Area 2 > Session
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Ed Sartor, Jim Sites
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AREA 2: CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS

SCREENING ORGANIC HOLE TRANSPORT LAYER FOR SOLUTION-PROCESSED ANTIMONY SULFOSELENIDE SOLAR CELLS
Alisha Adhikari, Joel Blodgett, Abudulai Rabiu, Sanjeeb Budhathoki, Ujjwal Dhakal, Sabin Neupane, Manoj Jamarkattel, Nadeesha Katakumbura, Vijay Karade, Arun Basnet, Kiran Lamichhane, Michael Heben, Randy Ellingson, Zhaoning Song, Yanfa Yan. Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, USA
DECOUPLING PROCESS VARIABLES IN 3-STAGE CIGS : PHASE AND COMPOSITION CHANGES UNDER TIME/PRESSURE/TEMPERATURE
Ju Chan Choi, Jin Ho Yang, Jae Ho Yun. Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), NaJu-si, South Korea
MULTI-RESONANT LIGHT TRAPPING IN ULTRATHIN CU(IN,GA)SE2 SOLAR CELLS: FROM CONCEPT TO DESIGN RULES (yes)
Merve Demir1, Daniel Jimenez1, Bodo Fuhrmann2, Matthias Maiberg1, Marcel Schrader1, Paul Rondt1, Heiko Kempa1, Alexander Sprafke1,2, Roland Scheer1. 1Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany 2Interdisciplinary Center of Materials Science, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
PROGRESS IN CHLORIDE-BASED TREATMENTS OF CDZNTE SOLAR CELLS
Pradipta Roy Dip1,2, Kevin D. Dobson1, Brian E. McCandless1, William N. Shafarman1,2. 1Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
RESIDUAL STRAIN IN CADMIUM TELLURIDE THIN FILMS
Kevin D. Dobson, Arivazhagan Valluvar Oli, Brian E. McCandless, William N. Shafarman. Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
PRE-DEPOSITION SUBSTRATE CLEANING AND PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT EFFECTS ON CDSETE/CDTE
Robert D. Ellis, Zeyad Elsayed, Luke Jones, Samuel E. Machin, Adam Law, Jacques D Kenyon, Mustafa Togay, John M. Walls, Jake W. Bowers. Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
AREA 1: FUNDAMENTALS AND NEW CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

THE ROLE OF SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF CDS/CDTE THIN FILM SOLAR CELL
Hamid Fardi. University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA
AREA 2: CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS

OPTIMIZING MONOLITHIC (AG,CU)(IN,GA)SE2/SI TANDEM SOLAR CELLS VIA BANDGAP ENGINEERING AND BIFACIAL OPERATION (yes)
Julia Horstmann1, Tobias Gut1, Matthias Maiberg1, Mario Hanser2, Jana-Isabelle Polzin2, Martin Hermle2, Roland Scheer1. 1Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany 2Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany
EUTECTIC HALIDE SALT ENGINEERING FOR ARSENIC DOPED CDTE
Zulkifl Hussain, Adam B. Phillips, Kara B. Kile, Aparajita Dixit, Ali Abdel-Rahman Qatishat, Shawn M. Wolffersdorff, Ebin Bastola, Randy J. Ellingson, Michael J. Heben. The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
DEVELOPING A PHOSPHORUS SOURCE FOR DOPING OF CDTE
Shahrin Iqbal1,2, Kevin Dobson1, Brian McCandless1, William Shafarman1,2. 1Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA 2Department. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
OXIDE FORMATION ON CDTE AND MGXCD1-XTE AS A BACK SURFACE PASSIVATION MATERIAL
Noah Kamm1, Xiaoyang Liu2, Zheng Ju2, Xin Qi2, Yong-Hang Zhang2, Anthony Nicholson3, Amit Munshi3, D. Bruce Busshholz4, Arashdeep Thind1, Robert Klie1. 1Department of Physics, University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA 4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
HIGH VOLTAGE CDSE SOLAR CELLS WITH OPTIMIZED P-INTERFACES
Purnendu Kartikay, Payton Bills, Vikram Dalal. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY OF ARSENIC ACTIVATION AND SELENIUM REDISTRIBUTION IN CDSETE/CDTE SOLAR CELLS
Boney Mahesh1, Ali Abbas1, Pooja Goddard2, Roger Smith2, Michael Walls1. 1Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical an, Loughborough, United Kingdom 2Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
THE AMBIGUITY OF CAPACITANCE DERIVED CARRIER DENSITY AND A THEORETICAL REVISION OF THE DEPLETION APPROXIMATION
Mayank Mate, Amit Munshi. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWTH OF ARSENIC DOPED AND PHOSPHORUS DOPED CADMIUM SELENIUM TELLURIDE (CDSEXTE1-X) TO IMPROVE CDTE THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS
Benjamin Montag1, Darius Kuciauskas2, Cody Rietcheck1, Echo Larson1. 1Radiation Detection Technologies, Manhattan, KS, USA 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF THE GROUP-V DOPED POLYCRYSTALLINE CDTE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION PHOTOVOLTAICS
Benjamin Montag1, Amit Munshi2, Mayank Mate2, Magesh Murugesan3, Jing Shang3, John McCloy3, Matthew Reese4, Eric Colegrove4, Hongling Lott4, Robert Morrissey4, Joshua Brown4, Ed Sartor4, Andrea Mathew4, Cody Riecheck1. 1Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc, Manhattan, KS, USA 2Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA 3Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 4National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
ROLE OF SE COMPOSITION AND CDCL2 TREATMENT ON INTRINSIC DONOR DEFECTS IN POLYCRYSTALLINE CDTE-BASED PV DEVICES
Sushmakanth Myneni, Daniel Shaw, Walajabad Sampath. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
THE NATIVE OXIDE GROWTH ON POLYCRYSTALLINE CDSETE/CDTE SURFACE AND ITS IMPACT ON DEVICE PERFORMANCE (yes)
Sushmakanth Myneni, Mayank Mate, Amit Munshi, Walajabad Sampath. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
INFLUENCE OF COOLING PROCESSES ON ALL-SPUTTERED SUB-MICROMETER CU(IN,GA)(S,SE)2 FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS
António J. N. Oliveira1, João B. Vilão1,2, André F. Violas1, Ana R. Pires1, Bárbara L. Sieira1,2,3, Xavier L. Pinheiro1,2,4, Ricardo M. Silva1, Inês Morais2, Pedro Patrício2, Jennifer P. Teixeira1, Joaquim P. Leitão2,3, Paulo A. Fernandes1,5, Pedro M. P. Salomé1,2. 1International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal 2Departamento de Física da Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 3i3N, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 4CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 5CIETI, Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal
CADMIUM TELLURIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE SAFETY: TOXICOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND END-USER DEPLOYMENT
Aniruddha Savargaonkar1, Amit H. Munshi2,3. 1Colorado State University, School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, USA 2Colorado State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, USA 3JPHB Solutions LLC, Loveland, CO, USA