ePVW2: Multijunction, Interface Science, and Cockroaches
The second emerging Photovoltaics Workshop (ePVW2) at the 8th international conference Next Generation Solar Energy (NGSE8) was held in Erlangen, Germany, this December 2023 with the participation of several world-class experts in the field.
In the introductory talk, Osbel Almora introduced the just published Emerging-PV report 2023. This is the 4th version of the yearly reviews series in Advanced Energy Materials, which summarizes the latest progress in device performance an versatile applications of emerging photovoltaics.
Subsequent presentations were offered by several members of the emerging PV initiative, including Rene Janssen (TU Eindhoven), “Multijunction Perovskite Solar Cells: Materials, Devices, and Characterization”; Maria A. Loi (University of Groningen), “SnO2 for High-Performance and Stable Organic Solar Cells”; and Barry P. Rand (Princeton), “Unforeseen ink chemistry: Solutions for perovskite solar cells”. Furthermore, Vincent Le Corre (FAU / HI ERN) and Maria Ronda-Lloret (Wiley) presented “Machine learning and device modeling as an automated diagnostic tool for high-throughput research” and “AI Tools in Scientific Writing and Publishing”, respectively.
Sensationally, Kenjiro Fukuda (RIKEN) presented the talk “Very Thin and Lightweight Flexible Organic Solar Cells: Performance and Potential Applications”. In this presentation, an insightful overview on the characterization methods of flexible photovoltaics and the latest research progress of his group were provided. Nonetheless, the most impressive section was about a project on cyborg cockroaches. Kenjiro shared videos and images of the cockroaches carrying electronic equipment for rescue tasks in disaster areas. The battery charging for the electronics on top of the cockroaches was based on thin film photovoltaic devices deposited on top of 4 μm-thick substrates.
The 3rd emerging PV workshop is expected to be announced on September 2024.
Announcement of the 2nd International Emerging PV workshop (EPVW2) at NGSE8
It is our great pleasure to announce the second international Emerging-PV workshop (EPVW2) to be held on December 14, 2022, during the 8th Conference Next Generation Solar Energy (NGSE8), in Erlangen, Germany. The workshop will be held in a hybrid format and a broadcast will take place via Zoom Webinar Free for All after registration for NGSE8.
Following the previous edition (EPVW1), the EPVW2 will not only present the latest progress in the emerging-pv.org website and database and the fourth version of the emerging-PV reports, but also a series of talks on the most recent research progress in the PV field, with a special focus on high-throughput synthesis and artificial intelligence for energy materials in emerging solar cell technologies. The workshop is organized by Osbel Almora and the confirmed list of invited speakers is as follows:
Rene Janssen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Kenjiro Fukuda, Center for Emergent Matter Science-RIKEN, Japan
Vincent Le Corre, Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Germany
Maria A. Loi, University of Groninger, The Netherlands
Barry P. Rand, Princenton University, United States of America
Maria Ronda-Lloret, Advanced Energy Materials, Germany
International Emerging-PV workshop (EPVW1)
It is our great pleasure to announce the first international Emerging-PV workshop (EPVW1) to be held on December 8, 2022, during the 7th Conference Next Generation Solar Energy (NGSE7), in Erlangen, Germany. The workshop will be held in a hybrid format and a broadcast will take place via Zoom Webinar Free for All after registration for NGSE7.
The EPVW1 will not only present the latest progress in the emerging-pv.org website and database and the third version of the emerging-PV reports, but also a series of talks on the most recent research progress in the PV field, with a special focus on multijunction emerging solar cell technologies. The confirmed list of invited speakers is as follows:
- Anita Ho-Baillie, University of Sydney, Australia
- Hin-Lap Yip, City University of Hong Kong, China
- Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, EPFL, Switzerland
- Fei Guo, Jinan University, China
- Eva Unger, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany
Emerging PV on the EU-PVSEC 2021
Anna, Osbel and Christian are presenting the Emerging PV reports initiative at the 2021 EU-PVSEC.
Day: Thursday, 09 September 2021 | Time: 15:15 – 16:15 CEST | Site: EU PVSEC Online Platform
Full announcement on the conference page:
https://www.photovoltaic-conference.com/programme/parallel-events/611-parallel-events-emergingpvreport.html
Emerging-PV kickoff on the NGSE5
Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Brabec kicks off the Emerging-PV initiative at the NGSE5 conference.
Emerging-PV initiative launched
Erlangen, DE – Emerging-PV is an International Consortium Initiative to Summarize and Visualize Research Progress on Emerging PV Technologies
The Emerging PV Reports Initiative (EPVRI) is an academic international framework for collecting, presenting and analyzing data about the best achievements in the research of emerging photovoltaic materials, e.g., organic, perovskite and dye sensitized solar cells, among others.
More than 30 researchers from 15 countries have worked out the fundamental guidelines for reporting progress in emerging PV based on peer reviewed publications. The first version of the Emerging PV Reports is available online and it can be cited as Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 2002774
In order to guarantee highest data quality, outmost precision and best reliability, a series of criteria will be automatically verified when uploading data. We believe that the accurate reporting of record performance for novel, innovative and emerging semiconductors, independent whether they are demonstrated in flexible, transparent or rigid solar cell architectures, will support to accelerate photovoltaic materials science development. Special emphasis will be placed on reporting operational lifetime efforts – the ultimate discipline of photovoltaics.
Authors are invited to contribute to this database effort and upload their research data based on peer reviewed publications. Submission of research data will be possible under the section My cells, where we provide an interactive form for data contribution and editing. Contributors will gain access to the analysis and visualization tools beyond the public scope. In case of questions, you can reach the authors of this platform under support@emerging-pv.org.
