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Investigation of Dust Adhesion on PV-Modules at a Microstructural Level Prof. Joerg Bagdahn, President of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Video in Youtube |
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Stable perovskite solar cells by 2D/3D interface engineering By Prof. Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
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What Drop on Demand (D-O-D) Inkjet printing bring to solar energy industry? Challenges for a solar PV module to be fully manufactured with a printed process By Prof. Ahmed Ennaoui, President of the Scientific Council of IRESEN – Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles. |
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Recent advances in solar irradiation predictions as the input of solar system simulations: From Earth’s surface measurements to satellite imagery; From Angstrom correlation to ANN Prof. Dr. Bulent Akinoglu, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey |
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Metal-Organic Frameworks from Design Strategies to Applications Prof. Mohamed Eddaoudi, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Science and Associate Director of the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center at KAUST, Saudi Arabia |
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Advanced Concentrating Thermal Technologies for Power and Process Heat Generation Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Pitz-Paal, DLR, Institute of Solar Research, Cologne, Germany. |
Workshop 3: Workshop on Challenges and Advancements of Electric Vehicle Batteries (EVB): Li-ion and Beyond
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Battery Energy Storage Systems for Grid Applications-Results from the Field Dr. Jud Virden, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy & Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA |
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Building the Next Generation High Energy and Low Cost Batteries Dr. Jun Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA |
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Why do we care about lithium? Dr. Emilio E. Bunel, Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM), Chile |
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Enabling Competent Electrical Vehicles Dr. Wenjuan Mattis, Vice President of Microvast Inc, China. |
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Next Generation Lithium Ion batteries and Beyond Dr. Khalil Amine, Distinguished Fellow and manager of the Advanced Lithium Battery Technology program at Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA |
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Glass Protected Li Metal Electrodes for Next Generation Batteries Dr. Steven Visco, CEO of PolyPlus Battery Company, Berkeley, California USA. |
Workshop 1: Materials development in emerging energy technologies Workshop
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Development of Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Devices for Next Generation Photovoltaics: Opportunities and Challenges Prof. Mohamed Henini, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, U.K |
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Materials for solar energy conversion and storage: Computational predictions of physical properties using Density Functional Theory (DFT) Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, Morocco |
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New routes to highest conversion efficiencies for solar energy conversion and direct solar water splitting: III-V semiconductor structures on silicon Prof. Thomas Hannappel, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institut für Physik, Ilmenau, Germany. |
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Nanomaterials contribution to the development of future clean energy sources Prof. Abdelhafed Taleb, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris & Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. |
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High Performance Computing in material science Prof. Othmane Bouhali, Research professor and director of research computing at Texas A&M University, Qatar |
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Toward material engineering for energy conversion strategies using solar spectrum Prof. Mustapha Jouiad, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE |
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Future applications for the world’s oldest photovoltaic material Dr. Teodor Todorov, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA. |
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Low carbon emissions technology using local clay catalysts Prof. Tarik Chafik, FST Tangier, Morocco |
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Laser Sculpting and Processing of Silicon for Photovoltaics Dr. Alpan Bek, Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM) and Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. |
Workshop 3: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) workshop.
The workshop was initiated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the European competence center for power generation.
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2. Technical requirements for central receiver systems: design, materials, components and HTF (Molten salt, air?) 3. Challenges for heliostat development Dr. Reiner Buck, DLR, Germany |
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4. Design, materials and requirements to operate parabolic trough systems with new Silicon Oil as new HTF 5. Potential use of solar thermal energy in industrial processes Klaus Hennecke, DLR, Germany |
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6. How to measure and avoid soiling in large solar plants Dr. Peter Heller, DLR, Germany |
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7. How to build an effective single tank molten salt storage system with 4 MWh Dr. Thomas Bauer, DLR, Germany Youtube Video |