulid M. Kivambe¹, Mohamed Abdelrahim ¹, Mohamed Saady ². ¹Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) a, Doha, Qatar.²Jinko Solar Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Intense Mid-level Wind Speeds and Flat Tracker Tilts during Rear Glass Breakages on Non-Large-Format Bifacial PV Modules on Trackers

DARRYL WANG, Rachel Oh, Andreas Balzer. DNV Singapore Pte. Ltd., SINGAPORE, Singapore

Spectral Correction Variability and Energy Yield Impact for cSi Systems and the Effect of Clouds

Umay Akkoseoglu, William F. Holmgren, Mark Mikofski, Jeff Newmiller. DNV Energy Services USA, Oakland, CA, USA

Comparison of Spectral Correction Methods: Spectral Irradiance Measurements and Parameterized Spectral Models

Mandy R. Lewis¹, Nicholas Riedel-LyngskAbr², Jacob K. Thorning³, Adam R. Jensen³, Karin Hinzer¹. ¹SUNLAB, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.²European Energy, SAcborg, Denmark.³Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark

System of Automatic Detection of PV Mounting Configuration

Oliver Osvald, TomAiAi HruAika, Artur Skoczek, TomAiAi Cebecauer, MarkActa HulAsk JansovAi. Solargis s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakia

The Role of Solar Radiation Ratios in Photovoltaic Asset Performance: A Global TMY Study

Javier Lopez-Lorente¹, Andre Chicrala², Hugh Cutcher², Anja Neubert¹, Tony Mercer¹. ¹DNV, Bristol, United Kingdom.²Solcast, a DNV company, Sydney, Australia

Plant Clipping Bias Due to Spatial Distribution of Inverters and AC Overbuild: Preliminary Investigation

Joseph Ranalli¹, William B. Hobbs². ¹Penn State Hazleton, Hazleton, PA, USA.²Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, USA