Ludovic ESCOUBAS - Institut d'études scientifiques de Cargèse ...

2013 

1 Avril 

5 Avril 

NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR 

NEXT GENERATION HIGH 

EFFICIENCY PV 

WORKSHOP AND SPRING 

SCHOOL 

Ludovic ESCOUBAS 

Université Aix Marseille 

13000 Marseille 

France 

04 91 28 86 15 

ludovic.escoubas@univ-amu.fr 

Direction scientifique : 

Giovanna Chimini 

Contact : 

Dominique Donzella 

tél : 04 95 26 80 40 

www.iesc.univ-corse.fr

Monday April 1 st 

Nanomaterials & PV 

Photonics & PV 

09:00 – 

09:15 

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10:15 

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10:45 

10:45 – 

11:15 

11:15 – 

11:35 

11:35 – 

11:55 

11:55 – 

12:15 

12:15 – 

14:00 

14:00 – 

15:00 

Chair 

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16:00 

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Chair 

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17:20 

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NEXTGEN NANO PV Introduction 


IRDEP (EDF/CNRS/CHIMIE- 

Lesson : Daniel LINCOT 

PARISTECH UMR7174) - France 

COFFEE BREAK 

Invited : Juan MORANTE 

“One dimensional nanostructures 

for solar energy harvesting” 

Senthuran SIVASUBRAMANIAM 

“Performance Enhancement of 

Inverted Nanopyramid Silicon 

Solar cell with Silicon Quantum 

Dots” 

Jean-Michel NUNZI 

“Design of an ultimate efficiency 

PV cell technology” 

Nicolas CAVASSILAS 

“Quantum transport simulations of 

a p-i-n junction for PV 

applications” 

LUNCH 

BREAK 


Lesson : 

Jao VAN DE LAGEMAAT 

“ Excitons and plasmons in 

nanoscale systems: driving third 

generation photoconversion ” 

Tim F. SCHULZE 

“Improving the light-harvesting of 

thin-film solar cells with 

photochemical upconversion” 

Wiebke OHM 

“ZnO nano-rod arrays for thin film 

solar cells” 

COFFEE BREAK 

Daniel LINCOT 

Nicolas VANDAMME 

“Design and optimization of 

nanostructure arrays for highefficient 

ultrathin solar cells” 

Lesson : Teodor TODOROV 

“Recent Advances and 

Challenges of High-Efficiency Ink- 

Based Kesterite Solar Cells” 

IREC, Catalonia Institute for Energy 

Research - Spain 

University of Canterbury, 

Christchurch - New Zealand 

Department of Physics, Queen’s 

University, Kingston, Ontario - 

Canada 

IM2NP, UMR CNRS 7334, Marseille - 

France 

NREL - USA 

18:20 – 

19:20 

POSTER SESSION 1 

19:20 DINNER 

*School of Chemistry, University of 

Sydney, Australia 

*Institute for Silicon Photovoltaics, 

Helmholtz‐Zentrum Berlin, Germany 

Physics Department of Freie 

Universität Berlin, Germany 

Laboratoire de Photonique et de 

Nanostructures – CNRS, Marcoussis, 

France 

IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, 

P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 

10598 – USA

Tuesday April 2 nd 

DSSC & Hybrid Solar Cells 

Organic Solar Cells 

Chair 

person 

09:00 – 

10:00 

10:00 – 

10:30 

10:30 – 

11:30 

11:30 – 

11:50 

11:50 – 

12:10 

12:10 – 

14:00 

14:00 – 

15:00 

Chair 

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15:00 – 

16:00 

16:00 – 

16:30 

16:30 – 

17:00 

Chair 

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17:00 – 

17:20 

17:20 – 

17:40 

17:40 – 

18:00 

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Guillaume WANTZ 

Lesson : Franck NÜESCH 

“Dye sensitized solar cells; 

working principles, challenges 

and opportunities” 

COFFEE BREAK 

Lesson : Frédéric CHANDEZON 

“Hybrid nanocrystal-based 

materials for solar cell 

applications” 

M. KRUNKS 

“ZnO nanostructures by 

chemical spray for next 

generation solar cells” 

Yang WANG 

“Semiconductor Nanoparticle 

Based Heterojunction Solar 

Cells” 

Lesson : Jenny NELSON 

“Simulation of molecular 

electronic materials for use in 


Invited : Guillaume WANTZ 

“Printed organic solar cells: 

state-of-the-art, stability and 

large-scale manufacturing “ 

LUNCH 

BREAK 

Jean-Jacques SIMON 

COFFEE BREAK 

Jenny NELSON 

Hui ZHANG 

“Near infrared absorbing 

cyanine dyes for visibly 

transparent organic solar cells” 

Lidia MARIN 

“Quinoxaline-Based Low Band 

Gap Copolymers with 

Conjugated Side Chains for 

Organic Photovoltaics” 

Bryon W. LARSON 

“Fullerene Acceptors in OPV: 

Current Limitations and Future 

Prospectives –A Molecule-to- 

Material Approach” 

18:00 – 

19:30 


19:30 DINNER 

* Empa, Laboratory for Functional 

Polymers, Dübendorf - Switzerland 

* EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland 

INAC / UMR 5819 SPrAM (CEA- 

CNRS-UJF) / LEMOH, CEA 

Grenoble 

Tallinn University of Technology, 

Department of Materials Science, 

Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn – Estonia 

Department of Chemistry, 

University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260 – 

USA 

Imperial College London, London, 

UK 

Université de Bordeaux, IMS, UMR 

CNRS 5218, ENSCBP, Pessac 

* Empa, Dübendorf - Switzerland 

* EPFL, Lausanne - Switzerland 

* Design & Synthesis of Organic 

Semiconductors, Hasselt University, 

Diepenbeek, Belgium 

* IMEC, IMOMEC Ass. Lab., 

Diepenbeek, Belgium 

Department of Chemistry, 

Colorado State University, Fort 

Collins, CO, USA

Wednesday April 3 rd 

Intermediate Band Solar Cells 

Chair 

person 

09:00 – 

10:00 

10:00 – 

10:30 

10:30 – 

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11:00 – 

11:20 

11:20 – 

11:40 

11:40 – 

14:00 

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Lesson : Antonio MARTI 

“ A guide for research on 

intermediate band solar cells” 

Judikaël LE ROUZO 

COFFEE BREAK 

Stanko TOMIC 

“Theoretical model of quantum 

dot array based intermediate 

band solar cell” 

J.C. CONESA 

“Photocatalytic test of 

intermediate band 

photovoltaic materials” 

Fabienne MICHELINI 

“Quantum photovoltaics in 

wire-dot-wire junctions” 

LUNCH 

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid 

(IES-UPM), Instituto de Energia 

Solar-ETSITCiudad Universitaria, 

Madrid – Spain 

University of Salford, Manchester - 

UK 

Instituto de Catálisis y 

Petroleoquímica, CSIC, Madrid, 

Spain 

IM2NP, UMR CNRS 7334, Marseille - 

France 

14:00 – 

20:00 

Visit to the "Calanques de Piana" 

20:00 DINNER

Thursday April 4 th 

Inorganic Thin Films Solar Cells 1 

Techno. & Market Needs 

Chair 

person 

09:00 – 

10:00 

10:00 – 

10:30 

10:30 – 

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Véronica BERMUDEZ 

Lesson : Yaroslav E. ROMANYUK 

“Solution-processed 

chalcogenide solar cells” 

COFFEE BREAK 

Invited : Hans-Werner SCHOCK 

“Grading of band gaps in solar 

cells: gains and losses” 

J.Y. CHANE-CHING 

“An environmentally-friendly, 

low-cost process route for the 

fabrication ofCu2ZnSnSe4 solar 

cells” 

Benoit FLEUTOT 

“Investigation of some news 

architectures of ultrathin CIGSe 

solar cells by mechanical liftoff 

process” 

Scalenano Eu project : 

Invited : A. PEREZ-RODRIGUEZ 

“Nanostructured based 

materials and processes for 

scaled-up cost efficient 

chalcogenide photovoltaics” 

LUNCH 

BREAK 

Laboratory for Thin Films and 

Photovoltaics, Swiss Federal 

Laboratories for Materials Science 

and Technology Empa, 

Duebendorf – Switzerland 

Solar Energy Research, Helmholtz- 

Zentrum Berlin – Germany 

Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS, 

CIRIMAT, 118 Route de Narbonne, 

F-31062, Toulouse - France 

IRDEP (EDF/CNRS/CHIMIE- 

PARISTECH UMR7174) – France 

IREC, NEXCIS Photovoltaic 

Technology, EMPA, Merck KGaA, 

IIT, UNOTT, IMPT, UL, CEA, HZB, 

Semilab, SUPSI, FUB 

The EU PV Clusters – the European Clusters of Photovoltaics Projects 

Veronica Bermudez 

Invited : Jeroen VAN DUREN 

“Printed CIGS: A Silicon Valley 

Startup Perspective.” 

Invited : Philippe CALZI 

Jose M. BORREGO 

“Wafer Scale Series 

Interconnection of GaSb PV 

and TPV Cells Grown on Semiinsulating 

GaAs” 

Sophia FANTECHI 

PV Strategy & Technology, 

Intermolecular - USA 

Nexcis Photovoltaic Technology, 

190 Avenue Célestin COQ, 13790 

Rousset Cedex -France 

Chemical and Biological 

Engineering Department, 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 

Troy, NY 12180 –USA 

ROUND TABLE : Technology & Market Needs 


19:30 DINNER

Friday April 5 th 

Youth and Future PV 

Chair 

person 

09:00 – 

10:00 

10:00 – 

10:30 

10:30 – 

11:00 

11:00 – 

11:20 

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Jean-Michel NUNZI 

Lesson : Lawrence KAZMERSKI 

COFFEE BREAK 

Invited : Thomas KIRCHARTZ 

“Characterizing recombination 

in organic bulk-heterojunction 


Soumyadeep MISRA 

“High Performance Low Cost Thin 

Film Radial Junction Solar Cell 

Based on Tin Catalyzed Silicon 

Nanowires” 

National Renewable Energy 

Laboratory, Golden, Colorado – 

USA 

Imperial College London, 

London - UK 

Laboratoire de Physique des 

Interfaces et des Couches 

Minces (LPICM), Ecole 

Polytechnique/CNRS, Palaiseau, 

France 

11:20 – 

12:00 

ROUND TABLE 

Inorganic Thin Films Solar Cells 2 

12:00 – 

14:00 

Chair 

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14:00 – 

14:20 

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14:40 

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15:00 

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LUNCH 

Yaroslav ROMANYUK 

Y. CUI 

“ InP nanowire solar cell with 

high open circuit voltage and 

high fill factor ” 

Dahyun NAM 

“Influence of growth process on 

optical properties of 

Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells” 

Deliang WANG 

“High efficient thin film CdTe 


CLOSING REMARKS 

Department of Applied Physics, 

Eindhoven University of 

Technology, Eindhoven, the 

Netherlands 

Department of Physics, Sogang 

University, Seoul, Korea 

* Hefei National Laboratory for 

Physical Sciences at the 

Microscale, University of Science 

and Technology of China, Hefei, 

Anhui 230026, People’s Republic 

of China 

* 2CAS Key Laboratory of Energy 

Conversion Materials, University 

of Science and Technology of 

China, Hefei,Anhui 230026, 

People’s Republic of China

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