Parallel Sessions

• Area 1 Advanced concepts and new emerging materials for future PV.  

  Chair: Jiang Tang, Xu Pan

  Keywords: quantum nanostructures, intermediate band, hot carrier, MEG, nanophotonics, up and down conversion，thermophotovoltaics，dye, sensitizer, solid-state electrolyte, long-term stability

• Area 2 Perovskite solar cells.  

  Chair: Xiaodan Zhang, Shengzhong(Frank) Liu, Hiroshi Segawa, Sang Il Seok

  Keywords: perovskite, interface, grain boundary, hole transport material, electron blocking material, hole blocking materials, large area，stability，tandem

• Area 3 Organic solar cells.  

  Chair: Jianhui Hou, Feng Gao
  

  Keywords: organic solar cells, exciton, blended junction, new organic semiconductor, long-term stability

• Area 4 Thin-film compound semiconductor PV.  

  Chair: Xiangxin Liu, Yi Zhang, Shigeru Niki , James Sites

  Keywords: CIGS, CZTS, CTS, CdTe, chalcopyrite, kesterite, chalcogenides, oxides

• Area 5 III-V compound semiconductor, concentrator and space PV technologies.  

  Chair: Nuofu Chen, Qiang Sun, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

  Keywords: III-V compounds, multijunction, GaAs, InGaP, space, concentrator PV

• Area 6 Silicon feedstock & wafers.  

  Chair: Deren Yang, Yuepeng Wan, Noritaka Usami, Christian Reimann

  Keywords: polycrystalline Si，Cz Si, Fz Si, mc-Si, quasi-single crystalline Si, crystal growth, advanced wire sawing, and wafer preparing

• Area 7 Crystalline silicon solar cells and tandem solar cells.  

  Chair: Dengyuan Song, Zhenguo Li, Prof. Makoto Konagai, Martin Green

  Keywords: PERC, PERT, PERL, black silicon, double sided solar cells, si-based tandem

• Area 8 Thin film，IBC and HITsolar cells.  

  Chair: Zhengxin Liu, Pierre J. Verlinden

  Keywords: hetero-junction, IBC, HIT, carrier selective contact, device simulation, TCO, metallization

• Area 9 Topcon solar cells.  

  Chair: Hui Shen, Hao Jin, Rensheng Liu, Daniel Macdonald

  Keywords: tunnel-oxide layer, surface passivation, doped silicon layer, charge carrier transport, numerical simulation

• Area 10 Performance and reliability of PV module.  

  Chair: Zhiqiang Feng, Zhen Zhang, Atsushi Masuda, Sarah Kurtz

  Keywords: simulation, performance, reliability characterization, materials for PV modules, certification and testing

• Area 11 PV systems including BOS component.

  Chair: Haitao Liu, Yonggang Shao, Yuzuru Ueda, Farnung, Boris

  Keywords: outdoor performance, O&M, safety and reliability, BIPV, energy management system, forecasting and solar resource assessment

• Area 12 PV system integration including smart grid.  

  Chair:Yibo Wang, Luciano Martini

  Keywords: large scale grid integration, electricity market, smart grid/micro grid, power system balancing

• Area 13 PV energy storage and novel PV application.

  Chair: Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li, Wei Wang
  

  Keywords: PV combined with stored energy, PV for mobility, PV for yielding hydrogen or reducing CO2

• Area 14 PV deployment, markets, policies and financing.  

  Chair: Sicheng Wang, Izumi Kaizuka

  Keywords: PV deployment, industry, market, sustainability and environment, competitiveness of PV, economic analysis, ancillary service