| Area | Topic | Technical Area Scope |
Technical
Area 1 |
Silicon Solar Cells and Materials |
1. Silicon feedstock, crystal growing & wafering
2. High efficiency industrial solar cell technology
3. Advanced passivation & metallization technology
4. Carrier selective contacts
5. Characterization & modelling
6. Si-based tandem solar cells
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Technical
Area 2 |
II-VI & Chalcogenide compound based cells and materials
|
1. Chalcogenide-based PV materials, theory and modeling: CdTe, CIGS
(Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2, (Cu,Ag)(In,Al)(S,Se)2, etc), CZTSSe (Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4) and
the related alloys
2. Chalcogenide thin film synthesis, growth and theoretical/experimental aspects
3. Chalcogenide-based solar cell and the related film layers
4. Material combination, surfaces/interfaces, contact and device integration
5. Material and device characterization, analysis and measurement
6. Other related earth-abundant PV materials and devices
7. Chalcogenide-based tandem solar cells
8. Processing/manufacturing technologies, thin-film PV modules and upscaling
* Kesterite workshop 2020 included |
Technical
Area 3 |
Quantum, Perovskite, Organic and Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
|
1. III-V-based devices for terrestrial and space applications
Novel cell architectures, materials, technologies and processing for III-V-multijunction
cells and modules. Techniques for integrating concentrating PV system
and space solar cells, assemblies and modules.
2. Flexible, lightweight and cost-effective solar cells
Flexible and lightweight solar cells, sheets and related integration solar systems,
thin cell technologies including material growth, cell fabrication and testing,
studies on improvement of sheet durability, cost reduction technologies for cell
production and integration.
3. III-V based tandem/multi-junction solar cells
Materials, structures, and devices based on combinations of multiple materials
classes —Si, perovskites, chalcogenides and organics with III-Vs, etc. — toward
the production and characterization of “hybrid” multi-junction solar cells. |
Technical
Area 4 |
Hybrid Photovoltaics
|
1. Stability and module issue for the OPV and QD/Dye sensitized solar cells
2. Flexible and lightweight OPV and sensitized solar cells
3. Indoor application
4. New materials and devices for the OPV and sensitized solar cells |
Technical
Area 5 |
III-V compound based concentrator and space PV systems
|
1. Materials and process for the highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
2. Large area module
3. Pb-free and flexible issues
4. Application of perovskite solar cells to new emerging area
5. Perovskite based tandem solar cells |
Technical
Area 6 |
PV components, modules, systems, PV reliability, standardization, markets and policy |
1. PV hybrid hydrogen generation
2. Photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC)
3. Photocatalysts
4. Fundamental science and innovative concepts
5. New materials and cell
6. Materials and technologies for PV related energy storage |
Technical
Area 7 |
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1. Module/system reliability
2. PV long-term degradation & lifetime
3. Module/system test method and equipment
4. Weather data and its standardization
5. PV test data and its standardization
6. ICERE
7. PV regional test center for field test
|
Technical
Area 8 |
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1. PV module design, manufacture, manufacturing process
2. PV inverters and balance of system components(monitoring)
3. Sustainability and recycling of PV module
4. PV systems integration and its applications (PV + ESS, modeling, design, operations, performance)
5. PV system performance, operation and maintenance
6. Solar resource and forecasting
7. PV on/in building, infrastructure, landscape, water and nature
8. PV driven energy management and system integration |
Technical
Area 9 |
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Current and future aspect of PV deployment including PV industry, market, policy and financing. |