Programme
Advances in Photovoltaics
| 09:30 | Coffee and registration |
| Chair: Professor Michael Walls (Loughborough University) | |
| 10:30 | The advent of mesoscopic solar cells Kevin Sivula and Michael Graetzel (EPFL Laussane, Switzerland) |
| 11:30 | Transparent conducting coatings for thin-film PV – a flat glass industry perspective Paul Warren ( Pilkington Technology Management) |
| 12:15 | Computational modelling for accelerated reduction in cost/watt at solar cell level Nick Cowern (Newcastle University) |
| 12:30 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| Chair: Dr Zoe Barber (University of Cambridge) | |
| 13:30 | Overview of polycrystalline thin film CDTE research at NREL Ramesh Dhere (NREL, USA) |
| 14:10 | Alternative TCO’s for use in dye sensitized solar cells Jake Bowers and Hari Upadhyaya (Loughborough University) |
| 14:30 | Plastic solar cells Chris McNeill (Cambridge University) |
| 15:10 | Tea and poster session |
| 15:40 | Nanoparticle based broad band anti-reflection coatings for solar cells – optical, mechanical and environmental properties Gareth Wakefield (Oxford Energy Technologies Ltd) |
| 16:00 | Dilute nitride type II quantum dot materials for solar cells based on gaas Peter Carrington (Lancaster University) |
| 16:20 | Concentrating photovoltaic systems Roger Bentley (Whitfield Solar) |
| 17:00 | Close |