Summit, Level 3, Room 330
This tutorial is intended for young researchers who are active in the field of thin-film solar cells and would like to learn more about some of the fundamental characterization and modeling methods that are being used.
Instructors: Mirjana Dimitrievska, Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology; Steve Harvey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Adam Phillips, The University of Toledo; Tao Song, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
This tutorial is intended for young researchers (students and postgraduates within three years of degree completion) who are active in the field of thin-film solar cells and would like to learn more about some of the fundamental characterization and modeling methods that are being used in R&D of these materials and devices. All presentations will be given by experienced researchers who are active in the characterization of Si-, III–V-, chalcogenide-, kesterite-, perovskite-, or other novel material-based solar cells. Although these materials will be discussed as example systems, the presentations will primarily focus on the characterization and modeling techniques and thus should be of interest to participants from other symposia as well.
Learning Objectives include:
Tutorial Schedule
9:00 am
Performance Characterization of Thin-Film Single-Junction and Tandem PV Devices
Tao Song, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
10:00 am BREAK
10:30 am
Lifetime and Mobility Measurements from Optical Techniques (PL, TRPL and THz Spectroscopy)
Mirjana Dimitrievska, Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
11:30 am BREAK
1:30 pm
Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy for PV Materials
Steve Harvey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
2:30 pm BREAK
3:00 pm
Using One-Dimensional Numerical Modeling to Understand and Advance Thin-Film PV
Adam Phillips, The University of Toledo, United States