Solar Technologies

Key Speakers

Solar Energy Technology at ARPA-E
James Zahler
Solar Generation and Data Communications Technologies, ARPA-E, U.S. Department of Energy

Wavelength-selective PV for integration with greenhouses
Harald Ade
Professor, Physics Department, North Carolina State University

Building Integrated Solar – Pathways to Ubiquitous Power Generation
Christian Hoepfner
Center Director, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems

Symposium Sessions
	Tuesday May 16
10:30	Building Integrated Solar
1:30	Solar Technologies & Materials
	Solar Technologies & Materials: Posters

Symposium Program
	Tuesday May 16

10:30	Building Integrated Solar	Potomac 6
	Session chair: Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE, US
10:30	Building Integrated Solar – Pathways to Ubiquitous Power Generation (invited presentation) C. Hoepfner, Fraunhofer CSE, US
10:55	Solar battery program in Austria - innovative solutions for increasing solar coverage, vol. 2: pp. 78-81 C. Egger, OO Energiesparverband, AT
11:15	Semi-transparent, Wavelength-selective Polymer Solar Cells for Greenhouse Integration. (invited presentation) H. Ade, B.T. O’Connor, H. Sedoroff, W. You, North Carolina State University, US
11:40	Infield output of a new solar-thermal façade with increased architectural acceptance, vol. 2: pp. 62-65 I. Visa, M. Moldovan, M. Comsit, A. Duta, Transilvania University of Brasov, RO
12:00	Efficient Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells with Graphene Electrodes P. You, Z. Liu, Q. Tai, S. Liu, F. Yan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

1:30	Solar Technologies & Materials	Potomac 6
	Session chair: Christian Hoepfner, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, US
1:30	Solar Energy Technology at ARPA-E (invited presentation) J. Zahler, U.S. Department of Energy, US
1:55	Next Generation Photovoltaic Devices Leveraging Restricted Angular Emissions, vol. 2: pp. 33-36 R.E. Welser, A.K. Sood, N.K. Dhar, Magnolia Optical Technologies, Inc., US
2:20	Nanoscale charge transport properties of perovskite solar cells with WSe2 flakes as protective layer for stable performance, vol. 2: pp. 37-40 N. Adhikari, A. Bandyopadhyay, A.B. Kaul, The University of Texas, US
2:40	Nanocomposite Coatings for high-stability Perovskite Solar Cells J. Dagdelen, K. Zhu, Z. Ma, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US
3:00	Harvesting light energy with optical rectennas, vol. 2: pp. 45-48 C. Reynaud, D. Duché, U. Palanchoke, F-X. Dang, L. Patrone, J. Le Rouzo, L. Escoubas, C. Gourgon, A. Charaï, C. Alfonso, O. Margeat, J. Ackermann, S. Balaban, J-J. Simon, Aix Marseille University, FR
3:20	Performances Enhancement of Thin Si Film Photovoltaic (PV) Devices by incorporating Ag Nanoparticles (Ag NPs) P. Yu, P.S. Pokam, T. Pingault, J-P. Blondeau, E. Ntsoenzok, C. Andreazza, J. Roussel, P. Dutheil, A-L. Thomann, A. Caillard, E. Mustapha, J. Meot, E. Millon, P. Andreazza, CNRS CEMHTI, FR

	Solar Technologies & Materials: Posters	Expo Hall D & E
	Fabrication and Characterization of TiO2 /ZnO Nanofibers from PVAc Electrospun Microfiber for Renewable Energy Application, vol. 2: pp. 53-57 S.M. Camargo Silva, E. Muñoz-Prieto, E. Gomez-Pachon, R. Vera-Graziano, Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnológica de colombia and Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, CO
	Evaluation of factory infrastructure for next-generation PV manufacturing, vol. 2: pp. 58-61 A. Halbe, D. Yeaman, M+W Group, US
	Characteristic Fluctuation of Gate-All-Around Silicon Nanowire MOSFETs Induced by Random Discrete Dopants from Source/Drain Extensions, vol. 4: pp. 43-46 W-L. Sung and Y. Li, National Chiao Tung University, TW
	Modeling of Minibands for Si/SiC Quantum Dot Superlattice Solar Cells, vol. 2: pp. 41-44 Y-C. Tsai, M-Y. Lee, Y. Li, S. Samukawa, National Chiao Tung University, TW
	Internet-of-Things Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Testbed for Demand Response Ancillary Services, vol. 2: pp. 66-69 M. Thornton, H. Smidt, V. Schwarzer, M. Motalleb, R. Ghorbani, University of Hawaii at Manoa, US
	Plasmonically Enhanced Thin-Film Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells, vol. 2: pp. 49-52 T. Sonsalla and S. Zivanovic, Louisiana Tech University, US
	Toward the production of efficient solar cells with ultra-thin c-Si substrates obtained by hydrogen implantation induced delamination S. Pokam, T. Pingault, E. Ntsoenzok, G. Regula, F. Mazen, P. Bellanger, S. Roques, A. Slaoui, T. Pingault, CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research), FR
	Solar cells elaboration using thin crystalline silicon films produced by a combined exfoliation approach T. Pingault, N. Zayyoun, P.S.P. Kuisseu, E. Ntsoenzok, J-P. Blondeau, P. Bellanger, S. Roques, A. Slaoui, A.G. Ulyashin, B. Belhorma, CNRS CEMHTI, FR

The Materials for Solar Technologies symposium focuses on innovations in materials and materials manufacturing with emphasis on commercially viable research and development efforts. This event, now in its 11th year, provides a unique opportunity to discuss and highlight new materials and approaches, and to discuss technical solutions to integration challenges for technologies including next generation photovoltaics, solar thermal, direct solar fuels, efficiency advancements, and associated technology development for solar power generation.