Programme

Advances in Photovoltaics

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