Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV)

Renewable Energy and the Environment



Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV)

04 - 07 November 2013
JW Marriott Tucson Star Pass, Tucson, Arizona, USA

PV addresses all aspects of advanced and innovative nanophotonic concepts for photovoltaic applications.

This meeting brings together experts from the fields of nanophotonics and photovoltaics to address the issues and opportunities for merging these two technologies. The scope of the meeting covers all aspects of optical nanostructures for photovoltaic applications, from textured surfaces and diffraction gratings through to emerging areas topics such as plasmonic enhancement, spectrally split multiple cells and spectral flux management in multi-junction solar cells.

Topic Catergories

  • Nano-textured surfaces of various types
  • Nanostructures for solar concentrators
  • Nanostructures for dye-sensitized solar cells
  • Nanostructures for thin-film solar cells
  • Materials for thermophotovoltaics
  • Tandem cells
  • Gratings, photonic crystals, and diffractive optics used with/on solar cells
  • Resonant and plasmonic enhancement of optical absorption
  • Spectral flux mamangement
  • Novel solar cell geometries
  • Light management with nanostructures
  • Optical nanostructures for solar hydrogen
  • Advances in material science for photovoltaic applications



Mark Brongersma
Stanford University
United States

Chair
Erin Ratcliff
University of Arizona
United States

Chair
Ralf Wehrspohn
Fraunhofer IWM Halle
Germany

Chair
Alexander Sprafke
Martin-Luther University Halle
Germany

Program Chair

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IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract and Summary Submission 17 July 2013 12:00 EDT
Abstract and Summary Submission 17 July 2013
Hotel Reservation 3 October 2013 23:59 EDT
Hotel Reservation 3 October 2013
Advanced Registration 7 October 2013 23:59 EDT
Advanced Registration 7 October 2013

Peter Bermel, Purdue University, USA

Benedikt Bläsi, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

Gavin Conibeer, University of New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Krauss, University of St. Andrews, UK

Falk Lederer, University Jena, Germany

Changhee Lee, Seoul University, Korea

Jihun Oh, Korea Advance Institute of Science and Tech., Korea

Kui-Qing Peng, Beijing Normal University, China

Thomas Pertsch, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany

Bryce Richards, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Alex Talin, Sandia National Laboratories, United States

Jinkyoung Yoo, Los Alamos National Lab, United States




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