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Sunday, June 7, 2026 |
| 9:00 - 12:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Tutorial AM3: Perovskite and Tandem Packaging and Reliability | |
| 9:00 - 12:00 PM | Celestin B |
| Tutorial AM2: PV Systems Modeling with Python, an Interactive Introduction | |
| 9:00 - 12:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Tutorial AM1: Fundamentals of Photovoltaics | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 AM | Celestin Foyer |
| TUTORIAL AM COFFEE BREAK | |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Tutorial PM1: Tandems and Multijunction Photovoltaics | |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Celestin B |
| Tutorial PM3: Performance Testing of PV Cells and Modules | |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Tutorial PM4: Expanding PV Deployment Through Dual-Use Pathways | |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Tutorial PM2: Emerging Space Photovoltaics: Unique Semiconductors, Device Designs and Radiation Interactions | |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin Foyer |
| TUTORIAL PM COFFEE BREAK | |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | 8 Block Bar - Hyatt Regency |
| Young Professional Mixer | |
| A relaxed, casual gathering and opportunity to mingle with other young professionals. Discounted food & beverage will be available for purchase. |
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Monday, June 8, 2026 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Emily Warren |
| 9:00 - 9:30 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Nicholas Rolston |
9:00 |
Perovskite Multijunction Solar Cells The University of Sydney |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/Exhibits | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 PM | Celestin E |
| Opening / Keynote / Cherry Award / EDS / JPV | |
| Chair(s): Karin Hinzer |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin B |
| Advanced Light Management and Spectral Shaping | |
| Chair(s): Louise Hirst |
H13 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Toward Scalable Free-Space Luminescent Solar Concentration University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands |
H12 |
Optimizing Practical Applications Of Downshifting Technology In Commercial Solar Cells University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
H10 |
Multifunctional Luminescent Coating For Space Photovoltaic Applications 1SSS Optical Technologies, LLC, Huntsville, AL, United States, 2Oakwood University, Huntsville, AL, United States |
2:15 |
Titanium Dioxide Mono-Material Multilayer Optical Coatings For Photovoltaics 1MESA+ Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 2Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands |
2:30 |
Light Trapping In Ultrathin Iii-V Tandem Solar Cells 1Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 2Chair of Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH), Un, Freiburg, Germany, 3Inria Center at Université Côte d’Azur, Sophia Antipoolis Cedex, France, 4Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France, 5Institut Photovoltaïque d’Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau, France |
2:45 |
Uv-Downshifting Encapsulants For Power Boost And Improved Stability In Photovoltaic Devices National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin E |
| Absorber Prep and Properties | |
| Chair(s): Angus Rockett |
1:30 |
Initiation Of The Cdcl2 Activation Process For Cdsete/Cdte Photovoltaic Devices 1Loughborough University, loughbrough, United Kingdom, 2CTF Solar GmbH, Dresden, Germany |
1:45 |
Eutectic Enhanced Cdcl2 Heat Treatment For Oxygen-Free Processing Of Cdte Solar Cells Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and A, Toledo, OH, United States |
2:00 |
Supressing Sub-Bandgap Luminescence From Cdse Films Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, United States |
2:15 |
Revealing Dopant Metastability And Performance Limits In As-Doped Cdsete Solar Cells Via Operando X-Ray Microscopy 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY, United States, 3Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, 4First Solar, Toledo, OH, United States, 5National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
2:30 |
Thin Bilayer Cdsete/Cdte Solar Cells Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
2:45 |
Effect Of Selenium On Carrier Type In Cdsete-Alloyed Photoabsorbers Investigated By Pdl Hall Effect 1CREST, Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, 2Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Space photovoltaic cells, modules, systems and flight experience | |
| Chair(s): Bao Hoang |
D13 |
Radiometric Solar Simulator Calibration For Space Photovoltaics The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
1:45 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Radiation Tolerance Of Ultra-Thin Inp Solar Cells For Space Applications 1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 3IQE plc., Cardiff, United Kingdom |
2:00 |
Highly Radiation-Resistant N-Ingap/P-Gaas Heterojunction Solar Cells 1Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba, Japan, 2Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 3University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, 4Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Takasaki, Japan, 6Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 7Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan |
2:15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Thermal Stress Behavior Of Thin-Film Iii-V Tandem Solar Cells 1Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 2University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
2:30 |
Modeling Of Open Circuit Voltage Degradation In Thin Shj Cells Under Proton Irradiation 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Solestial Solar, Tempe, AZ, United States, 3University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 4University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States |
D3 |
Large Area Ultra-Light Environmental Protection For Space Solar Arrays The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Advances in Perovskite Material Development | |
| Chair(s): Yanqi Luo |
M9 |
How Moisture And Oxygen Influence Antisolvent-Free Perovskite Crystallization Pathways 1University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, 2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States |
1:45 |
Lead Halide Seeding Via Vacuum Deposition Enables The Formation Of Compositionally Diverse 2D/3D Perovskite Heterostructures Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States |
2:00 |
High-Frequency Ultrasound Assisted Defect Healing In Halide Perovskite Thin Films 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 3Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States |
2:15 |
Polymer-Modified Wide Bandgap Perovskites For Stable Tandem Top Cell Deposited In Open-Air Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
2:30 |
High Efficiency 2.1 Ev Bandgap Inorganic Cspb(I,Br2) Perovskite Solar Cell Deposited Using Vacuum Deposition Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States |
M13 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
First-Principles Analysis Of Iodine Migration And Electronic Degradation In Mapbi₃ 1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 22Army Training and Transformation Command, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin F |
| Novel materials and production technologies for PV modules | |
| Chair(s): Stefan Mitterhofer |
1:30 |
Lenticular-Based Colorful Solar Panel Exhibiting >90% Energy Retention 1Toyota Research Institute of North America , Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 2Toyota Motors North America , Saline, MI, United States |
N2 |
An Abrasion-Resistant Anti-Soiling And Anti-Reflective Coating For Solar Cover Glass 1City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY, United States, 2College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY, United States, 3ARL Designs LLC, Summit, NJ, United States |
N9 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Insights Into The Material Properties Of Epe Encapsulants For Pv Application 1Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH , Leoben, Austria, 2Chair of Materials Science and Testing of Polymers, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria, 3Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik (OFI), Vienna, Austria |
N4 |
Shingled Module Integration Of Monolithic Two‑Terminal Iii-V//Si Tandem Solar Cells Exceeding 30 % Module Efficiency Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
2:30 |
Improved Shading Tolerance Of Photovoltaic Modules Using Small-Area High-Voltage (Sahiv) And Total Cross-Tied (Tct) Topology 1Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Changwon, South Korea, 2Department of Electro-functionality Materials Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Changwon, South Korea |
B9 |
Meniscus Integration For Thin Film Nano Electronics Robot (Meitner): Automated, Scalable Perovskite Manufacturing Via Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization 1University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, 3Happiness Tech LLC, Morrisville, VT, United States, 4Verde Technologies Inc., Burlington, VT, United States, 5Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, 6Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, Seattle, WA, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin A |
| UV-Induced Degradation and Environmental Stability of Materials | |
| Chair(s): Lelia Deville |
1:30 |
Uv-Induced Degradation In Topcon Modules: Linking Accelerated Testing And Field Evidence 1Kiwa PVEL, Napa, CA, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
2:00 |
Greater Uv-Induced Degradation Under Uv-Fluorescent Compare To Full Spectrum Illumination National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
2:15 |
Optical And Chemical Degradation Mechanisms In Modern Encapsulant Materials For Uv-Id Mitigation National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
J10 |
Capacitance-Based Metastability In Samples Extracted From Uv-Stressed Silicon Topcon Photovoltaic Modules National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
J15 |
The Environmental Stability Of Sno2, Zno And Alloyed Buffer Layers Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/ Exhibits | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 1 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Amit Munshi |
A1 |
Temperature-Driven Structural Transition In Cdte/Cds Thin Films: A Molecular Dynamics Study 1George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, 2Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States |
A2 |
Dopant-Dependent Recombination Regimes And Carrier Extraction In High-Efficiency Cdsete Solar Cells 1Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and A, Toledo, OH, United States, 2First Solar, Inc. California Technology Center (CTC), Santa Clara, CA, United States |
A3 |
Investigating The Effects Of Processing Conditions On Carrier Dynamics In Single Crystal Cdte:As Grown By Molecular Beam Epitaxy 1Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
A4 |
A Study Of Se Profiles In As Doped Cd(Se,Te) Photovoltaic Devices National Laboratories of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
A5 |
Efficiency Improvement Of Cu3Bis3 Thin Film Solar Cell Using Nio Hole Transport Layer Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, United States |
A6 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Zn-Alloyed Sno2 Buffer Layers For Thin Film Cdsete/Cdte Solar Cells 1Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 2CTF Solar GmbH, Dresden, Germany |
A7 |
Inter-Grain Inhomogeneities Limit The Performance Of Cdsete Solar Cells University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
A8 |
2D Mote2 Back Surface Passivation For Cdte Thin-Film Solar Cells 1Material Science and Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, 2Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States |
A9 |
Css Grown Cdse Solar Cells For Tandem Applications 1Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, University of Toledo, Department of, Toledo, OH, United States, 2Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Leicestersgire, United Kingdom |
A10 |
A Minority-Carrier Trap State Detected In Cdsete:As Using Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
A11 |
Nanoscale Investigation Of Defects In Cdcl2 Treated Cdse Thin Films Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
A12 |
Electrical Contact Behavior And Band Alignment At Metal/Cd-Se-Te Interfaces 1Institute of Materials Research, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, 2School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States |
A13 |
Voltage Limits And System Leverage In Imperfect Crystals: The Case Of Cdte Photovoltaics 1Colorado State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 2JPHB Solutions LLC, Loveland, CO, United States |
A14 |
Experimental Signatures Of Light And Voltage Bias-Induced Hysteresis In Cd(Se,Te) Devices 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States |
A15 |
Hole Mobility And Scattering Mechanisms In Cdte Solar Cells 1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 3Sivananthan Laboratories , Bolingbrook, IL, United States |
A16 |
Pre- And Post-Deposition Copper Treatment For Cdznte Back Buffer In Cdte Solar Cells 1Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 2Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, 3Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, 41Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
A17 |
Investigating The &Lsquo;Ringing&Rsquo; Feature Around Grain Boundaries Of Cdsete/Cdtesolar Cellsusing Cathodoluminescence Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
G9 |
Effects Of Cdcl2 Annealing On Cadmium Selenide Solar Cells� 11, TAMPA, FL, United States, 22, TAMPA, FL, United States, 33, TAMPA, FL, United States, 44, TAMPA, FL, United States, 55, TAMPA, FL, United States |
G10 |
CuXZn1-XS As A Transparent Contact For N-Cdte Solar Cells University of South Florida, TAMPA, FL, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 2 |
| Posters (Characterization Methods) | |
| Chair(s): Andre Augusto |
A18 |
Non-Idealities In Pulsed-Light Characterization Of Perovskite Solar Cell Films 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 3Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 4Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
A19 |
Challenges And Solutions For Determining The End Contact Resistance Of Interconnects Based On Electrically Conductive Adhesives With Statistical Significance 1ISC Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, 2Henkel, Düsseldorf, Germany |
A20 |
From Scarce To Seen: Enhancing Rare Defect Visibility In Photovoltaics Using Ai-Generated Luminescence Images The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
B1 |
Direct Observation Of Electrical Passivation On Topcon Solar Cells By Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
B2 |
High Spatial Resolution Mapping Of Urbach Energy In Photovoltaic Devices Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
B3 |
Rapid, High-Throughput, Multimodal Characterization Of Emergent Pv Materials And Device Insights 1Optigon Inc., Somerville, MA, United States, 2NLR/NREL, Golden, CO, United States, 3University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, 4Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
B4 |
Characterization Of Ionic-Electronic Transport And Recombination In Perovskite Solar Cells Using Impedance Spectroscopy And Drift-Diffusion Simulations Under Multi-Biasing Conditions 1TotalEnergies OneTech, Palaiseau, France, 2Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF), Palaiseau, France, 3Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, 4Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Palaiseau, France, 5Laboratoire de Génie Electrique et Electronique de Paris (GeePs), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 6Ecole Polytechnique , Palaiseau, France |
B5 |
Improved Cdte Metallization Through Use Of Internal Energy Referencing In X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2First Solar Inc. , Santa Clara, CA, United States |
B6 |
Subjunction Spatial El Characterization Technique For Large Area Iii-V And Si Space Solar Cells The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
B7 |
Detailed Investigation Of The Performance Of Low-Concentrator Pv Receiver For Wireless Laser Power Transmission Under Laboratory Conditions 1Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), CEACTEMA, Universidad de Jaén, Jaen, Spain, 2Centro Singular de Investigación en Tecnoloxías de Información (CiTiUS), Universid de de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
B8 |
Optimizing Sample Preparation Of Cdsete/Cdse Photovoltaic Absorbers For Cathodoluminescence Study Using Fib, Sem And Tem Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 3 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Ashley Gaulding |
B10 |
Greenhouse Living-Lab Agrivoltaic Systems In Spain 1Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), CEACTEMA, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain, 2Instituto Murciano de Investigación y desarrollo Agrario y Medioambiental (IMIDA), Murcia, Spain, 3J. Huete International, Murcia, Spain |
B12 |
Gis-Based Constraint Filtering For Agrivoltaic Site Screening In Japan Renewable Energy Advanced Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Tec, Koriyama, Japan |
B13 |
Physics-Informed Tcn Transformer With Localized P&O Refinement For Rapid Global Mppt Under Partial Shading Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, United States |
B14 |
Pvcollada: A Schema For Exchange Of Digital Pv System Design Data 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2PVsyst SA, Satigny, Switzerland |
B15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Forecasting Solar Panel Soiling Recovery Using Environmental Data During Rain Events In Africa University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia |
B16 |
Design Guidelines For Pv Applications In The Dutch Built Environment 1Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 3Department of Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands |
B17 |
Environmental Impacts Of Agrivoltaics For Arid And Semi-Arid Regions 1Dept. of Electrical Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 3Solestial Solar, Tempe, AZ, United States |
B18 |
Modern Metrics To Pre-Screen Variable Renewable Energy Sites For Reliable Production Wind Energy Institute of Canada, Tignish, PE, Canada |
B19 |
Backsheet-Steel Adhesion For Integrated Photovoltaic FaÇAdes: A Comparative Study 1Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH , Leoben, Austria, 2Chair of Materials Science and Testing of Polymers, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria, 3UHasselt, Institute for Materials Research (IUMAT), Hasselt, Belgium, 4voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Linz, Austria |
B20 |
The Case For Low Efficiency Solar Cells In Space Satellites 1WR Scientific, Inc., Eden, UT, United States, 2Space Force, Washington, DC, United States, 3NearSpace Launch, Upland, IN, United States |
B11 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Predictive Agrivoltaics: A Novel Physics-Guided Deconvolution Approach Anticipates Multi-Year Indiana Commodity Crop Yield Distribution Under Single-Axis Tracking Agpv Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 4 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Marc Perez |
C1 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Real-Time Pv Power Nowcasting: A Two-Stage Hybrid Cnn And Lssvm Framework Using All-Sky Imagers And Kalman Filtering Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht, Netherlands |
C2 |
Impact Of Data Acquisition Delays On Photovoltaic Forecasts Performance In Real-Time Operational Processes Calibsun, Valbonne, France |
C3 |
Optimization Of Urban Onsite Energy Generation And Energy Storage Assets Enhancing Grid Stability For Dynamic Power Generation 1Cherry Street Energy, Atlanta, GA, United States, 2Accelerate Wind, Birmingham, AL, United States, 3WhyGrene, Seattle, WA, United States, 4Cox Cleantech Accelerator, Atlanta, GA, United States |
C4 |
Free Near-Real-Rime Irradiance Data Is A Product From Noaa Goes Satellites 1Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 3Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark |
C5 |
Integrated Day-To-Hour Downscaling Of Irradiance And Temperature For Climate Projection Clean Power Research, Napa, CA, United States |
C6 |
Spatial Aggregation Of Utility-Scale Solar Pv Power Generation Clean Power Research, Napa, CA, United States |
C7 |
Assessment Of Renewable Transition Pathways Using The Firm Power Generation Concept 1Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technolo, Budapest, Hungary, 2MTA-BME Lendület “Momentum” Renewable Energy Systems Research Group, Budapest, Hungary |
C8 |
Irradiance Variations Of A Pyranometer Due To Leveling Issues University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States |
C9 |
Evaluating Snow Loss Methods &Ndash; Soiling Kit Measurements Vs Models Using Gridded Input Data GroundWork Renewables Inc, Sand City, CA, United States |
C10 |
A Data-Driven Method For Synthetic Extreme Weather Generation And Solar Impact Assessment 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States |
C11 |
Validation Of A Hybrid Snow-Loss Model 1DNV, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2DNV, Oakland, CA, United States |
C12 |
Arabella: An Embedded Iot Environmental Monitoring System With Real-Time Solar Power Impact Tracking Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
C13 |
Performance Evaluation Of A Pv Soiling Sensor Using Light Filters As Artificial Soiling Campbell Scientific Inc. , Logan, UT, United States |
C14 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Solar Nowcasting With Local Sensor Networks: Replacing Pyranometers With Abundant Iot Light Sensors And Pv Modules Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany |
C15 |
Privacy-Preserving Geometry-Driven Capacity Factor Limit For Residential Solar Pv Fleets Via Data-Adaptive Irradiance Modelling 1Kipp & Zonen B.V., Delft, Netherlands, 2Solar Consulting Services, Colebrook, NH, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Start-Up Pitch Competition | |
| Chair(s): Mathilde Fievez |
| 3:30 - 5:30 PM | Virtual Posters |
| Virtual Posters | |
9:45 |
Short-Term Data-Driven Forecasting Of Post-Curtailment Aggregate Photovoltaic Generation In Cyprus 1PHAETHON Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions, Uni, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2PV Technology Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 3Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 4Transmission System Operator of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus |
1:45 |
Enhanced Photon Trapping In Luminescent Concentrators For Low-Cost, Solution Processed Spectrum-Splitting Solar Modules University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
F3 |
Operational Impact Of High Rooftop Pv Penetration On An Urban 11 Kv Distribution Feeder: A Utility-Scale Simulation Study Center for Study of Science, technology and Policy , Bangalore, India |
101 |
Gensolar: A Stochastic Generative Model For Minute-Resolution Solar Irradiance And Applications Anosaki Labs, Paris, France |
102 |
Performance And Reliability Of Passive-Active Snow Removal Technique For Photovoltaic Systems In Cold Climates 1University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States, 22Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory - Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, United States |
103 |
Controlled Solvent Evaporation For Agbi₁Sb₁I₇-Based Lead-Free Triple-Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells 1University of Exeter , penryn, United Kingdom, 2Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia |
104 |
Integration Of Green Hydrogen Into Residential Renewable Energy Systems University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Albatin, Saudi Arabia |
105 |
Environmental Effect On The Interfacial Delamination And Critical Energy Release Rate In Thin Film Cigs Solar Cells 1Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, United States, 2Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, United States |
106 |
Accelerated Testing Of Topcon Module With Low Wvtr Transparent Backsheet RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India |
107 |
Considerations For A Cdte/Cdsete Two-Terminal Tandem Solar Cell The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
108 |
Reproducibility Evaluation Of Calibration Procedures For Measurement Values Of I-V Characteristics Of Photovoltaic Modules Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China |
109 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Coring Technique Development And Failure Analysis Of Perovskite Solar Modules 1University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 2Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China, 3Ningbo New Materials Testing and Evaluation Center CO. Ltd, Ningbo, China, 4ChangZhou S.C Exact Equipment Co, Changzhou, China, 5University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China, 6Southeast University, Nanjing, China |
110 |
Improving The Hosting Capacity Of Pv Systems In Lv Grids Through Energy Storage Systems And Smart Inverters University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM), Mayagüez, PR, Puerto Rico |
111 |
Technical And Economic Evaluation Of Pv Hosting Capacity Enhancement In Distribution Networks University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM), Mayagüez, PR, Puerto Rico |
112 |
Impact Of Errors In Temperature Coefficients On Stc Corrected-Maximum Power Offset Of Photovoltaic Modules Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China |
113 |
Effect Of Series Resistance On Offset Of Stc-Corrected Maximum Power Of Photovoltaic Modules Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China |
114 |
Measurement Uncertainty Of Stc Maximum Power Degradation Of Photovoltaic Modules Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China |
115 |
Impact Factors In Intra-Laboratory Measurement Reproducibility For Photovoltaic Modules Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China |
116 |
Effect Of Temperature On The Forward And Reverse Electrical Performance Of Inas/Gaas1-XSbX Quantum Dot Solar Cells 1Engineering Research Center for Semiconductor Integrated Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Ch, BEIJING, China, 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering & School of Integrated Circuits, Univers, BEIJING, China |
117 |
Kinematic And Static Equilibrium Analysis Of Five-Pin And Three-Pin Graphite Boat Designs For Stable Pecvd Wafer Handling University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States |
118 |
Mechanism Of Ohmic Contact Resulting From Heavily Doped P-N Junction: A Novel Explanation In Terms Of Impurity-Photovoltaic-Effect Due To Infrared Self-Emission At Room-Temperature Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
119 |
Optimization Of Aluminum Frame Design For Solar Panels Through Simulation Of Von Misses Stress Under Load RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India |
120 |
Accelerated Corrosion Testing Of Topcon Solar Cells In Pressure Cooker Test (Pct) Chamber RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India |
121 |
Studies For Voltage Maintenance In Microgrid Development In The La Margarita Community In Salinas, Puerto Rico 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2Abeyno Cooperative, Salinas, DC, Puerto Rico, 3EarthSpark International, Washington D.C., PR, United States |
122 |
Automated Performance Evaluation Frameworks: Leveraging Large Language Models For Scalable Service Delivery In Multi-Tiered Solar Asset Management 1PV Doctor, Singapore, Singapore, 2Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais , Sabará, Brazil |
123 |
Vacuum Coating Strategies To Minimize Interface Voltage Loss In Perovskite Solar Cells The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
124 |
Evaluation Of Nrcan&Rsquo;S New Retscreen Net Zero Portfolio Manager For Use In Arctic Environments 1Basis Independent Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 2 Shanghai American School, Puxi Campus, Shanghai, China, 3Mars Green Consulting, Iqaluit, NU, Canada |
125 |
A Flyback-Based Miso Dc--Dc Architecture For Vehicle-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems 1Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile, 2Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Antofagasta, Chile, 3Solar Energy Research Center, Antofagasta, Chile |
126 |
Annealing Of Electron-Beam Evaporated Nickel Oxide For Hole Transport Layers In P-I-N Perovskite Solar Cells Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States |
127 |
Characterization Of Organic Semiconductor Thin Films Prepared Via Mist Deposition Bymultifunctional Scanning Probe Microscopy 1Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Japan, 2National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College, Tsuyama, Japan |
128 |
A Minimal Neural Augmentation Of Pvlib For Accurate And Transferable Pv Digital Twins 1Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2Hitachi Energy, Raleigh, NC, United States, 3North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC, United States, 4University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States |
129 |
An Investigation On Industrial Encapsulant&Ndash;Glass Interfacial Adhesion: Comparing Standard Eva With Next-Gen Epe And Epe-Dc Under Highly Accelerated Stress Testing (Hast) 1RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India, 2RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India, 3RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India, 4RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India, 5RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India, 6RAYZON SOLAR LIMITED, SURAT, India |
130 |
Who Owns The Risk? Temporal Misalignment Between Pv Manufacturing, Degradation, And Project-Level Uncertainty In Utility-Scale Solar SolarVisionCo, San Francisco, CA, United States |
131 |
Integration Between Pv-Array And Electric Vehicles With Boost-Dab Converters For Large Autonomy 1Department of Electronics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaiso, Chile, 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile |
132 |
Power Matrix Reconstruction Of Hjt Pv Modules For Cser Rating: A Segmented Hybrid Parameter Extraction Method Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China |
133 |
Dual Dependency Of Series Resistance In Hjt Solar Modules: Analysis Under Varying Irradiance And Temperature Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China |
134 |
Insight Into The Mechanism Of Reversible Uvid In Topcon Solar Cells Using A Non-Destructive Characterisation UNSW, Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
135 |
Rollable Lightweight Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Modules For Space Applications 1National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and , Shanghai, China, 26T Solar Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Welcome Reception & Exhibits | |
|
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Chris Ferekides |
| 9:00 - 9:30 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Jhoan Montenegro Montenegro |
9:00 |
Data-Driven Modeling Of Photovoltaic Solar Inverter Dynamics Colorado State University |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Rachel Woods-Robinson |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/Exhibits | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin B |
| Panel: Exploring the Relationship between Fundamental Research and Innovation in Photovoltaics | |
| In photovoltaics, major technological breakthroughs often begin with deep fundamental insights. Understanding the underlying physics of solar energy conversion enables researchers to discover new materials, develop novel device architectures, and uncover entirely new mechanisms for converting sunlight into electricity. These advances form the foundation upon which future photovoltaic technologies are built.
At the same time, the global photovoltaics industry has matured dramatically. With annual production now at the gigawatt scale, further improvements in device performance increasingly rely on sophisticated industrial processes and state-of-the-art manufacturing infrastructure. Yet the field continues to depend critically on bold ideas and creative thinking emerging from fundamental research.
This special moderated panel brings together leading Photovoltaics Specialists who have shaped the field through breakthroughs in photovoltaic fundamentals and who have seen their ideas translate into real technological progress. Beyond discussing the science, the panelists will reflect on how transformative ideas emerge, how fundamental discoveries become innovations, and what it takes to build a successful research career in photovoltaics today.
For students and early-career researchers, this session offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from top scientists about how impactful research happens - from identifying important questions to navigating the path from fundamental insight to real-world technology.
Audience participation is strongly encouraged. To ensure that everyone - including those less comfortable speaking up in public - can contribute, we will use an online platform for submitting questions and comments throughout the session.
Panelists: Harry Atwater, Vera Steinmann,Silvana Ovaitt, Chistiana Honsberg |
| Chair(s): Emily Warren |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin A |
| High Efficiency, Device Physics, Thin Si, and Reliability | |
| Chair(s): Bo He |
10:30 |
Advancements In Sputtered Tunnel Oxide And Doped Polysilicon Based Fully Passivated-Contact Ibc Solar Cells 1International Solar Energy Research Center Konstanz (ISC), Konstanz, Germany, 2Von Ardenne GmbH, Dresden, Germany |
10:45 |
Efficiency-Breakdown Trade-Offs In Ibc Solar Cells With Embedded Bypass Diodes TuDelft, Delft, Netherlands |
11:00 |
Exploring The Performance Of Hybrid Interdigitated Back Contact Silicon Solar Cells In Relation To The Thickness Of Silicon Wafers 1LONGi Central R&D Institute, Xi'an, China, 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China |
J3 |
Understanding The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Signal Of Free Electrons In Passivated Silicon Surfaces 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, 3Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
J5 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Correlating Annealing-Induced Electronic And Chemical Degradation Of Silicon Heterojunction Cells 1Institute of Energy Conversion, Newark, DE, United States, 2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE, United States |
H17 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Microscopic Insights Into The Mechanism Of Leco-Enabled Fire-Through Cu Contact Formation On N-Topcon 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 3University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, United States, 4Bert Thin Films, Louisville, KY, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Data Analysis and Machine Learning | |
| Chair(s): Mathilde Fievez |
10:30 |
Physics-Informed Machine Learning For Solar Cell Diagnosis: Extracting A Physical Digital Twin From Inline Metrology Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany |
11:00 |
From Scarce To Seen: Enhancing Rare Defect Visibility In Photovoltaics Using Ai-Generated Luminescence Images The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
11:15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Physics-Informed Deep Learning For Current-Voltage Curve Prediction Of Photovoltaic Devices From Electroluminescence Images 1Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque , NM, United States, 2New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , NM, United States |
11:30 |
Determining Optical Properties For Tec-12D And Cdse(Y)Te(1-Y) Alloys For Machine Learning Enhanced Spectroscopic Ellipsometry 1University of Toledo Department of Physics and Astronomy , Toledo, OH, United States, 2Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
11:45 |
Subjunction Spatial El Characterization Technique For Large Area Iii-V And Si Space Solar Cells The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin F |
| Agrivoltaics and PV performance in vegetated environments | |
| Chair(s): Dennice Roberts |
10:30 |
Optimization Of Visible Light Transmission And Adhesion Energy In Flexible Semi-Transparent Pmma-Tpo Agrivoltaic Panels University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
10:45 |
Solar Edge-Ray Lens Attachment For Shadow Homogenization Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, United States |
11:00 |
Evaluation Of Semi-Transparent Pv Technologies On Multiple Crop Photosynthesis For Agrivoltaic Applications Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), University of Jaen (UJA), 23071 Jaen, Spain, Jaen, Spain |
B11 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Predictive Agrivoltaics: A Novel Physics-Guided Deconvolution Approach Anticipates Multi-Year Indiana Commodity Crop Yield Distribution Under Single-Axis Tracking Agpv Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Solar forecasting | |
| Chair(s): Manajit |
10:30 |
From Climate To Cashflow: Machine Learning Forecasts Of Solar Yield For Sub-Seasonal Energy Planning 1Clean Power Research, Bellevue, WA, United States, 2SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, United States |
C2 |
Impact Of Data Acquisition Delays On Photovoltaic Forecasts Performance In Real-Time Operational Processes Calibsun, Valbonne, France |
C15 |
Privacy-Preserving Geometry-Driven Capacity Factor Limit For Residential Solar Pv Fleets Via Data-Adaptive Irradiance Modelling 1Kipp & Zonen B.V., Delft, Netherlands, 2Solar Consulting Services, Colebrook, NH, United States |
C14 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Solar Nowcasting With Local Sensor Networks: Replacing Pyranometers With Abundant Iot Light Sensors And Pv Modules Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany |
11:30 |
Probabilistic Forecasts With Numerical And Machine Learning Ensembles 1Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, United States, 2Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |
C1 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Real-Time Pv Power Nowcasting: A Two-Stage Hybrid Cnn And Lssvm Framework Using All-Sky Imagers And Kalman Filtering Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Celestin E |
| MINORITY CARRIERS LUNCH - Sponsored in part by Nippon Sanso | |
| Sponsored in part by Nippon Sanso |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin B |
| Characterization and Modeling | |
| Chair(s): Bill Shafarman |
1:30 |
Characterizing Doping And Potential Nonuniformity And Assessing The Effects On High-Efficiency Cdsete Devices 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States, 3First Solar Inc, Santa Clara, CA, United States |
2:00 |
Characterization Of Thin-Film Cdte Photovoltaic Modules: Spatial Defects And Stabilization Kinetics 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, 3Tau Science, Cornelius, OR, United States |
2:15 |
Polycrystalline Cdsete Has Distinct Band Tail And Carrier Trap Spatial Distributions, Indicating Defect Origins And Device Impacts 1Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 2First Solar Inc., Perrysburg, OH, United States, 3Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States |
2:30 |
Mechanisms Of Hysteresis In Cd(Se,Te) Photovoltaic Devices 1Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
A14 |
Experimental Signatures Of Light And Voltage Bias-Induced Hysteresis In Cd(Se,Te) Devices 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Alternatives to III-V for space applications | |
| Chair(s): Daniel Derkacs |
1:30 |
Perovskite Space Power: Are We There Yet? Radiation, Interfaces, And Reliability Metrics For Leo Deployment School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Rochester, NY, United States |
1:45 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Effect Of Space-Based Stressors On Perovskite Solar Cell Stability 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 3University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States |
2:00 |
Quantifying Primary Arc-Induced Degradation Of Perovskite Solar Cells 1NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 3HX5, LLC, Cleveland, OH, United States |
2:15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Recovery Dynamics In Perovskite Solar Cells Under Proton Irradiation: A Comparison With Iii-V Solar Cells 1Nanopower Research Laboratories, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 2Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States |
2:30 |
Reduced Mass, Self-Curing, Industry Compatibility: Optimization Of Silicon-Based Shj Solar Cells For Space Applications 1Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA-INES, Le Bourget Du Lac, France, 2Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse, France |
2:45 |
Shingle Matrix Technology As A Scalable And Cost-Effective Solution For Space Photovoltaic Modules 1Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 2Source Energy Company, Longmont, CO, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Reliability and Degradation Analysis | |
| Chair(s): Alessandro Virtuani |
2:00 |
Benchmarking Of Long-Term Degradation Methods And Their Impact On Accurate Performance Modeling For Multiple Pv Technologies 1Gantner Instruments GmbH, Montafonerstraße 4, 6780 Schruns, Austria , Schruns, Austria, 2Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), University of Jaen (UJA), 23071 Jaen, Spain, Jaen, Spain, 3PHAETHON Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions, De, Nicosia, Cyprus |
2:15 |
Pv Copilot: A Large Language Model&Ndash;Enabled Tool For End-To-End Pv Degradation Analysis LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY, BERKELEY, CA, United States |
2:30 |
Exploring Discrepancies Between Indoor Degradation Rates And Outdoor Performance Loss Rates In Photovoltaics 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
2:45 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Rapid, Non-Contact Testing For Pv Structural Defects Using Hyperspectral Imaging And Machine Learning Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Power Electronics and Grid Integration 1 | |
| Chair(s): Jhoan Montenegro |
1:30 |
A Novel Protection Algorithm For Pv Interconnections In Low-Voltage Spot Networks Using Local Measurements Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
1:50 |
Development Of Grid-Forming And Grid-Following Control For Photovoltaic Systems Under Inverter Control 1National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 2Delta Electronics, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan |
2:10 |
Development Of A Generic Ieee 2800-Compliant Inverter Model For Emt Studies CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Varennes, QC, Canada |
2:30 |
Transforming Grid Modernization: Advancing Optimal Dispatch For Resilient And Reliable Grids Director, Grid Modernization Initiative, Energy Institute, Assistant Professor, ECE Department, Colo |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin F |
| Economics, Policy, and Energy Justice | |
| Chair(s): Jihye Gwak |
1:30 |
A Snapshot Of The Global Pv Market: Social Acceptance Is The Key For Tw Scale Deployment Of Pv 1IEA PVPS Task 1, Lyon, France, 2Becquerel Institute, Brussels, Belgium, 3European Commission, Joint Research Centre , Ispra, Italy, 4RTS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 5Becquerel Sweden, Knivsta, Sweden, 6UNEF, Madrid, Spain |
1:45 |
How To Accelerate Photovoltaics Deployment In The European Union European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy |
G5 |
Supply Chain For Photovoltaics In The United States: 2024 In Review National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
2:15 |
Updating Pv And Battery Bill Savings Calculations For Net Billing: New Best Practices For Input Data And Uncertainty National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
2:30 |
Economic Evaluation And Deployment Feasibility Of The Pv-Ready Method In Wooden Apartment Buildings For Rent In Japan Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan |
2:45 |
A Probabilistic Techno-Economic And Sensitivity Analysis Of Poly-Si Production For Solar Photovoltaics In Australia 1University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2Bright Dimension, Sydney, Australia |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/Exhibits | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 1 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Samuel Harrison |
C16 |
Suns&Ndash;VOc Analysis Of Series Resistance In A Laser Power Converter Under High Laser Irradiation 1Space Environment and Energy Laboratories, NTT, Inc., Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, 2University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, 3Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Chiba, Japan, 4National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan |
D1 |
Femtosecond Laser Trimming Of Screen-Printed Metals To Reduce Grid Finger Width On Iii-V Solar Cells 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Electroninks Inc., Austin, TX, United States |
D2 |
Ge Epitaxy On Engineered Ge Substrates For An Active Ge Junction In Multi-Junction Space Solar Cells 1Umicore, Olen, Belgium, 2Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 3Aerospacelab, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, 4Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain |
D3 |
Large Area Ultra-Light Environmental Protection For Space Solar Arrays The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
D4 |
A Multifunctional Anti-Reflection Coating For Cdte-Based Space Photovoltaics 1Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 2Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, 3Teledyne Qioptiq, Bodelwyddan, United Kingdom |
D5 |
Stressor Layers Engineering For High-Yield Detachment Of Nanomembranes On Porous Germanium Substrates 1Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke, 3000 boulev, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 2Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes (LN2) - IRL3463, CNRS, Université de Sherbrooke, INSA Ly, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 3Umicore Electro-Optic Materials, Watertorenstraat 33, 2250, Olen, Belgium, Olen, Belgium |
D6 |
Proton-Induced Degradation And Recovery Of Shj Solar Cells For Space Applications Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
D7 |
Accurate Power Measurement Of Silicon Solar Cells For Space Applications The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
D8 |
Materials Selection And Processing For In-Space High-Intensity Wireless Laser Power Transmission Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), CEACTEMA, University of Jaén (UJA), Jaén, Spain |
D9 |
Spalled (211) Gaas Substrates For Cost-Efficient Iii&Ndash;V Photovoltaics 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
D10 |
Lcl Design Constraints In 3T Pv/Lpc Tandems For Lunar Applications 1Nano Power Research Lab, Rochester, NY, United States, 2MicroLink Devices Inc, Niles, IL, United States |
D11 |
Assessing Radiation Hardness Of Perovskite Solar Cells Via In-Situ Measurements 1Department of Physics, Ion Beam Laboratory, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States, 2Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 230 Davis Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercializatio, Toledo, OH, United States |
D12 |
Nickel Interlayer For Improved Silver Complex Inks Metallization In Gaas Photovoltaic Devices 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Electroninks, Inc., Austin, TX, United States |
D13 |
Radiometric Solar Simulator Calibration For Space Photovoltaics The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
D14 |
Low Earth Orbit Radiation Study Of Ultra-Thin Silicon Solar Cells 1Univerity at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, NY, United States, 2University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States, 3Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 4Solestial, Inc., Tempe, AZ, United States |
D15 |
Proton And Electron Radiation Of Commercial P-Perc Silicon Solar Cells The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 2 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Tianran Liu |
D16 |
Scalable Process Development For Large-Area And Flexible Perovskite Modules Using Integrated Slot-Die Coating And Drying Technologies Alpha Precision Systems Inc, Mckinney, TX, United States |
E1 |
Towards Compatible Encapsulants For Industrial Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Modules 1Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL), Leoben, Austria, 2Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany, 3The Compound Company, Enschede, Netherlands, 4Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) , Neuchatel, Switzerland, 5Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), Berlin, Germany, 6Technical University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria |
E2 |
Interface Engineering Of Metal Oxide Electron Transport Layers For Reliable Opvs Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States |
E3 |
Halide Perovskite Phase Transitions. How They Work And How To Watch Them. Hope College, Department of Engineering, Holland, MI, United States |
E4 |
Predictive Modeling Of High-Efficiency Ternary Organic Solar Cells Using Transfer-Matrix Optics And Electrical Diode Simulation Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States |
E5 |
Enhanced Performance And Air-Processability Of Fapbi₃ Perovskite Solar Cells Via Mapbbr₃-Assisted Phase Regulation And Alkylammonium Interface Passivation 1New and Renewable Energy Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, 2Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea |
E6 |
Stabilizing Interconnection Interfaces In Perovskite Solar Modules Through Additive Flexographic Patterning Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States |
E7 |
Robust Izo Top Contacts With Silver Interlayer For Bifacial Perovskite Solar Cells 1Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) , Bangalore, India, 2Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India |
E8 |
Accurate Performance And Reliability Testing Of Perovskite Pv From Lab To Fab 1Eternal Sun B.V., The Hague, Netherlands, 2WAVELABS Eternal Sun GmbH, Leipzig, Germany |
E9 |
Mixed Synergistic Perovskite Layer Passivators For High-Efficiency And Stable Solar Cells 1Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, Paris, France, 2Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China |
E10 |
Mixed Edai And Peacl Passivation Strategy For Perovskite Solar Cells: Enhancing Performance And Stability 1Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP), Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, United States, 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton, NY, United States, 3Materials Science and Engineering Program, Binghamton, NY, United States |
E11 |
Computational Modeling Of Cs2Cusbcl6 Double Perovskite Solar Cells 1William Mason High School, Mason, OH, United States, 2Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, Toledo, OH, United States |
E12 |
Hybrid-Processed 1.61 Ev Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells Achieving 22% Efficiency KENTECH(Korea Institute of Energy Technology), Naju-si, South Korea |
E13 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Probing Strain-Induced Ion Migration In 2D Polycrystalline Halide Perovskite Thin Films By In-Situ Kpfm 1University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia, 2Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 3 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): JHOAN A MONTENEGRO-OVIEDO |
E14 |
Voltage-Guided Mppt Curtailment For Active Dc-Link Protection Of Grid-Forming Inverters During Fault Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
E15 |
Autonomous Control Of Inverters In Unbalanced Microgrids Through An Extended Certs Droop Scheme 1University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
E16 |
Bi-Level Optimization For Multi-Period Distribution Network Reconfiguration With Battery Energy Management 1University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
F1 |
A Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework For Resilient Multi-Period Distribution Network Reconfiguration 1University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
F2 |
Experimental Parametric Analysis Of An Lcl Filter For Renewable Energy Inverter Applications Using Real-Time Implementation In Hardware-In-The-Loop University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR, United States |
F4 |
Testing Commercial Non-Export Der Controllers For Low-Voltage Spot Network Interconnections 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2Public Service Company of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 3University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
F5 |
Split-Sine Modulated Gan Micro-Inverter With Cascaded Boost And H-Bridge Semiconductor Power Electronics Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States |
F6 |
Bifurcation And Chaos In Single-Stage Power Factor Correction Ac-Dc Converters 1Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai Women's College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, United States |
F7 |
Using Sandia&Rsquo;S Microgrid Design Toolkit For Microgrid Sizing And Resilience Assessment In The Rural Community Of Corcovada 1University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
F8 |
Microgrid Design Toolkit Assessment Of Distributed Generation And Energy Storage Integration In Kotzebue, Alaska 1University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
F9 |
Assessment Of Distributed Energy Integration For Picuris Pueblo Using Sandia&Rsquo;S Microgrid Design Toolkit 1University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 4 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Anna Bruce |
F10 |
Crop-Based Agrivoltaics In The U.S. Southwest: A Special Opportunity For Water-Resilient Agriculture Environmental System, School of Engineering, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States |
F11 |
Ieee Molokai Energy Equity Projects Using Nano-Grid Technology With Internet Access Leads To Social Equity (Year 3 Update) 1J.O.B. Technologies, Aiea, HI, United States, 2IEEE Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, 3T & T Energy Solutions, Honolulu, HI, United States, 4Sun Farmers, Molokai, HI, United States, 5Naiwa Agricultural Subdivision Alliance, Molokai, HI, United States, 6Molokai Affordable Housing Allioance, Molokai, HI, United States, 7Computer LLC, Molokai, HI, United States |
F12 |
A Quasi-Experimental Assessment Of Microclimate And Crop Yield In A Small-Scale School-Based Pilot Agrivoltaic System 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2MYCAF, Mesa, AZ, United States |
F13 |
Life Cycle Assessment Of Cdte Bipv In The Nordic Built Environment 1Sustainable Energy Research Centre, Dalarna University, , Falun, Sweden, 2 Energy Engineering, School of Information and Engineering, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden, 3RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Division Built Environment, System Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Energy and Environment Division, TÜV Rheinland, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia |
F14 |
Trends In Pv Module Recycling In Iea Pvps Task12 Countries: Overview And Update University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan |
F15 |
Rooftop Solar Explorer: A Scalable Geospatial Framework For National Rooftop Pv Potential Assessment Across India Using Morphological Settlement Zones And Building Footprint Analytics Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Bengaluru, India |
F16 |
Improving Utility Visibility Of Behind-The-Meter Pv And Battery Storage Using Net Load Clean Power Research L.L.C., Napa, CA, United States |
G1 |
Building The Photovoltaics Workforce For Terawatt-Scale Deployment National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
G2 |
An Alternative Value‑Creation Concept For Silicon Waste In The Pv Industry. LuxChemtech GmbH, Freiberg, Germany |
G3 |
Photovoltaic Manufacturing & Water National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
G4 |
Results Of A Survey On Integrated Perovskite Pv Applications 1Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 3École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Neuchatel, Switzerland |
G5 |
Supply Chain For Photovoltaics In The United States: 2024 In Review National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
G6 |
Optimized Economic Model For Residential Off-Grid And Hybrid Photovoltaic (Pv) And Battery Energy Storage System (Bess) Jordan High School, Fulshear , TX, United States |
G7 |
Supporting The Optimisation Of Photovoltaic Resource Efficiency And Sustainability (Solaris) 1Fraunhofer Gesellschaft - ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 2CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 3CEA, Bourget-le-Lac, France |
G8 |
Regenerative Energy Communities: Considering Pv Manufacturing Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Manufacturing Innovations and Technology Transfer | |
| Chair(s): Radovan Kopecek |
G2 |
An Alternative Value‑Creation Concept For Silicon Waste In The Pv Industry. LuxChemtech GmbH, Freiberg, Germany |
M12 |
The 4T Factory: Integrating Factory Planning, Coo, And Lcoe Dynamics For Perovskite-Silicon Commercialization 1RCT Solutions GmbH, Konstanz, Germany, 2Helmholz-Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM | Celestin E |
| Special Session - AI/LLMs: Tools for the PV Community | |
| Chair(s): Yanqi Luo |
|
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Chiara Barretta |
8:30 |
Yield Forecasting Conundrums PV Lighthouse |
| 9:00 - 9:30 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Ujjwal Das |
9:00 |
Building The Future � U.S. Pv Manufacturing Hanwha Qcells, Cartersville, GA 30121 |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Andre Augusto |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/Exhibits | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin B |
| CdSe and CdTe Defects and Doping | |
| Chair(s): Marco Nardone |
10:30 |
Defect Emission In Cdcl2-Treated Cdse Thin Films 1Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and A, Toledo, OH, United States, 2Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, CT, Czech Republic |
A3 |
Investigating The Effects Of Processing Conditions On Carrier Dynamics In Single Crystal Cdte:As Grown By Molecular Beam Epitaxy 1Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
11:00 |
Separation Of Light And Bias Modification To Cdte Solar Cells Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
A11 |
Nanoscale Investigation Of Defects In Cdcl2 Treated Cdse Thin Films Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
11:30 |
Cdte Solar Cells With In Situ Phosphorous Doping University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
11:45 |
20.7% Efficient Cdsete Thin-Film Solar Cells By Ex-Situ Bismuth (Bi) Doping 1University of Toledo, PVIC, TOLEDO, OH, United States, 2First Solar Inc. , Perrysburg, OH, United States, 3Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Novel Metallization, and High Efficiency Contacts | |
| Chair(s): Nikos Kopidakis |
10:30 |
Revolutionary Copper Metallization Technology For Terawatt Pv Industry Central R&D Institute, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Xi’an, China |
11:00 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Characterization And Modeling Of 24.3% Copper Contacted N-Topcon Solar Cell With Screen Printable Copper Pastes 1Georgia Institute of Technology, ATLANTA, GA, United States, 2Bert Thin Films Inc, Louisville, KY, United States |
11:15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Critical Look At The Atmospheric Cu Fire-Through Dielectric Metallization For Cost-Effective And High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells 1University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States, 2Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, 3Bert Thin Films LLC, Louisville, KY, United States |
11:30 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Microscopic Analysis Of Leco-Induced Modification Of Ag-Polysilicon Contact Interface In Double-Side Topcon Solar Cells Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States |
11:45 |
Femtosecond Uv-Laser Contact Opening For Leco Metallization In Topcon Solar Cells National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Characterization Instruments and Techniques | |
| Chair(s): Jonhson Wong |
10:30 |
A Contactless Approach For Tandem Solar Cell Performance Diagnostics 1University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2CEA INES, Le Bourget du Lac, France |
11:00 |
Experimental Methods For Perovskite Mini-Module Analysis 1Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, HI ERN, Erlangen, Germany, 2Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials, Erlangen, Germany |
11:30 |
Photoluminescence Imaging Of Luminescent Down-Shifting Layers In Silicon Solar Cells School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
B5 |
Improved Cdte Metallization Through Use Of Internal Energy Referencing In X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2First Solar Inc. , Santa Clara, CA, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Perovskite Module Stability Considerations | |
| Chair(s): Michael Owen-Bellini |
10:30 |
Technical Considerations For Commercializing Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules &Ndash; A Review Of Observations From The Pact Center 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
E1 |
Towards Compatible Encapsulants For Industrial Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Modules 1Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL), Leoben, Austria, 2Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany, 3The Compound Company, Enschede, Netherlands, 4Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) , Neuchatel, Switzerland, 5Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), Berlin, Germany, 6Technical University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria |
E3 |
Halide Perovskite Phase Transitions. How They Work And How To Watch Them. Hope College, Department of Engineering, Holland, MI, United States |
M10 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Improved Mechanical Robustness And Durability Enabled By Textured Wafers And Interlayers In Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells 1Materials Science and Engineering, Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Beyond Silicon, Tempe, AZ, United States |
11:30 |
Screening Encapsulant Properties To Determine Compatibility With Metal-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells And Modules 1EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2ETHZ, Zürich, Switzerland, 3CSEM, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
11:45 |
Field Durability Tests Of Perovskite Solar Cells Loaded With Fixed Resistors National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin F |
| PV systems operation | |
| Chair(s): Mark Mikofski |
10:30 |
Impacts On Backtracking Energy Generation From Underlying Terrain Undulations And Varying Motor Block Size Array Technologies, Inc, Albuequerque, NM, United States |
11:00 |
Sensitivity Of Bifacial Pv Performance Loss Rate Estimates To Rear-Side Irradiance Sensor Type And Placement: A Field Case Study 1PV IDEA Research Group, CEACTEMA, University of Jaen, Spain., Jaen, Spain, 2Nucleo Tecnologico de Energia Eletrica, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. , Ararangua, Brazil |
11:15 |
Module-Level Performance Loss Rate Estimates For Bifacial And Monofacial Pv Modules On Different Soils At A Low-Latitude Site 1Nucleo Tecnologico de Energia Eletrica. Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil., Ararangua, Brazil, 2PV IDEA Research Group, CEACTEMA, University of Jaén, Spain, Jaen, Spain |
11:30 |
Performance Analysis Of A Dc-Coupled Pv-Plus-Storage Plant With Bifacial Pv Modules 1EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 2Southern Company, Atlanta, GA, United States |
11:45 |
Analysis Of Photovoltaic Fleet Performance During August 2020 Western Us Heatwave National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin E |
| PVSC 2026 Special Session: Global PV Perspectives | |
| Chair(s): Silvana Ovaitt |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/Exhibits | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 1 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Emily Warren |
H1 |
High-Specific-Power Photovoltaics From Stacked Cvd-Grown Mos2 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States |
H2 |
Selective Coating Of Mos2 Transport Layer On Patterned-Ito Substrate By Modified Interfacial Assembly For Pv Applications Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates |
H3 |
Effect Of Graphene Doped Pedot:Pss As A Hole Transport Layer On Organic Solar Cell Performance Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates |
H4 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Exceptionally Bright Near-Band-Edge Emission In An Earth-Abundant, Defect-Tolerant Semiconductor 1Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, 2Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, 3National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 4Rice University, Houston, TX, United States |
H5 |
Durable And Multi-Functional Anti-Reflection Coatings For Solar Photovoltaic Cover Glass 1Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, United States, 2Corning Precision Materials Co. Ltd, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do , South Korea |
H6 |
Scalable Nanogap Fabrication And Non-Destructive Metrology For Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Devices University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States |
H7 |
Tunable Organic Photovoltaic Module Platform For Photoelectrochemical Fuel Production National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
H8 |
Applications Of Iii-V Thermoradiative Diodes UNSW, Sydney, Australia |
H9 |
Albedo-Assisted Bifacial Operation Of Single-Junction Triple-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India |
H10 |
Multifunctional Luminescent Coating For Space Photovoltaic Applications 1SSS Optical Technologies, LLC, Huntsville, AL, United States, 2Oakwood University, Huntsville, AL, United States |
H11 |
Toward Defect-Engineered Photovoltaic Devices: Insight Into Combined Theoretical And Experimental Approach For Transparent Hole Collector / Active Organic Layer Interface Creation 1Institute of Physics – CSE, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland, 2Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, 3Department of Applied Science and Technology of Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, 4National Institute for Metrological Research (INRiM), Turin, Italy |
H12 |
Optimizing Practical Applications Of Downshifting Technology In Commercial Solar Cells University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
H13 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Toward Scalable Free-Space Luminescent Solar Concentration University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands |
H14 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Alloy Engineering Of Bazrs3 Chalcogenide Perovskite 1Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, 2Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States |
H15 |
Combining Computational Screening And Experiment To Discover Defect-Tolerant Semiconductors For Thin-Film Photovoltaics 1Rice University, Houston, TX, United States, 2Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, 3Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, 4National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 5University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 6University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, 7Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 2 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Paul Procel Moya |
H16 |
Development Of High-Temperature Resistant Double Side (Ds) Topcon Architecture For The Bottom Si Solar Cells Of Perovskite/Si Tandem Cell 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, 2University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
H17 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Microscopic Insights Into The Mechanism Of Leco-Enabled Fire-Through Cu Contact Formation On N-Topcon 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 3University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, United States, 4Bert Thin Films, Louisville, KY, United States |
H18 |
Mitigating The Contact Resistance Limitation Of Cavitated Fine Line Ag Paste By Laser-Enhanced Contact Optimization 1University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States, 2Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, 3ACI Materials Inc., Goleta, CA, United States |
H19 |
Extended Accelerated Stress Testing Of Lamination-Free Edge-Sealed Photovoltaic Mini-Modules 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
H20 |
Understanding Of Boron Diffusion Dynamics In In-Situ And Ex-Situ Doped P+ Poly-Si Passivating Contacts For P-Type Topcon Solar Cells Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, South Korea |
J1 |
Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells With Copper Contacts Metallization By Direct Printing And Co2 Laser Sintering 1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, 2CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States |
J2 |
Electrical Stability Of Leco-Treated Topcon Solar Cells 1International Solar Energy Research Center Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, 2Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany |
J3 |
Understanding The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Signal Of Free Electrons In Passivated Silicon Surfaces 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, 3Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
J4 |
Improvement Of Passivation For P-Type Silicon Nano-Crystals/Silicon Oxide Composite Layer By Atomic Hydrogen Treatment In A Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition System 1Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 2Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, 3Interdisciplinary Research Center for Carbon-Neutral Technologies, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, 4Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan, 5Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Japan, 6Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 7Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan |
J5 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Correlating Annealing-Induced Electronic And Chemical Degradation Of Silicon Heterojunction Cells 1Institute of Energy Conversion, Newark, DE, United States, 2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE, United States |
J6 |
Ag-Free Solar Cell Featuring Passivating Contacts With Screen-Printed Front Al And Rear Cu Contact With Laser-Enhanced Contact Optimization 1Georgia Institute of Technology, ATLANTA, GA, United States, 2Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin , Emmerthal, Germany, 3Bert Thin Films Inc, Louisville, KY, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 3 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Dennice Roberts |
|
Walkable Solar Shingles GAF Energy, Georgetown, TX, United States |
J7 |
Comparative Snow-Shedding Performance Of Landscape Versus Portrait Orientation For Photovoltaic Systems 1Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
J8 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Field Comparison Of Snow Losses In Bifacial Fixed Tilt Versus Single Axis Tracking Pv System Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States |
J9 |
Methodologies For Imputing Missing Data For Photovoltaic Performance Loss Estimation 1TotalEnergies OneTech, Palaiseau, France, 2TotalEnergies OneTech, Palaiseau, France, 3TotalEnergies OneTech, Palaiseau, France |
J10 |
Capacitance-Based Metastability In Samples Extracted From Uv-Stressed Silicon Topcon Photovoltaic Modules National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
J11 |
Integration Of Electrical Circuit Simulations For Pv Degradation Simulations 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2Technical University Denmark, Risø, Denmark |
J12 |
Assessing Risks For Photovoltaic Modules: Environmental Conditions, Extreme Weather, And Regional Capacity 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
J13 |
Pvcracks: Python Repository For Electroluminescence Image Processing, Current-Voltage Curve Fitting And Power Loss Estimation 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark |
J14 |
Solar Technology Soiling R&D: History, Progress, Status, And Trends 1Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, 2Matrix Energia, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
J15 |
The Environmental Stability Of Sno2, Zno And Alloyed Buffer Layers Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
J16 |
Bankability Assessment Of Topcon Photovoltaic Modules Through Extended Reliability Testing 1TÜV Rheinland (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, 2TÜV Rheinland (Taiwan) Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, 3TÜV Rheinland (Italy), Pogliano Milanese, Italy, 4TÜV Rheinland Solar GmbH, Cologne, Germany |
J17 |
The Operation And Durability Of Uv-Downshifting Encapsulants For Contemporary Pv Modules National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
J18 |
Ashesi Solar Monitoring Network Version Ii (Asmonet V2): Improved Iot-Based Soiling Measurement For Photovoltaic Systems In West Africa 1Ashesi University, Berekuso, Ghana, 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, 3Carnegie Mellon University Africa, Kigali, Rwanda |
J19 |
In-Situ Moisture Characterization To De-Risk Photovoltaic Module Development And Qualification 1SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States |
J20 |
Pv That Lasts: Persistence In New York Customer-Sited Installations 1DNV, Madison, WI, United States, 2NYSERDA, Albany, NY, United States, 3DNV, Milwaukee, WI, United States |
K1 |
What Solar Module Test Failures Reveal In 2026: Key Takeaways From Kiwa Pvel&Rsquo;S Pv Module Reliability Scorecard Kiwa PVEL, Napa, CA, United States |
K2 |
A Systematic Review And Integrated Approach To Modeling Of Aging Utility Scale Pv Systems National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
K3 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Sensitivity Of Models For Snow-Induced Energy Losses In Fixed-Tilt Pv Systems Due To Different Ground Snow Depth Data Sources Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Challenges and solutions in industrial PV characterization | |
| Chair(s): Peter Pasmans |
4:45 |
Challenges Of High-Throughput Measurements For 2T Perovskite&Ndash;Silicon Tandem Cells WAVELABS Eternal Sun GmbH, Leipzig, Germany |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Imperial 5 |
| PV Careers | |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Empire CD (Level 2) |
| Wednesday Night Social (ticket required) | |
|
Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Dazhi Yang |
8:30 |
Solar Power Integration Advances University of California, San Diego |
| 9:00 - 9:30 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Pilar Espinet Gonzalez |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin E |
| Plenary | |
| Chair(s): Archana Sinha |
9:30 |
Reliability Of Solar Pv Modules: Past Achievements And Modern Challenges CSEM |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/Exhibits | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin B |
| Advanced conversion mechanisms and novel applications of PV | |
| Chair(s): Anish Chaluvadi |
10:30 |
Controlling Thermal Radiation For Energy Conversion: From Thermophotovoltaics To Thermoradiative Devices University of California, Davis, CA, United States |
H6 |
Scalable Nanogap Fabrication And Non-Destructive Metrology For Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Devices University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States |
H7 |
Tunable Organic Photovoltaic Module Platform For Photoelectrochemical Fuel Production National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
11:45 |
Excess Defects: How Illumination Affects The Thermodynamic Stability Of Charged Point Defects University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Cost reduction strategies | |
| Chair(s): Meghan Bush |
M2 |
Movpe Growth And Spalling Of Iii-V Solar Cells On Gaas(211) 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, 3University of Southern California , Los Angeles , CA, United States |
10:45 |
Advances In Engineered Ge Substrates For Multijunction Solar Cell Manufacturing 1Umicore Electro-Optic Materials, Olen, Belgium, 2Instituto de Energía Solar, E.T.S.I Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 3Instituto de Microscopía Electrónica y Materiales (IMEYMAT), Cadiz, Spain |
L13 |
Al-Containing Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy For Scalable Iii-V Solar Cell Production 1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan |
11:15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Movpe Growth Of AlXGa1-XAs With Deposition Rates Up To 55 ΜM/H For Iii-V Multi-Junction Solar Cells Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
11:30 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Investigating Porous Silicon Buffer Layers As Compliant Layers For Cost-Effective Ge-On-Si Substrates In Iii-V Solar Cells 1University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 2Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany |
11:45 |
Prototyping And Testing Of A Building-Integrated Solar Electric&Ndash;Thermal Cogeneration System 1Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States, 2University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Perovskite Stability and Commercialization | |
| Chair(s): Arkita Chakrabarti |
M14 |
Benchmarking Performance Of Wafer-Scale Perovskite/Si Tandems: Methods, Challenges, And Recommendations National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
10:45 |
Developing A Stress Testing Protocol For >1 Year Of Outdoor Operation For Metal Halide Perovskite Pv Modules 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Alburquerque, NM, United States |
M6 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Understanding The Thermomechanical Properties Of Polyolefin Encapsulants For Reliable Perovskite Solar Module Packaging 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
E13 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Probing Strain-Induced Ion Migration In 2D Polycrystalline Halide Perovskite Thin Films By In-Situ Kpfm 1University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia, 2Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia |
11:30 |
Validated Optical And Electrical Modeling For Performance Evaluation And Loss Analysis Of 2-Terminal Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells On Industrial Scales Swift Solar, San Carlos, CA, United States |
N1 |
Toward Accurate Energy Yield Predictions For Perovskite-Based Tandem Photovoltaics National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin F |
| PV performance modeling and analysis | |
| Chair(s): Marios Theristis |
10:30 |
Evaluating Error Propagation Across The Photovoltaic Modeling Pipeline Through Blind Modeling 1University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 3Gantner Instruments, Schruns, Austria, 4Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, 5Intelligent Measurement Systems LLC, Bozeman, MT, United States, 6EDP Renewables, Madrid, Spain, 7CENER, Navarra, Spain, 8Atkins Realis, Bengaluru, India, 9PV Performance Labs, Freiburg, Germany, 10North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 11Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, United States, 12Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 13Leeward Renewable Energy, Dallas, TX, United States, 14European Energy A/S, Søborg, Denmark, 15Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil |
11:00 |
A Workflow To Analyze The Impact Of Terrain Undulations On Energy Yield For Different Motor Block Sizes 1DNV Energy Services USA, Oakland, CA, United States, 2Array Technologies Inc, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
11:15 |
Improved Spectral Correction For A Pv System With Cdte Modules 1PV Lighthouse, Coledale, Australia, 2Kiewit, Lenexa, KS, United States |
11:30 |
Fitting Inverter Models To Pv System Data Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
N3 |
Is Iec-61853 Testing Useful For Predicting The Energy Yield Of Tandem Solar Cells? National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin C |
| The Role of Photovoltaics in the Transition to a 100% Renewable Energy Supply | |
| Chair(s): Izumi Kaizuka |
G1 |
Building The Photovoltaics Workforce For Terawatt-Scale Deployment National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
10:45 |
Global Overview Of Current Political And Regulatory Initiatives To Accelerate The Expansion Of Photovoltaics In Regions Where Grid Constraints And Market Conditions Limit Further Growth 1European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, 2Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Rome, Italy, 3Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar, Qatar, 4UK Power Networks Distribution System Operator, London, United Kingdom, 5Bern University of Applied Science , Bern, Switzerland, 6Austrian PV Technology Platform, Vienna, Austria, 7Associação Portuguesa de Energias Renováveis, Lisboa, Portugal, 8Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain, 9Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana , Lugano, Switzerland, 10Hespul, Lyon, France, 11Fraunhofer IEE, Kassel, Germany, 12Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY, United States, 13Electric Power Research Institute , Dublin, Ireland, 14Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 15Energynautics GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany |
11:00 |
Paradigm Shifts For Sustainable Scalable Photovoltaics 1Physics of Solar Energy Conversion, Department of Physics, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany, 2mar.quest Marburg Center for Quantum Materials and Sustainable Technology, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany, 3Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Erlangen, Germany, 4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI, United States, 5SPECIFIC IKC, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, 6School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 7African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, 8School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 9Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 10Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany |
F16 |
Improving Utility Visibility Of Behind-The-Meter Pv And Battery Storage Using Net Load Clean Power Research L.L.C., Napa, CA, United States |
11:45 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Ev Charging Infrastructure With Solar Integration: Utility Load Impacts And Planning Implications Sneha Shanmuganathan, Bhavya Sree Boya Nayakula, Justin, Steve Goodnick,Christiana Honsberg Arizona State University, 1151 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 3Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 4Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 5Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Celestin E |
| WOMEN IN PV LUNCH - Sponsored in part by Nippon Sanso and MicroLink Devices | |
| Sponsored in part by Nippon Sanso and MicroLink Devices |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin B |
| CIGS, Interfaces, and Buffers | |
| Chair(s): Mike Scarpulla |
K6 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Multi-Resonant Light Trapping In Ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: From Concept To Design Rules 1Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 2Interdisciplinary Center of Materials Science, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany |
L5 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
The Native Oxide Growth On Polycrystalline Cdsete/Cdte Surface And Its Impact On Device Performance Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
K14 |
Oxide Formation On Cdte And MgXCd1&Ndash;XTe As A Back Surface Passivation Material 1Department of Physics, University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States |
A6 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Zn-Alloyed Sno2 Buffer Layers For Thin Film Cdsete/Cdte Solar Cells 1Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 2CTF Solar GmbH, Dresden, Germany |
2:45 |
Sprayed NioX As A Hole Transport Material In Cdse-Based Solar Cells With Superstrate And Substrate Configurations University of Toledo, PVIC, Toledo, OH, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Characterization of Photovoltaic Materials | |
| Chair(s): Gaia Javier |
1:30 |
Nanoscale Visualization Of Charge Carrier Transport And Recombination In Perovskite Photovoltaics Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States |
2:15 |
Selenium Diffusion In Uniform Cdsexte1-X Absorbers Using Correlative Cl And Ebsd 1Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough, Leicester, United Kingdom, 2Loughborough Materials Characterisation Centre (LMCCC), Loughborough, Leicester, United Kingdom, 3CTF Solar GmbH, Dresden, Germany |
B2 |
High Spatial Resolution Mapping Of Urbach Energy In Photovoltaic Devices Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
2:45 |
New Methods For Interpreting Surface Photovoltage Spectra For Contactless Device Characterization 1University of Utah Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 2University of Utah Dept. of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Fracture and Cracks in Photovoltaic Modules | |
| Chair(s): Dennice Roberts |
1:30 |
Reducing Glass Breakage Risk In Pv Systems 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |
2:00 |
A Novel Optimized Hail Testing Approach For Accurate Evaluation Of Pv Module Durability 1No. 199 Lushan Road, Suzhou New District, Suzhou, China, 24273 King St. East, Suite 102, Kitchener, ON, Canada |
2:15 |
Using Fractography To Trace Cracks In Pv Modules To The Origin 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, United States |
2:30 |
Investigation Of Backsheet Cracking In Triple-Layered Photovoltaic Backsheet Inner Layers 1Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, 2National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, 3National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 4Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, United States, 5UL Solutions (retired), Northbrook, IL, United States |
J13 |
Pvcracks: Python Repository For Electroluminescence Image Processing, Current-Voltage Curve Fitting And Power Loss Estimation 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin F |
| Power Electronics and Grid Integration 2 | |
| Chair(s): Jhoan Montenegro |
1:30 |
Mpc-Based Control Of Hybrid Battery&Ndash;Supercapacitor Systems In Dc Microgrids Using A Bidirectional Sepic/Zeta Converter 1University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, United States, 2Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, 3Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Columbia |
E14 |
Voltage-Guided Mppt Curtailment For Active Dc-Link Protection Of Grid-Forming Inverters During Fault Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
F4 |
Testing Commercial Non-Export Der Controllers For Low-Voltage Spot Network Interconnections 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2Public Service Company of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 3University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
2:15 |
Effect Of Pv Inverter Aggregation On Sandia Frequency Shift Anti-Islanding In Systems With Induction Motor Loads Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
2:30 |
Stabilization Of Chaotic Dynamics In Current-Mode Dc&Ndash;Dc Boost Converters Via Simscape-Based Delayed Feedback Control 1Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai Academic City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, United States |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Solar resourcing | |
| Chair(s): Martin Mayer |
C9 |
Evaluating Snow Loss Methods &Ndash; Soiling Kit Measurements Vs Models Using Gridded Input Data GroundWork Renewables Inc, Sand City, CA, United States |
1:45 |
High-Resolution Esm Projections For Energy Applications Over The Conus National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
2:00 |
On The Importance Of Parallax Effects In Satellite To Irradiance Modeling 1Clean Power Research, Bellevue, WA, United States, 2SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, United States, 3Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
2:15 |
Enhancing The Accuracy And Coverage Of The National Solar Radiation Data Base 1National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, 3NOAA, Madison, WI, United States, 4NASA, Hampton, VA, United States |
2:30 |
Integration Of Goes Data For Solar Resource Assessment Of The Contiguous United States 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States |
2:45 |
Exploring Uncertainty In Solar Measurements: Insights From Nlr'S Suni Application At 89 Stations 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Solar Resource Solutions LLC, Louisville, CO, United States |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM | Storyville (Exhibit Hall) |
| Coffee Break/Exhibits | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 1 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Ed Sartor |
K4 |
Screening Organic Hole Transport Layer For Solution-Processed Antimony Sulfoselenide Solar Cells Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, United States |
K5 |
Decoupling Process Variables In 3-Stage Cigs : Phase And Composition Changes Under Time/Pressure/Temperature Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), NaJu-si, South Korea |
K6 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Multi-Resonant Light Trapping In Ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: From Concept To Design Rules 1Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 2Interdisciplinary Center of Materials Science, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany |
K7 |
Progress In Chloride-Based Treatments Of Cdznte Solar Cells 1Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware , Newark, DE, United States, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States |
K8 |
Residual Strain In Cadmium Telluride Thin Films Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States |
K9 |
Pre-Deposition Substrate Cleaning And Plasma Surface Treatment Effects On Cdsete/Cdte Loughborough University, Loughborough , United Kingdom |
K10 |
The Role Of Surface Recombination Velocity On The Efficiency Of Cds/Cdte Thin Film Solar Cell University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, United States |
K11 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Optimizing Monolithic (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2/Si Tandem Solar Cells Via Bandgap Engineering And Bifacial Operation 1Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 2Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
K12 |
Eutectic Halide Salt Engineering For Arsenic Doped Cdte The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States |
K13 |
Developing A Phosphorus Source For Doping Of Cdte 1Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, 2Department. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States |
K14 |
Oxide Formation On Cdte And MgXCd1&Ndash;XTe As A Back Surface Passivation Material 1Department of Physics, University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States |
K15 |
High Voltage Cdse Solar Cells With Optimized P-Interfaces Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States |
K16 |
First-Principles Study Of Arsenic Activation And Selenium Redistribution In Cdsete/Cdte Solar Cells 1Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical an, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 2Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
L1 |
The Ambiguity Of Capacitance Derived Carrier Density And A Theoretical Revision Of The Depletion Approximation Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
L2 |
Single Crystal Growth Of Arsenic Doped And Phosphorus Doped Cadmium Selenium Telluride (CdseXTe1-X) To Improve Cdte Thin Film Photovoltaics 1Radiation Detection Technologies, Manhattan, KS, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
L3 |
Commercial Production Of The Group-V Doped Polycrystalline Cdte Source Material For The Next-Generation Photovoltaics 1Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc, Manhattan, KS, United States, 2Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, United States, 3Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, 4National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
L4 |
Role Of Se Composition And Cdcl2 Treatment On Intrinsic Donor Defects In Polycrystalline Cdte-Based Pv Devices Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
L5 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
The Native Oxide Growth On Polycrystalline Cdsete/Cdte Surface And Its Impact On Device Performance Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
L6 |
Influence Of Cooling Processes On All-Sputtered Sub-Micrometer Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Flexible Solar Cells 1International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal, 2Departamento de Física da Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, 3i3N, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, 4CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, 5CIETI, Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal |
L7 |
Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Module Safety: Toxicological Evidence For Residential And End-User Deployment 1Colorado State University, School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 2Colorado State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Fort Collins, CO, United States, 3JPHB Solutions LLC, Loveland , CO, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 2 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Izak Baranowski |
L8 |
Technology Assessment And Modelling Of Three Terminal Tandem Solar Cells For In-Space Utilization 1NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, United States, 2NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, United States |
L9 |
Metamorphic 1 Ev Ingaas/Inp Superlattice Solar Cells University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States |
L10 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
High Temperature Characterization Of Emitters For Thermophotovoltaics University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States |
L11 |
Rollable Flexible Thin Silicon Heterojunction (Shj) Solar Cells For Space Applications 1Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT) Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, 26T Solar Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China |
L12 |
Ultra-Thin Ingap Arrays Embedded In Solar Sails For Power Generation And Propulsion 1MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, IL, United States, 2Redwire Space, Longmont, CO, United States, 3Consultant, Providence, RI, United States, 4Consultant, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
L13 |
Al-Containing Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy For Scalable Iii-V Solar Cell Production 1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan |
L14 |
Temperature And Radiation Response Of Quantum Well Enhanced Tandem Solar Cells 1Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 2University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 3Air Force Research Lab, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
L15 |
New Cost-Effective Nano-Structuring Technique For Light Management In Iii-V Thin-Film Photovoltaics 1Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 2University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 3University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 4Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 5University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany |
L16 |
Annealing Mechanisms In Proton-Irradiated, Ultra-Thin Inp Epitaxial Solar Cells University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
M1 |
Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry To Probe For Proton Induced Radiation Damage In Perovskite Solar Cells 1Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 2University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States |
M2 |
Movpe Growth And Spalling Of Iii-V Solar Cells On Gaas(211) 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, 3University of Southern California , Los Angeles , CA, United States |
M3 |
Graphene/Inp Schottky Photovoltaics With Quantum-Dot Intermediate-Band Enhancement For Lunar Am0 Operation Under Coupled Temperature&Ndash;Fluence Stress University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, United States |
M4 |
Analysis Of Next Generation Solar Cells For Space Use 1Toyota Technological Institute , Nagoya, Japan, 2Sanjo University, Sanjo, Japan |
M5 |
Exploring Parameters Affecting The Etch Rate Of Sacrificial Layer In Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Japan |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 3 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Jeffrey Christians |
M6 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Understanding The Thermomechanical Properties Of Polyolefin Encapsulants For Reliable Perovskite Solar Module Packaging 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
M7 |
Controlled Crystal Reorientationin Cs3Bi2I9 Films Using Solvent And Nanoparticle Engineering University at Albany, State university of New York, Albany, NY, United States |
M8 |
Band-Offset Maps And Defect Tolerance In Bromide-Rich High-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy |
M9 |
How Moisture And Oxygen Influence Antisolvent-Free Perovskite Crystallization Pathways 1University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, 2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States |
M10 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Improved Mechanical Robustness And Durability Enabled By Textured Wafers And Interlayers In Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells 1Materials Science and Engineering, Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Beyond Silicon, Tempe, AZ, United States |
M11 |
Optimization Of Pdinn As A Cathode Interlayer For Organic Solar Cells Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates |
M12 |
The 4T Factory: Integrating Factory Planning, Coo, And Lcoe Dynamics For Perovskite-Silicon Commercialization 1RCT Solutions GmbH, Konstanz, Germany, 2Helmholz-Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
M13 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
First-Principles Analysis Of Iodine Migration And Electronic Degradation In Mapbi₃ 1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 22Army Training and Transformation Command, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, United States |
M14 |
Benchmarking Performance Of Wafer-Scale Perovskite/Si Tandems: Methods, Challenges, And Recommendations National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
M15 |
The Ideal Quench? Gas-Quenching Timing And Wet Film Evolution In Slot-Die Coated Perovskites 1Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 2LayTec AG, Berlin, Germany |
M16 |
Field Durability Tests Of Perovskite Solar Cells Loaded With Fixed Resistors National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan |
N1 |
Toward Accurate Energy Yield Predictions For Perovskite-Based Tandem Photovoltaics National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Poster Section 4 |
| Posters | |
| Chair(s): Cliff Hansen |
N2 |
An Abrasion-Resistant Anti-Soiling And Anti-Reflective Coating For Solar Cover Glass 1City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY, United States, 2College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY, United States, 3ARL Designs LLC, Summit, NJ, United States |
N4 |
Shingled Module Integration Of Monolithic Two‑Terminal Iii-V//Si Tandem Solar Cells Exceeding 30 % Module Efficiency Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
N5 |
Matrix-Based Formulism For Fast And Flexible Pv System Simulations 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Solestial Solar, Tempe, AZ, United States |
N6 |
Comparative Evaluation Of Monofacial And Bifacial Half-Cut Crystalline Silicon Based Pv Systems Under Partial Shading 1Dept. Of Electrical Engineering, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan, 2King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
N7 |
Performance Evaluation Of A 236 Kwp Bifacial Rooftop Pv System Dept. Of Electrical Engineering, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan |
N8 |
Design, Implementation, And Outdoor Performance Of A Gan-Based Boost Mppt Converter Interfaced With A Bifacial Pv Module 1Università di Parma, Dip. di Ingegneria e Architettura,, Parma, Italy, 2Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, Catania, Italy, 3Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dip. di Ingegneria Enzo Ferrari, Modena, Italy |
N9 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Insights Into The Material Properties Of Epe Encapsulants For Pv Application 1Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH , Leoben, Austria, 2Chair of Materials Science and Testing of Polymers, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria, 3Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik (OFI), Vienna, Austria |
N10 |
Modeling Differences Between Fixed-Tilt Grount-Mounted And Project Nexus Solar Canal Designs UC Merced, Merced, CA, United States |
N11 |
Tracker Anomaly Detection In Pv Fleet Data Via Interpretable Machine Learning 1Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, 2NREL, Golden, CA, United States |
N12 |
Overcoming Photovoltaic Systems Performance Through Non-Concentrating Two-Axis Tracking 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 3Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 4Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 5Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
N13 |
Approaches To Optimizing Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting In Various Environments 1Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute , Changwon, South Korea, 2University of Science and Technology, Changwon, South Korea |
N3 |
Is Iec-61853 Testing Useful For Predicting The Energy Yield Of Tandem Solar Cells? National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM | Celestin H |
| Quiz Night | |
|
Friday, June 12, 2026 |
| 8:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin A |
| Photonic Power Converters | |
| Chair(s): Theresa Saenz |
8:30 |
Multifunctional Iii&Ndash;V Laser Power Converters And Hybrid Pv/Eam Devices For 1‑&Micro;M Multi‑Mode Laser Terminals 1Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 2Teravec, Technologies, VA, United States |
9:00 |
Effects Of Electron Irradiation And High-Intensity Laser Illumination On The Performance Of Ingaasp Laser-Power Converters 1Space Environment and Energy Laboratories, NTT, Inc., Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, 2Basic Research Laboratories, NTT, Inc., Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan, 3University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, 4National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan |
9:15 |
Response Times Of Single- And Multi-Junction Ingaas Photonic Power Converters 1SUNLAB, Nexus for Quantum Technologies Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2Department of Electrical and Automatic Electronic Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, 3Quantum Nanotechnologies Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 4Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
L10 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
High Temperature Characterization Of Emitters For Thermophotovoltaics University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States |
9:45 |
Results Of First Long Duration Space Flight Of Hybrid Perovskite Thin Film Solar Cells 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States, 3NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, United States, 4University of California, Merced, CA, United States |
| 8:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin B |
| Advanced Characterization, and Modules | |
| Chair(s): Thien Truong |
8:30 |
Multiscale Characterization Of Aluminum Oxide Passivation Effects In Uv-Susceptible Topcon Photovoltaic Modules National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
9:00 |
Performance Calibration Of Multi-Busbar And Busbar-Less Industrial Silicon Cells Using A Home-Built Reconfigurable Probing Chuck 1National Laboratory of the Rockies , Golden, CO, United States, 2Sinton Instruments, Boulder, CO, United States, 3Institut für Solarenergieforschung (ISFH), Hameln, Germany |
9:15 |
Neutralization Of The Impact Of Belt Speed On Screen Printed Copper Metallization By Leco On Perc Homogeneous Emitter 1University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States, 2Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, 3Bert Thin Films LLC, Louisville, KY, United States |
9:30 |
History And Progress Of Vacuum Lamination-Free Photovoltaics For Improved Reliability And Recyclability Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
9:45 |
W/Tin/N-Si Heterostructures For Schottky Barrier Solar Cells: Utilizing Tungsten As A Carrier Collector For Enhanced Stability And Junction Quality Dept. of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States |
| 8:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin C |
| Characterization of Photovoltaic Cells and Modules | |
| Chair(s): Dane William de Quilettes |
8:30 |
Identifying Lifetime Limiting Defects In Pv Modules - What Will Cause Failure First? 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, NM, United States |
A18 |
Non-Idealities In Pulsed-Light Characterization Of Perovskite Solar Cell Films 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 3Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 4Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
9:15 |
On The Validity Of Superposition Principle And Series Resistance For Perovskite Solar Cells 1Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany, 2INATECH, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany |
9:30 |
Use Of Ion Blocking Layers On Accurate Measurement Of Ion Densities In Perovskite Solar Cells Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States |
| 8:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin H |
| Scalable Perovskite Deposition Techniques | |
| Chair(s): Nick Rolston |
8:30 |
Perovskite Active Glass In 2M2 Format For >25% Efficiency 4T Si/Perovskite Tandems: Power, Efficiency And Durability Progress Caelux Corporation, Baldwin Park, CA, United States |
E6 |
Stabilizing Interconnection Interfaces In Perovskite Solar Modules Through Additive Flexographic Patterning Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States |
9:00 |
Impact Of Solvent Engineering On Improving Perovskite Performance In A Scalable Two-Step Hybrid Deposition Process 1IMO-IMOMEC, University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium, 2Energy Ville, Genk, Belgium, 3IMEC, Genk, Belgium, 4University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom |
M15 |
The Ideal Quench? Gas-Quenching Timing And Wet Film Evolution In Slot-Die Coated Perovskites 1Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 2LayTec AG, Berlin, Germany |
9:30 |
Interface And Bulk Engineering For Highly Efficient And Stable Perovskite-Based Photovoltaics National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
9:45 |
Mechanistic Insights Into Scribe‑Induced Halide Migration In Perovskite Solar Modules 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States |
| 8:30 - 10:00 AM | Celestin F |
| Environmental Sustainability | |
| Chair(s): Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau |
8:45 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
First United States-Specific, Industry-Sourced Life Cycle Assessment Of Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Recycling Shows Module Design Is The Key Driver Of Net Environmental Impact 1Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2SOLARCYCLE, Inc, Mesa, AZ, United States |
F13 |
Life Cycle Assessment Of Cdte Bipv In The Nordic Built Environment 1Sustainable Energy Research Centre, Dalarna University, , Falun, Sweden, 2 Energy Engineering, School of Information and Engineering, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden, 3RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Division Built Environment, System Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Energy and Environment Division, TÜV Rheinland, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia |
9:15 |
Scaling Pv End‑Of‑Life Decisions: Generator Knowledge, Regulatory Perspectives, And Leach Testing Data 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 2Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 3Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, United States |
9:30 |
Modeling Enhanced Spatial Resolution And Regulatory Drivers Of Photovoltaic End-Of-Life Pathways In A Circular Economy Agent-Based Model National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Celestin Foyer |
| Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin B |
| Orals - Novel Materials and Devices | |
| Chair(s): Emily Warren |
H15 |
Combining Computational Screening And Experiment To Discover Defect-Tolerant Semiconductors For Thin-Film Photovoltaics 1Rice University, Houston, TX, United States, 2Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, 3Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, 4National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 5University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 6University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, 7Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, United States |
11:00 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Photovoltaics With Carrier-Selective Contacts And Indium Tin Oxide Superstrates Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States |
H14 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Alloy Engineering Of Bazrs3 Chalcogenide Perovskite 1Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, 2Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States |
H4 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Exceptionally Bright Near-Band-Edge Emission In An Earth-Abundant, Defect-Tolerant Semiconductor 1Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, 2Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, 3National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States, 4Rice University, Houston, TX, United States |
11:45 |
Process Optimization Of Sputtered Zno-Based Electron-Selective Contact For Non-Epitaxial, Heterojunction Inp Solar Cells 1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin C |
| Emerging thin films and tandems | |
| Chair(s): Lorelle Mansfield |
10:45 |
Commercial Production Of The Group-V Doped Polycrystalline Cdte Source Material For The Next-Generation Photovoltaics 1Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc, Manhattan, KS, United States, 2Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, United States, 3Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, 4National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
11:00 |
State-Of-The-Art Characterization By Xps, Ups And Leips Of The Interfacial Band Structure Of Zto As Etl On Kesterite-Based Solar Cells 1Centres Científics i Tecnològics (CCiTUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Lluis Solé i Sabarís 1, 080, Barcelona, Spain, 2Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre, 1 - Pl. 2, 08930 , Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain, 3Photovoltaic Group Electronic Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Av., Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain, 4IN2UB, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Fran, Barcelona, Spain |
11:15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Fabrication Of 4T And 2T Perovskite/Cdsete Tandem Solar Cells 1Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, United States, 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, United States |
K11 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Optimizing Monolithic (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2/Si Tandem Solar Cells Via Bandgap Engineering And Bifacial Operation 1Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 2Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
11:45 |
Colored & Passivated Cdte Back-Contacts Realized With Al2O3 Microhole Arrays University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin F |
| PV system design and soiling | |
| Chair(s): Brian Mirletz |
B14 |
Pvcollada: A Schema For Exchange Of Digital Pv System Design Data 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2PVsyst SA, Satigny, Switzerland |
10:45 |
Solar-Plus-Storage Case Studies In Cyprus 1PV Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, 2, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2PHAETHON Centre of Excellence for Intelligent, Efficient and Sustainable Energy Solutions, 2109, Nicosia, Cyprus, 3Technical Services, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus |
11:00 |
Validation Study Of Soil Modeling Approach For Underground Ampacity Calculations In Ground Mount Photovoltaic Solar Projects Ulteig, Denver, CO, United States |
N8 |
Design, Implementation, And Outdoor Performance Of A Gan-Based Boost Mppt Converter Interfaced With A Bifacial Pv Module 1Università di Parma, Dip. di Ingegneria e Architettura,, Parma, Italy, 2Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, Catania, Italy, 3Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dip. di Ingegneria Enzo Ferrari, Modena, Italy |
B15 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Forecasting Solar Panel Soiling Recovery Using Environmental Data During Rain Events In Africa University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia |
11:45 |
Impact Of Long-Term Average Soiling And Temporal Resolution On Energy Yield Analysis DNV Energy USA, Oakland, CA, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin A |
| Resilience and Reliability in Extreme Weather | |
| Chair(s): Laurie Burnham |
10:30 |
Resilience Metrics Framework For Solar Photovoltaics National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Golden, CO, United States |
11:00 |
Detecting And Quantifying Inverter Clipping And Its Thermal Behavior In Hot-Desert Pv Systems Based On Long-Term Field Measurements 1Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar, 2RINA Tech Renewables Australia, RINA Consulting , Victoria, Australia, 3Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), National University of Singapore , Singapore, Singapore |
K3 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Sensitivity Of Models For Snow-Induced Energy Losses In Fixed-Tilt Pv Systems Due To Different Ground Snow Depth Data Sources Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States |
J8 | Best Student Presentation Award Finalist
Field Comparison Of Snow Losses In Bifacial Fixed Tilt Versus Single Axis Tracking Pv System Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | Celestin H |
| Firm generation and other topics | |
| Chair(s): Aron Habte |
C7 |
Assessment Of Renewable Transition Pathways Using The Firm Power Generation Concept 1Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technolo, Budapest, Hungary, 2MTA-BME Lendület “Momentum” Renewable Energy Systems Research Group, Budapest, Hungary |
10:45 |
On Flexibility, Storage And Curtailment In High Vre Power Grids 1Clean Power Research, Bellevue, WA, United States, 2SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, United States, 3EURAC Rsearch, Bolzano, Italy, 4Meteotest, Berne, Switzerland |
C3 |
Optimization Of Urban Onsite Energy Generation And Energy Storage Assets Enhancing Grid Stability For Dynamic Power Generation 1Cherry Street Energy, Atlanta, GA, United States, 2Accelerate Wind, Birmingham, AL, United States, 3WhyGrene, Seattle, WA, United States, 4Cox Cleantech Accelerator, Atlanta, GA, United States |
11:15 |
Dc Loss Prediction For Pv Systems From Measured Energy Time Series And Numerical Weather Predictions Clean Power Research, Bellevue, WA, United States |
11:45 |
Impact Of Multi-Instrument Quality Control On Reliability Of Solar Measurements Solargis s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Celestin E |
| Conference Closing Ceremony | |
| Chair(s): Karin Hinzer |