Workshops and conferences

24nd European PV SEC, 21-25 September 2009 in Hamburg, Germany

• SP7- ECN, Sinke et al.(paper) WAFER-BASED CRYSTALLINE SILICON MODULES AT 1 €/WP:
  FINAL RESULTS FROM THE CRYSTALCLEAR INTEGRATED

PHOTON's PV Production Equipment Conference (Part 1-c-Si) - March 4th 2009, Munich, Germany

• SP4- Sunways, G. Schubert et al. Metallization trends for cell manufacturing: "Highlights 1st Workshop on Metallization of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells"

18th PV SEC- 19-23 January 2009 in Kolkata, India•

• SP0- ECN, Weeber et al. CRYSTALCLEAR, A EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT TOWARDS 1€WP WAFER-BASED SI PV TECHNOLOGY
• SP1, ECN, Coletti et al- IMPACT OF TRANSITION METALS IN FEEDSTOCK ON MC-SI SOLAR CELL PROPERTIES

Silicon for the chemical and solar industry IX, 23-26 June 2008, Oslo, Norway

• SP6- ECN, M.de Wild et al, Environmental LCA of the Elkem Solar metallurgical process route to solar grade silicon

AIST symposium "Expectations and advanced Technologies in Renewable Energy", 11 October 2007, Chiba, Japan

• SP6- ECN, M.de Wild et al, Life Cycle Assessment of present and future PV systems

23rd European PV SEC, 1-5 September 2008 in Valencia, Spain

• SP6- ECN, M.de Wild et al, THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF PECVD CHAMBER CLEANING USING FLUORINATED GASES
• SP6- ECN, M.de Wild et al, LCA COMPARISON OF ELKEM SOLAR METALLURGICAL ROUTE AND CONVENTIONAL ROUTES
• SP3- IMEC, Van Hoeymissen et al. THIN-FILM EPITAXIAL SOLAR CELLS ON LOW-COST SI SUBSTRATES : CLOSING THE EFFICIENCY GAP WITH BULK SI CELLS USING ADVANCED PHOTONIC STRUCTURES AND EMITTERS
• SP4- UKON, Hess et al. IMPACT OF THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ON SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS OF RIBBON GROWTH ON SUBSTRATE (RGS) SOLAR CELLS
• SP4- IMEC, Beaucarne et al. SOLAR CELL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATED PROJECT CRYSTALCLEAR
• SP4- IMEC, Beaucarne et al. SOLAR CELL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATED PROJECT CRYSTALCLEAR(slides)
• SP4- IMEC, Choulat et al. High efficiency industrial type PERC Solar Cell on very thin EFG Substrates
• SP4- UKON, Booket al. TWO DIFFUSION STEP SELECTIVE EMITTER: COMPARISON OF MASK OPENING BY LASER OR ETCHING PASTE
• SP4- UKON, Hahn et al. IV MEASUREMENTS OF MC-Si SOLAR CELLS: COMPARISON OF RESULTS FROM INSTITUTE AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS WITHIN THE EU CRYSTALCLEAR PROJECT
• SP4- UKON, Haverkamp et al. SCREEN PRINTED EWT CELLS: LIMITATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
• SP4- UKON, Herzog et al. BULK HYDROGENATION IN MC-SI BY PECVD SINX DEPOSITION USING DIRECT AND REMOTE PLASMA
• SP4- UKON, Junge et al. Laser Fired Contacts for High Efficiency Solar Cells based on EFG Material
• SP4- UKON, Micard et al. QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION OF LIGHT BEAM INDUCED CURRENT CONTRAST PROFILES FOR DIFFERING DIFFUSION LENGTHS ON EITHER SIDE OF A GRAIN BOUNDARY
• SP4- UKON, Seren et al. SHUNT DETECTION WITH ILLUMINATED LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY ON INLINE RELEVANT TIME SCALES
• SP4- UKON, Zuschlag et al. EXTRACTION OF THE SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITY AND DIFFUSION LENGTH FROM LBIC AND EBIC MEASUREMENTS AT GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN MC SILICON
• SP4-UKON, Struempel et al. INFLUENCE OF HYGROSCOPY ON THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE UP-CONVERTER BaCl2:Er3+
• SP5- ISOFOTON, Lalaguna et al. COMPARISON OF MOISTURE INGRESS IN PV MODULES WITH DIFFERENT BACKSHEETS USING HUMIDITY SENSORS
• SP5- ISOFOTON, Lalaguna et al. EVALUATION OF STRESS ON CELLS DURING DIFFERENT INTERCONNECTION PROCESSES
• SP5- UKON, Ohl et al. INCREASED INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY OF ENCAPSULATED SOLAR CELLS BY USING TWO-COMPONENT SILICONE AS ENCAPSULANT MATERIAL
• SP6 ECN, de Wild et al. LCA COMPARISON OF THE ELKEM SOLAR METALLURGICAL ROUTE AND CONVENTIONAL GAS ROUTES TO SOLAR SILICON
• SP6 ECN, de Wild et al. THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF PECVD CHAMBER CLEANING USING FLUORINATED GASES
• SP7- ECN, Sinke et al.(handout) 1 € PER WATT-PEAK ADVANCED CRYSTALLINE SILICON MODULES: THE CRYSTALCLEAR INTEGRATED PROJECT
• SP7- ECN, Sinke et al.(slides) 1 € PER WATT-PEAK ADVANCED CRYSTALLINE SILICON MODULES: THE CRYSTALCLEAR INTEGRATED PROJECT

Gadest 2007 Conference, 14-19 October 2007, Erice, Italy

• SP1-ECN, Coletti et al: INVESTIGATION OF NEW READY-TO-USE SOLAR CRUCIBLE FOR CRYSTALLISATION OF MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOTS

E-MRS Fall Symposium 2007

• SP6- UU, Alsema and ECN, de Wild: Reduction of environmental impacts in c-Si PV technology; an analysis of driving forces and opportunities

22nd European PV SEC, 3-7 September 2007 in Milan, Italy

• SP1- ECN, Coletti et al: IMPACT OF IRON AND MOLYBDENUM IN MONO AND MULTICRYSTALLINE FLOAT-ZONE SILICON SOLAR CELLS
• SP2-UKON, Seren et al: Efficiency potential of RGS silicon from current R&D production
• SP3-UKON, Buck et al: c-Si TF n-type solar cells: a screen printed rear junction approach
• SP4-UKON, Ohl et al: Investigations on the influence of forming gas anneal on mechanical properties of printed AG thick film from side contact of solar cells after cofiring
• SP4-ECN, Romijn et all: ASPIRe a new industrial MWT cell technology enabling high efficiencies on this and large mc-Si wafers
• SP4-PW. Le Quang et all: Dry plasma texturing-an alternative technique for industrial production of thin mc-Si solar
• SP4- UKON, Herzog et all: bulk hydrogenation in mc-Si by PECVD SiNx deposition only
• SP4- UKON, Kaes et all: progress in high efficiency processing of EFG silicon solar cells .
• SP4- UKON, Raabe et all: monocrystalline silicon: future cell concepts
• SP6- ECN, de Wild et all: potential emissions and abatement strategies fluorinated greenhouse gases in photvoltaic module manufacturing
• SP6-UU, Alsema et all: reduction of the environmental impacts in crystalline silicon module manufacturing

E-MRS Spring 2007

• SP4- UPM, del Canizo et al: Implementation of a Monte Carlo method to model photon conversion for solar cells

 

6th Spanish Conference on Electronic Devices, 30th Jan - 2nd Feb 2007, San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid, Spain)

• SP4- UPM, del Canizo et al: Effect on bifacial solar cells

 

21st European PV SEC, 4-9 September 2006 in Dresden, Germany

 

• SP0- ECN, Sinke: Crystalline silicon PV technology roadmapping in the CrystalClear integrated project
• SP1- ECN, Coletti et al: Reduced effect of B-O degradation on mc-Si wafers
• SP1- ECN, Coletti et al: mc-Si float zone Si with Fe and Mo impurities: solar cell process and lifetime studies
• SP1- ECN, Coletti et al: Mechanical strength of Si wafers depending on wafer thickness and surface treatment
• SP3- IMEC, F. Deurinckx et al: Optical path length enhancement for > 13 % screenprinted thin film silicon solar cells
• SP3- ISE, Janz et al: Amorphous SiC: application for silicon solar cells
• SP4- UPM, del Canizo et al: Modelling of photon conversion phenomena
• SP4- ISE, Hoffmann et al: 21% efficient silicon solar cells using amorphous silicon rear side passivation
• SP4- ISE, Mette et al: High efficiencies on large area screen printed silicon solar cells and contacting high sheet resistance emitters using hotmelt ink
• SP4- ISE, Preu et al: The status of silicon solar cell production technology development at Fraunhofer ISE
• SP4- ISE, Voyer et al: Fabrication of textured solar cells using prayed phosphoric acid as the dopant source for the in-line emitter diffusion
• SP4- UKON, Herzog: Ultra large 20x20 cm2 mc-Si solar cells: improved cell process resulting in efficiencies exceeding 15%
• SP4- UKON, Haverkamp et al: Screen printed interdigitated back contact solar cells with laser fired contacts
• SP4- UKON, Kaes et al: Progress in hydrogenation of mc Si solar cells
• SP4- ECN, Romijn et al: High efficiencies on mc-Si solar cells enabled by industrial firing through rear side passivating SiNx:H
• SP4- IMEC, Agostinelli et al: Silicon solar cells on ultra-thin substrates for large scale production
• SP4- IMEC, Dekkers et al: Plasma texturing processes for the next generations of crystalline Si solar cells
• SP4- UPM, Tobias et al: Modelling of photon conversion phenomena
• SP4- SSP, Lenkeit et al: evaluation of high-efficiency mc-Si cell processing technologies regarding environmental impact and industrial applicability (paper)
• SP4- SSP, Lenkeit et al: evaluation of high-efficiency mc-Si cell processing technologies regarding environmental impact and industrial applicability (poster)
• SP5- IMEC, Dross et al: Solar modules of back-contact cells connected with lamination-curing conductive adhesive
• SP6- ECN, de Wild et al: A cost and environmental impact comparison of grid connected rooftop and groundbased PV systems
• SP6- UU, Alsema et al: Environmental impacts of PV electricity generation- a critical comparison of energy supply options
• SP7 - IMEC, Beaucarne et al: Thin, thinner, thinnest: An evolutionary vision of crystalline Si technology

16th Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells & Modules: Materials and Processes, Colorado, USA

• SP1- ECN, Coletti et al: Impact of Mo and Fe on multi-crystalline float zone Silicon solar cells

4th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, May 7-12, 2006, Waikoloa, Hawaii

• SP2- UKON, Hahn et al: Review on ribbon silicon techniques for cost reduction in PV
• SP4- UKON, Kraenzl- Bifacial solar cells on mc Si with boron BSF and open rear contact
• SP4- IMEC, Agostinelli et al: Rear surface passivation for industrial solar cells on thin substrates
• SP4 (UKON)- 18.1% efficiency for large area, multi crystalline Si solar cells

13th CIRP Intern. Conf. on Life Cycle Engineering, 31 May - 2 June 2006, Leuven Belgium

• SP6- UU, Alsema and ECN, De Wild: Environmental Impacts of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Module production

2005 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, 28 Nov - 2 Dec 2005, Boston, USA

• SP6- DS Mueller et al: LCA of solar modules recycling process
• SP6- ECN, De Wild and UU, Alsema: Environmental Life Cycle Inventory of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Module Production
• SP6- UU, Alsema and ECN, De Wild: Environmental impacts of crystalline silicon photovoltaic module production
• SP3- IMEC Kim et al: Progress in thin film free-standing monocrystalline silicon solar cells

CrystalClear international "Workshop on the fundamentals of a-SiNx:H in industrial solar cell processing" 3 November 2005, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium

• SP4- CrystalClear partners (Fraunhofer-ISE, UKON, IMEC, ECN) and others: all presentations at the workshop and a summary presentation of the workshop

15th International PV Science & Engineering Conference 2005, Shanghai China

• SP4- ECN, Romijn et al: Passivating Mc-Si Solar Cells Using SiNx:H: How to Tune to Maximum Efficiencies
• SP4- UKON, Herzog et al: Ultra-Large 20 × 20 cm2 Multi-Crystalline Solar Cells With Spray-On Emitter
• SP4- UKON, Kranzl et al: Bifacial Solar Cells on Multi-crystalline Silicon

15th Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells & Modules: Materials and Processes, 7-10 August 2005 in Vail, Colorado, USA

• SP4- ECN, Romijn et al: Passivating Multi Cristalline Si Solar Cells using SiNx:H
• SP2- ECN, Coletti et al: Mechanical strength of silicon wafers and its modelling

20st European PV SEC, 6-10 June 2005 in Barcelona, Spain

• SP6- DS, Galan/ Wambach: Recovery of waste mc-Si solar cells in order to be used in PV modules manufacturing
• SP6- DS, Bombach/ Wambach: Recycling of solar cells and modules- recent improvements
• SP6- UU, Alsema et al: The real environmental impacts of crystaline silicon PV modules: an analysis based on up-to-date manufacturers data
• SP6- ECN, de Wild et al: Implications of European environmental legislation for photovoltaic systems
• SP5- ECN, de Jong et al: Low-stress interconnections for solar cells
• SP4- UKON, Kaes et al: Towards stable 18% EFG high efficiency solar cells- improved cell process using bulk hydrogenation via PECVD SIN
• SP4- UPM, del Canizo et al: Photon conversion potential
• SP4- UKON, Struempel et al: Erbium-doped up-converters on Silicon solar cells: assessment of the potential
• SP4- UKON, Kraenzl et al:Industrial ç= 15,5 mc-Si solar cells with boron BSF and open rear contact
• SP4- UKON, Haverkamp et al: Screen printed low-cost IBC solar cells- preparatory investigations
• SP4- UKON, Rueland et al: Optical µ-crack detection in combination with stability testing for in-line-inspection of wafers and cells
• SP3- ISE, Janz et al: SIC as an intermediate layer for CSITF solar cells on various substrates
• SP3- ISE, Reber et al: Progress in crystalline silicon thin-film solar cell work at FhG ISE
• SP2- ECN, Coletti et al: Quantifying surface damage by measuring mechanical strength of silicon wafers
• SP1- ECN, Manshanden et al: Effective and practical phosporous gettering of mc-Si
• SP0- ECN, Sinke: CrystalClear general project overview presentation
• SP0- ECN, Sinke: Crystalclear general project overview paper

Materials Research Society Meeting 2005, 31 May - 3 June 2005, Strasbourg , France

• SP3- IMEC, Kim et al.: Progress in thin film free-standing monocrystalline silicon solar cells Also to appear in Thin Solid Films, available on-line since 18 January 2006.

EUROPV conference 2004, 15-20 October 2004 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

• SP0- ECN, Sinke: CrystalClear general project overview presentation
• SP0- ECN, Sinke: CrystalClear general project overview paper