Symposium V: Thin Film Technology and Reliability

Thursday March 22, 2012
Office Tower Function 2&3, Kerry Hotel, Pudong, Shanghai

 

Symposium Chairs:

Dr. Renhe Jia Chair

Applied Materials, USA 

Dr. Serdar Aksu Co-ChairSolo Power, USA
Prof.Tomi T. Li Co-Chair*** Central University, Taiwan
Dr.Bulent Basol         Co-ChairEncoreSolar, USA
Prof. Peidong YangCo-ChairProfessor,University of California, USA
Dr. Marc MeurisCo-ChairIMEC, Belgium

 

Agenda:

 

8:35-8:55PV Science for Thin-Film PV Technology
James Sites, Professor, Physics Department, Colorado State University, USA
  
8:55-9:15 An Overview of the Electrodeposition-Based CIGS technology

Serdar Aksu and Mustafa Pinarbasi, VP of Technology, Solo Power, USA

  
9:15-9:35 Development and prospects of high efficiency flexible CIGS and CdTe thin film solar cells

Ayodhya N. Tiwari, Professor and Head of the Lab, EMPA-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, Switzerland

  
9:35-9:50
Preparation and characterization of CuInS2 thin films by one-step electrodeposition

Cheng shuying,Chen Xiaohu , Zhou Haifang, Fuzhou University, China

  
9:55-10:10 The characteristics of Molybdenum films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering method

Wan-Hsuan Peng, Master,*** Central University

  
10:10-10:30 Road to CIGS thin film solar commercialization

Dave Pearce, CEO, NuvoSun

  
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
  
10:45-11:05

Physics of amorphous Si based thin-film solar cells

Qi Wang, Senior Manager, NREL, USA

  
11:05-11:25

Investigation of OES on Reaction Mechanisim for ECRCVD Si Solar Thin Film Deposition

Tomi T. Li, Professor, *** Central University, Taiwan
  
11:25-11:45

Development and Mass Production of Large Area α-Si:H/µc-Si:H Thin Film Solar Modules Towards 10% Module Efficiency

Liwei Li , Deputy General Manager, ENN Solar Energy Co. LTD.,China
  
11:45-12:00 Growth of Hydrogenated Silicon Thin Film and Solar Cell Prepared by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Chemical Vapor Deposition Method
Jenq-Yang Chang, Solar PV Professor/Consultant,Solar International
  
12:00-13:00 Lunch
  
13:00-13:20 Si thin film modules based on crystalline silicon layers
Frederic Dross, Solar TechnologistIMEC, Belgium
  
13:20-13:35 Development of Aluminium-Doped ZnO Transparent Conducting Oxide for α-Si:H/μc-Si:H Tandem Junction Thin Film Solar Cell Applications
Zhifang Lei, Guangyu Chen, Shibin Gu, Xin Zhao, Rong Yang, Yuan Meng, Ted Guo, Liwei Li, ENN Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
  
13:35-13:50 Thin Film a-Si:H/μc-Si:H Tandem Junction Solar Cells by Using Antireflection Coatings 

Yunping Di, Yanru He, Guanchao Zhao, Rong Yang, Deling Zhou, Liwei Li, Ted Guo, ENN Solar Energy Co., Ltd.

  
13:50-14:10 Silicon Thin Film and Solar Cell Prepared by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Chemical Vapor Deposotion Method
Jenq-Yang Chang, Professor, Department of Optics and Photonics, *** Central University, Taiwan
  
14:10-14:25 Absorption enhancement of amorphous silicon thin films by silver nanodots fabricated using anodic aluminum oxide templates
Meng-Hong Shih and I-Chen Chen, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, *** Central University,Taiwan
  
14:25-14:45 Thin Film CdTe Technologies: A Review

Bulent M. Basol, Founder and CTO, Encoresolar, USA

  
14:45-15:05 Efficiency CdTe Solar Cell Processing by the Close-Spaced Sublimation Method

Ramesh Dhere, Senior Scientist, NREL, USA

  
15:05-15:20 Coffee Break
  
15:20-15:40 Contacts and Buffer Layers for High Efficiency CdTe Solar Cell Processing
Chris Ferekides, Professor, University of South Florida, USA
  
15:40-16:00 Thin film CdTe solar cells with an absorber layer thickness in micro- and sub-micrometer scale
Deliang Wang, Zhizhong Bai, University of Science and Technology of China
  
16:00-16:15 Properties of ITO films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering at various substrate temperatures
Long Bo, Cheng Shuying, Fuzhou University,China
  
16:15-16:35 Study of Reliability and Durability of Thin-Film PV Modules
Neelkanth G. Dhere, Program Director, Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida
  
16:35-16:55 Reliability of thin film photovoltaic modules: results from IEC tests and outdoor investigations
Eckart JanknechtProject managerTUV Rheinland
  
16:55-17:10 Electric leakage path model for thin film silicon solar modules and the quantitative insulation resistance measurement
Ying Zhang, Yaohua Mai, Guobin Li, Taotao Dun, Qian Dong, Tao Liu, Haijun Jia, Baoding Tianwei, Solarfilms Co., Ltd
  
17:10-17:25 Degradation Mechanism Analysis of Damp Heat Aged PV Modules
Haidan Gong, Guofeng Wang, Wei Lu, Minge Gao, Suntech Power Co., Ltd., Wuxi
Poster Session:
The Investigation of Hydrogenated Silicon Films with Different Resonance Zone prepared by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Chemical Vapor System
Teng-Hsiang Chang,Department of Optics and Photonics, *** Central University, Taiwan
  
Deposited Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin Films as Passivation Layer by Electron Cyclotron Resonance CVD for Heterojunction Solar Cell
Yen-Ho Chu*** Central University, Taiwan 
  
Optimization of Textured AZO Surface Morphology Towards Applications in Tandem Si Thin Film Solar Cells
Guanyu Chen, ENN Solar Energy Co., Ltd
  
Development of High Efficiency α-Si:H /µc-SiH Solar Cells on AZO Substrates
Shibin GuENN Solar Energy Co., Ltd.
  
Initial LID Test Method for PV Cells and Modules
Guofeng Wang Suntech Power Co., Ltd
  
Modulation Effect of different Ge contents to the Electrical and Optical Properties of Amorphous Silicon-Germanium Thin Films
Long GuDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P.R.China



*Agenda is subject to change