Recently there has been considerable progress in the development of thin-film photovoltaic devices with the establishment of new efficiency records and enhanced durability. These achievements have been the result of significant advances in the fundamental understanding of the materials, interfaces, and devices. This symposium, which is a continuation of one last held two years ago, will attempt to bring together investigators looking into different materials systems (CIS, CdTe, amorphous-Si, thin-film Si, and III-V materials) to discuss common issues and problems. The improvement in materials and processing may also enable some of these device structures and materials to be employed in non-PV applications. To this end, we will try to also involve other communities in the symposium to achieve cross-fertilization. Some of the other areas include flat panel display technology, thermophotovoltaics, and thin-film transistors.
Papers will be solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas:
* Absorber materials/heterojunction partners
* Novel deposition approaches
* Transparent conductors
* Contacts/metallizations
* Substrate development
* Antireflection coatings
* Applications of thin-film devices to concentrator cells
* Novel device configurations for energy conversion and flat panel displays
* Manufacturability issues
* Related devices and materials
* Novel analytical techniques applied to thin-film devices
Joint sessions are planned with Symposium A: Amorphous Silicon Technology - 1996; Symposium H:
Flat Panel Display Materials, and, if appropriate, Symposium G: Semiconductors on Insulators - Fundamentals and Technology.
The symposium is planned for four days of oral sessions as well as two evening poster sessions.
Partial list of invited speakers: Absorber Materials/Heterojunction Partners - Volker Probst (Siemens); Teddy Zhou (Solar Cells, Inc.); Joe Armstrong (ITN); Dale Tarrant (Siemens Solar Industries); Miguel Contreras (NREL); Yoshihiro Hamakawa (Osaka University); Makoto Konagai (Tokyo Institute of Technology); Shigeru Niki (ETL); Hans-Werner Schock (Universität Stuttgart); Peter Sheldon (NREL); Peter Meyers (University of Delaware); Liyou Yand (Solarex); Craig Taylor (University of Utah); Takayuki Negami (Matsushita Electric Ind. Co.); Transparent Conductors - Peter Gerhardinger (LOF); Alan Delahoy (EPV); Tim Coutts (NREL); Metallizations - Alan Delahoy (EPV); Al Hepp (NASA Lewis Research Center); Anti-Reflection Coatings - David Wong (BTU International); Thin Films in Concentrator Applications - John Tuttle (NREL); Mark O'Neill (Entech); Joe Green (University of Illinois); Donald Mattox (IP Industries); Roy Gordon (Harvard University); Martin Green (University of New South Wales); Novel Device Configurations for Energy Conversion and Flat Panel Applications - Tokio Nakada (Aoyama Gakuin University); Eric Cole (Cogen); and Related Devices and Materials - Jerzy Kanicki (University of Michigan)
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Symposium Organizers
David Ginley
Branch 4130
NREL
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, CO 80401
Phone (303) 384-6573
Fax (303) 384-6430
david_ginley@nrel.gov
Tony Catalano
Division 4100
NREL
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, CO 80401
Phone (303) 384-6446
Fax (303) 384-6430
anthony_catalano@nrel.gov
Chris Eberspacher
Unisun
587-F N. Ventu Park Rd., #124
Newbury Park, CA 91320-2723
Phone (805) 499-7840
Fax (805) 499-8350
unisun@aol.com
Hans W. Schock
Institut für Physikalische Elektronik
Universität Stuttgart
Pfaffenwaldring 47
D-70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Phone (49) 711-685-7180
Fax (49) 711-685-7143
schock@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de
Takahiro Wada
Central Research Laboratories
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co., Ltd.
3-4 Hikaridai, Seika-cho
Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-02
Japan
Phone (81) 774-98-2518
Fax (81) 774-98-2585
takahiro@crl.mei.co.jp
Terry Peterson
EPRI
3412 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone (415) 855-2594
Fax (415) 855-8501
tpeterson@paloalto.epri.com
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