Nanoscale Photovoltaics:
New Devices and Materials

Beilstein Nanotechnology Symposium 2017

21 – 23 November 2017

avendi-Hotel am Griebnitzsee, Potsdam, Germany

 

Scientific Program:

 

Thilo Glatzel / University of Basel

Martha Lux-Steiner / ILTIS Remote Laboratories and Free University of Berlin

The scope of the symposium was to provide an interdisciplinary platform for discussions of novel developments and trends in the field of solar energy conversion and storage using nanoscale materials and concepts from chemistry, physics, and materials science. The key topics included fundamental aspects of structural and chemical nanoscale characterization, new device and especially material concepts but also an overview for sustainable strategies for future developments. The symposium brought together scientist working in the different areas and aimed to stimulate discussions and cooperations.

Scientific Program

 

TUESday, 21 November

 

9:00
Welcome and Introduction

Session Chair: Sascha Sadewasser

9:20
From mechanical metamaterials to machine materials
Corentin Coulais / University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10:00
Nanoscale opto thermo electric energy conversion devices
Ali Shakouri / Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

10:40
Coffee break

11:10
Photonic structures for solar concentrators and solar cell module thermal management
Vivian Ferry / University of Minnesota, USA

11:50
AFM-nanolithography and template-guided self-assembly: controlling nanoscale pattern formation by molecular interaction
Thomas Schimmel / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

12:30
Lunch

 

Session chair: Uli Lemmer

14:00
Harvesting the sun with nanowires – concepts and realization
Knut Deppert / Lund University, Sweden

14:40
Experimental and theoretical investigations of (single) molecules on the nanoscale
Silvio Decurtins / University of Bern, Switzerland

15:20
Coffee break

15:50
High efficiency perovskite/silicon solar cells
Kylie Catchpole / Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

16:30
Nano- and microstructures for next generation chalcopyrite solar cells
Martina Schmid / University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

17:10
End

18:00
Dinner

 

POSTER SESSION

20:00
Presentation and discussion of all posters

22:00
End

 

WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER

Session chair: Knut Deppert

9:00
Organic solar cells
Markus C. Scharber / Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

9:40
Photonic structures and design challenges in photovoltaic devices
Marko Topič / University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

10:20
Coffee break

10:50
Perovskite solar cells by ink-jet printing
Uli Lemmer / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

11:30
What makes a good solar cell?
Thomas Kirchartz / Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

12:10
Lunch

 

14:15
EXCURSION

18:00
End of excursion

19:00
Dinner

 

THURSday, 23 NOVEMBER

Session chair: Marko Topič

9:00
Toward 20-30% solar photovoltaic efficiency on 10 µm silicon
Nazir P. Kherani / University of Toronto, Canada

9:40
Transparent electrodes with ultrathin nanowires and sinter-free electrodes with hybrid inks
Tobias Kraus / Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany

10:20
Coffee break

10:50
Perovskite tandem cells: advanced interface engineering for 4T and 2T concepts with high performance
Christoph J. Brabec / University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

11:30
The surface defect physics of CIGS thin films: a combined approach by scanning probe microscopy and photoelectron spectroscopy
Harry  Mönig / University of Münster, Germany

12:10
Lunch

 

Session chair:  Martina Schmid

13:30
Nanowires for tandem junction solar cells
Magnus T. Borgström / Lund University, Sweden

14:10
Cu(In,Ga)Se2 at the micro- and nanometer scale
Sascha Sadewasser / International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal

14:50
Coffee break

15:20
Thin film tandem solar cells with perovskites and CIGS
Ayodhya N. Tiwari / Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland

16:00
What can nano really do for solar?
Erik Garnett / AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

16:40
Final words, farewell

16:50
End of program

18:00
Dinner

Nano Symposium 2017