Chairs

General Chairs

Mohamed Essaaidi
ENSIAS, Director
essaaidi@ieee.org

Youssef Zaz
Mediterranean Space of Technology and Innovation, President
Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, A. Prof
zaz@med-space.org

Technical Program Committee Chair

Prof. Ahmed Ennaoui ISES, IEEE member
Chairman of the scientific council of IRESEN
Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles

Chairs of Workshop1: electronic properties of two-dimensional materials

Prof. Abdelkader Kara, University of Central Florida, USA.
Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat-Morocco.

Keynotes
Dr. Luis Miguel MirandaINESCTEC, Portugal

Validating Microgrids Islanding and Black Start Procedures in a Laboratorial Environment

By Dr. Luís Miguel Miranda, INESCTEC, Portugal. Microgrids (MG) are extremely flexible low voltage (LV) networks capable of operating interconnected with ...

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Prof. Raymond AdomaitisUniversity of Maryland, USA

Engineering and Automation Perspectives of Team Maryland in the 2017 US Solar Decathlon

By Prof. Raymond Adomaitis, University of Maryland, USA. The engineering design of reACT (resilient Adaptive Climate Technology) was driven by a ...

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Dr. Samuel Magorrian National Graphene Institute in Manchester, UK

Optoelectronics of two - dimensional post - transition metal chalcogenides

By Dr. Samuel Magorrian, National Graphene Institute in Manchester, UK We present the analysis of electronic band structure of InSe and ...

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Dr. Giacomo-Giorgi University of Perugia, Italy

Excitons in 3D Pb-free Bulk and in Mixed 3D/2D Hybrid Perovskites: Optical Signatures and Spatial Localization

By Dr. Giacomo-Giorgi, University of Perugia, Italy. Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskites (OIHPs) are undoubtedly playing the key role in the realm of ...

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Dr. Ralf Hunger Head of Process Integration Solibro Hi-tech GmbH

Solibro CIGS Technology – from small cell CIGS devices to industrial manufacturing in a global production

By Dr. Ralf Hunger, Head of Process Integration, Solibro Hi-tech GmbH, Germany. Solibro is an international group of research, engineering, and ...

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Dr. Jie XiaoPacific Northwest national laboratory & University of Arkansas, USA

Understanding Lithium Metal Failure Mechanism in Realistic High-Energy Pouch Cells

By Dr. Jie Xiao, Pacific Northwest national laboratory & University of Arkansas, USA To significantly boost the energy of the state-of-art ...

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Prof. Bulent Akinoglu Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Long and short term PV module and array performance calculations and feasibility studies

By Prof. Bulent Akinoglu, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. While solar photovoltaic (PV) R/D is heavily continuing, worldwide solar power ...

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Dr Lukas Sigrist

Operation of Isolated Power Systems under High Shares of Renewables

By Dr Lukas Sigrist, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain. The increasing penetration of large shares of renewable energy resources allows reducing ...

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Prof. Masataka Nagaoka/b>Nagoya University, Japan

Microscopic Additive Effect on SEI Film Formation in Sodium-Ion Batteries: A Computational Chemical Study based on Red Moon Methodology

By Prof. Masataka Nagaoka, Nagoya University, Japan. Recently, we have developed a new efficient hybrid Monte Carlo (MC)/molecular dynamics (MD) reaction ...

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Mr. Jose Benlloch FernandezMayor of Vila-real City, Spain

Support for innovation from the Local Government: the example of Valencian cities network for innovation

By Mr. Jose Benlloch Fernandez, Mayor of Vila-real City, Spain. For the most advanced modern societies, the promotion of knowledge is ...

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Dr. Maria Wall Lund University, Sweden

Towards zero-energy buildings and neighborhoods

By Dr Maria Wall, Associate Prof., Division of Energy and Building Design, Lund University, Sweden. The presentation will cover topics as: - ...

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Prof. João A. Peças Lopes Porto University, Portugal

Use of Microgrids and DERs for black start and islanding operation

By Prof. Joao Peças Lopes, Porto University, Portugal. Microgrids can be considered as the building block of a SmartGrid. These networks ...

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Dr Teodor Todorov IBM, Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

Progress and Challenges in High-efficiency Kesterite Solar Cells

By Dr. Teodor Todorov, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA. Thin-film multinary chalcogenide absorbers have numerous attractive properties ...

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Dr. Ivan GordonSilicon PV group, imec, Belgium.

Towards the ultimate Silicon solar cell and module

By Dr. Ivan Gordon, Silicon PV group, imec, Belgium. In this presentation, the current status and the main R&D challenges of ...

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Strategies for hole transporting layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

By Dr Samrana Kazim, BCMaterials-Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Leioa, Spain. Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown ...

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Prof. Juan Bautista Carda Castelló,Universitat Jaume I, Spain

The quest for new functional applications of environmentally friendly ceramic tiles in the context of a circular economy

Prof. Juan Bautista Carda Castelló, Universitat Jaume I, Spain The Spanish industry of ceramic tiles manufacturing is mainly concentrated in Castelló, ...

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Dr. Edgardo Saucedo IREC, Spain

Kesterite Thin Film Photovoltaics: Review on Cationic and Anionic Substitution for High Efficiency Solar Cells

By Dr. Edgardo Saucedo, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona, Spain. The so called kesterite (Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 – CZTSSe; Cu2ZnSnS4 – ...

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Dr. Karim Zaghib Director at Hydro-Québec, Canada

Safe Li-ion Batteries and Beyond for Energy Storage and EVs

By Dr. Karim Zaghib, Director at Hydro-Québec, Canada. We report a Li-ion battery that can be charged within few minutes, passes ...

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Prof. Teofilo Rojo CIC Energigune, Spain

Recent advances, current challenges and future trends on sodium-ion batteries.

By Prof. Teófilo ROJO 1. Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Faculty of Science and Technology. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), ...

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Prof. Ahmed EnnaouiChairman of the Scientific Council - IRESEN

Development of High performance Cadmium free Cu-chalcopyrite thin film solar cells with CBD-Zn(S,O) buffer layer

By Prof. Ahmed Ennaoui, Chairman of the Scientific Council, Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles (IRESEN), Rabat, ...

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Dr. Saad Baradiy, iproplan® Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany.

Energy Efficiency and using of Renewable Energy In the field of tension between prosperity, environmental protection, resource conservation and economical aspects

By Dr. Saad Baradiy, iproplan® Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany. The author will explain the state of the art in Germany with current ...

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Prof. Moncef KrartiUniversity of Colorado, USA

Benefits of Scale-up Building Energy Efficiency Programs

By Prof. Moncef Krarti, University of Colorado, USA. The presentation introduces a new concept of energy productivity that accounts for both ...

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Ismael Saadoune

Ismael Saadoune

Prof. Ismael Saadoune FST, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco Prof. Ismael Saadoune, FST, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco. Biography Ismael SAADOUNE, Full Professor in the ...

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Khalil Amine

Khalil Amine

By Dr. Khalil Amine, distinguished Fellow and manager of the Advanced Lithium Battery Technology program at Argonne National Laboratory, IL, ...

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Prof. Dieter Meissner

Crystalsol's Printed Single Crystalline Kesterite Photovoltaic Modules

By Prof. Dieter Meissner, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. Crystalsol, a spin-out company of Tallinn University of Technology, has developed a ...

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Prof. Abdelkader Kara University of Central Florida, USA

Interface Characteristics of 2D Organic Materials on Metal Surfaces

By Prof. Abdelkader Kara, University of Central Florida, USA. Organic materials are playing an increasing role in electronics and particularly in ...

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Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, Morocco

Abdelilah Benyoussef

Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, Morocco. Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef received his "Doctorat d’état" degree from ...

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Hamid Oughaddou Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, France

New 2D materials: silicene and phosphorene

By Prof. Hamid Oughaddou, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, France The remarkable properties of graphene stem from its two-dimensional ...

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Structural Disorder in Kesterite-type Semiconductors

Structural Disorder in Kesterite-type Semiconductors

By Prof. Dr. Susan Schorr, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany. Kesterite-type compound semiconductors (Cu2ZnSnS4 – CZTS, Cu2ZnSnSe4 – CZTSe) are probably the most ...

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Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Biography Prof. Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin current research at EPFL focuses on Dye Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells, CO2 reduction, Hydrogen production, ...

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Dr Oliver Groning

Engineering of novel electronic materials by the atomically precise on-surface synthesis of graphene nanostructures

Dr. Oliver Gröning, Empa Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland Graphene provides an ideal platform to create diverse electronic properties by ...

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Prof. Clas PerssonUniversity of Oslo, Norway & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Copper-based chalcogenides for ultrathin inorganic solar cells

Emerging Cu-based materials are explored to benefit from the energetically high-lying Cu d-state in combination with low effective mass of ...

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Prof. Ari Paavo Seitsonen École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Computer modelling and design of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene

By Dr. Ari Paavo Seitsonen, Research Engineer at École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. The continuous miniaturization, emergence of the practical realization ...

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Prof. Ahmad ShahzadaBCMaterials, Bilbao, Spain

Perovskite solar cells: A paradigm shift in thin film photovoltaics research

By Prof. Shahzada Ahmad, Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, Leioa, Spain. Perovskites solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a ...

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Special Issue

Partners

  • Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Sustainable Development
  • L'economiste - daily newspaper
  • Energies Environnement Mag
  • Faculty of Science - Rabat
  • Mohammed V University
  • ENSIAS
  • IEEE Morocco Section
  • University of Abdelmalek Essaadi
  • Solar Cluster
  • ISES - International Solar Energy Society
  • emi
  • giz
  • masen

Important dates

Late Submission Deadline October 10, 2018
Notification to authors October 22, 2018
Final version due November 08, 2018
Registration deadline November 08, 2018
IRSEC'18 Conference Dec., 5-8, 2018