Introduction

INVITATION

Numerical modelling of thin film solar cells evolved from a rather exotic research topic in the early 80’s to a mature research field and an accepted practice in the present.

This development was driven by the complicated structure of present day thin film solar cells. Numerical modelling is a necessity for the realistic description of these PV devices, both with the aim of explaining advanced measurements and characterization, and of exploring the cell’s performance limitations.

We warmly invite you to this workshop, one of the first dedicated to numerical modelling of thin film solar cells.

SCOPE AND ORGANISATION

The scope of the three-day workshop is optical and electrical modelling of thin film solar materials, cells and structures, based on the CIGS, a-Si, µc-Si and thin film poly-Si material families.

The workshop is public: it is addressing researchers from both inside and outside the EU-Athlet project. Especially young researchers are welcome.

The first session is devoted to tutorials on the workshop core subjects and on perspectives and applications from other fields. There will be sessions with each contributed talks (4) and poster presentations (~ 15). Ample occasion and time for questions and discussion will be a key attention point of the workshop.

The final session will be a practicum-session with demonstrations of existing simulation software, and with hands-on exercises on optical and electrical simulation (different levels of advancement). The workshop attendance will be limited to 100 persons.