Feng Zhiqiang, chairman of the sub-venue.
He is currently the vice president of Trina Solar and the director of the State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Technology. Part-time professor of Sun Yat-sen University, doctoral supervisor of Changzhou University, deputy director of Photovoltaic Professional Committee of China Renewable Energy Society, and member of National 863 Program Expert Group. Participate in the "Jiangsu Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leading Talents Program". He holds Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in materials science from Yokohama National University, Japan, and works as a postdoctoral fellow at Iowa State University, USA. Dr. Feng has worked as a research and development engineer and scientist in Japan, American National Laboratory and top semiconductor companies for more than 20 years. In 2015, he won the China Photovoltaic Achievement Award. His research interests are the reliability of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and photovoltaic modules and photovoltaic products. He has published more than 120 papers and obtained 10 patents.
Zhang Zhen, chairman of the sub-venue
Mainly engaged in high-efficiency photovoltaic systems and photovoltaic reliability research. He focuses on the research and development of Trina Solar photovoltaic projects, including special solar module and module materials, solar module efficiency and hybrid photovoltaic systems. As a postdoctoral researcher in the photovoltaic reliability team of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He graduated from China Academy of Sciences and received his Ph.D. from Sun Yat-sen University, specializing in photovoltaic research. He has served as the head of module research and development team in Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. and Solar Energy Company, and has guided many projects such as low series resistance module, low power consumption module, service life of module packaging materials, BIPV module development and smart photovoltaic module and system research.
Atsushi Masuda, Chairman of the Sub-venue
Atsushi Masuda received his Ph. D degree inEngineering from Kanazawa University, Japan in 1996. In 1996 he joined School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and in 2005 hejoined Research Center for Photovoltaics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. He iscurrently a Deputy Director, Research Center for Photovoltaics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His main research field is solar-cellmaterials and reliability of photovoltaic module s. He was a member of Steering Committee of 6thWorld Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion and a member of Steering and Organizing Committees o f 27th International Photovoltaic Science andEngineering Conference. He is an authorand co-author of over 200 technical papers and conference papers. He has applied for over 50 foreign anddomestic patents. He is a senior memberof the Japan Society of Applied Physics, the Ceramic Society of Japan, theJapan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science, and the Institute of Electronics,Information and Communication Engineers.
Sarah Kurtz, Chairperson of the breakout session.
Dr. Sarah Kurtz received her PhD from Harvard University in Chemical Physics in 1985 with Roy Gordon. She moved directly tothe Solar Energy Research In stitute (now the National Renewable EnergyLaboratory, NREL) where she has worked for more than 30 years on a variety ofsolar energy projects. She is known for her contributions to developing multijunction, GaInP/GaAs solar cells, supporting the Concentrator Photovoltaic(PV) industry, and, more recently, her work with PV performance andreliability. Her work has been recognized with a jointly received Dan David Prize in 2007, the Cherry Award in 2012, and the C3E Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. In late 2017 she transitioned to a faculty position at the University of California at Merced, while continuing work with NREL.
Session 10 (tentative schedule)
Session 1: November4th 13: 30-16: 00.
Moderator: Zhang Zhen
Invitation report
13: 30-13: 50 Max B. Koen Topp Han Wha Q Cells R&D Analysis & Modeling Team Leader
Subject of report: to be determined
oral report
13:50-14:05 Chengying Shi
Report topic: Effect of high wind speed dust on silicon photovoltaic modules performance.
14: 05-14: 20 Dr. Pei-Chieh Hsiao, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Topic of the report: The RMO mechanical stress in glass-glass modules of half silicon solar cells interconnected by preventive tabbing.
14: 20-14: 35 Yoshihiro Hishikawa (AIST) invited researchers.
Report topic: performance monitoring of PV modules and arrays for reliability evaluation.
14:35-14:50 Yating Zhang
Topic of the report: The Irradiance Mismatch Effects on the Performance of Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules.
14: 50-15: 05 Dr. Juan Camilo Ortiz Liz Cano Delft University of Technology
Topic of the report: thermal management of PV modules: passive cooling solutions for front and back surfaces.
15:05-15:20 Yunlinsun
Topic of the report: Study on Simulation and Optimization for Output Characters of Bifacial PV Modules Based on Outdoor Empirical Tests.
15:20-15:35 Marco Ernst, Research Fellow, Australian National University
Report topic: Impact of (multi-) bus bar design in full and half cell modules on the cell-to-module yield under realistic conditions.
15:35-15:50 Peide Han
Report topic: physical mechanism and temperature control of shaded solar cell hot-spot
Session 2: November6th 8: 30-10: 00.
Moderator: Feng Zhiqiang.
Invitation report
8:30-8:50 Yasuaki Ishikawa, Associate Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Topic of the report: Detailed analysis of potential induced degradation in p-type crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules.
He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut Fur Physiikalische Elektronik in Stuttgart University, Germany, studying wearable photovoltaics. Since 2005, he has been engaged in postdoctoral research in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, USA, studying multi-junction amorphous silicon solar cells. In 2006, he joined Sharp Corporation in Japan, engaged in solar cell research. Since 2010, he has been an associate professor at the Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan. The current research fields include the application of nanostructures in energy harvesters, printing electronics, processing of oxide materials and devices, and photoelectric reliability.
oral report
8: 50-9: 05 Yujino, researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Subject of the report: lifetime prediction of crystalline SiPV modules under UV-hydrothermal stress.
9:05-9:20 Zhao Wu
Report topic: Statistical modeling of UV induced PV module power degradation based on acceleration tests.
9: 20-9: 35 Senior Research Fellow, National Science and Technology Development Bureau, Amornrat Limmanee
Topic of the report: A simple method to estimate degradation rates of photovoltaics without infrared data.
9: 35-9: 50 TV Senior Technical Engineer of Beide Group
Subject of the report: Reliability
9:50-10:05 Hao Song
Report topic: indoor accelerated aging test for silicon PV module with a combined procedure of thermal cycling and high intensity infrared.
Session 3: November6th 10: 30-12: 00.
Moderator: Atsushi Masuda
Invitation report
10: 30-10: 50 Senior Vice President and CTO of Artes Solar Photoelectricity (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Subject of report: to be determined
He has more than 20 years of research and development experience in photovoltaic and semiconductor industries. In Artes Solar Photoelectricity (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., he led the technical team to successfully launch large-scale production technologies such as single crystal and polysilicon wafers and dual-cell module, many of which have become mainstream technologies in the photovoltaic field. He won the first prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Award, the chief scientist of China 863 project, and the member of photovoltaic committee of China Renewable Energy Society. Has more than 50 invention patents.
oral report
10:50-11:05 Yan Yang
Topic: Research on Optimization of Structured Ribbon for Photovoltaic Module
11:05-11:20 Bing Gao
Topic: performance and degradation comparison for long-term reliability of diverse kinds of photovoltaic modules in the east of China.
11:20-11:35 Ji.Xia Du Pont Technical Fellow
Report topic: evaluation long-term reliability of solar module and its components by field study.
11:35-11:50 William Gambogi DuPont Technical Fellow
Report topic: performance and durability of transparent back sheets for bilateral PV modules.
11:50-12:05 Chunhua Zhong
Topic of the report: the study on let id of monocrystal cz-silicon
12: 05-12: 20 Researcher James Ma3m
Topic: optimization of silicon PV modules for power/yield and durability using light redirecting films.
Session 4: November7th 10: 30-12: 00.
Moderator: Sarah Kurtz
Invitation report
10: 30-10: 50 Dr. Researcher, Taeko Semba Namics Corporation
Report topic: Correction mechanisms of the front-side metallization by high-temperature high-humity test on crystalline SiPV module.
In 2009, he received a doctorate in solid state physics from Ibaraki University. Joined NAMICS in April 2009. Participate in the development of metallization paste for P-type silicon and back contact solar cells. Since 2016, the main research focus has been on the reliability of the front metallization paste. In June 2018, he won the Best Poster Award of wcpec7 Poster Award for "Glass Corrosion and Lead Compound Formation during Metallization of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Module in High Temperature and High Humidity Test".
10:50-11:10Nikos Kopidakis, scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Report topic: low uncertainty PV module calibrations
oral report
11:10-11:25Takehiro Yoshida, a student of Tokyo University of Science and Technology, Japan.
Report topic: quantitative evaluation of outdoor degradation rate of PV system by analyzing output current, voltage and power.
11: 25-11: 40 Dr. Pei-Chieh Hsiao, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Report topic: balanced contact method to reduce the RMO mechanical stress in silicon solar cells induced by interconnection.
11: 40-11: 55 Researcher Keiichiro Sakurai (AIST)
Report topic: Recovery of CIGS solar cells from PID stress with spectrally selective illumination and light Soaking.
11:55-12:10 Bill J.J. Liu Miasole Director
Topic of the report: establishing the long-term reliability performance of flexible PV modules from accelerated testing.