JUNE 8-13, 2014 • DENVER, COLORADO
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TECHNICAL AREA OVERVIEWS
AREA 8 OVERVIEW
CHARACTERIZATION METHODS
Chair: Keith Emery, National
Renewable Energy Lab, USA
Co-Chairs:
Wilhelm Warta, Fraunhofer ISE,
Germany
Jim Sites, Colorado State University,
USA
Dean Levi, NREL, USA
Mowafak Al-Jassim, NREL, USA
Area 8 Description
It is impossible to understand innovation in science
without considering the support from measurements and
characterization. Measurements are needed at all different
levels of R&D and production – from investigating the
operating principles of solar cells to developing standards for
the performance of installed photovoltaic (PV) systems. The
relationship between structure, physical properties, and the
resulting PV performance is a challenge in materials science
and engineering. Reliable and precise determination of the
efficiency and thus power of solar cells and PV modules is
crucial for the successful widespread deployment of PV and
an ongoing challenge for flat-plate and concentrating PV
technologies. Area 8 present the latest full range of scientific
and technological challenges in the field of characterization
of photovoltaics.
Sub-Area Chairs
Muhammad Huda (University of Texas, USA), Fude Liu (The
University of Hong, Kong), Harvey Guthrey (NREL, USA),
Steve Johnston (NREL, USA), Guy Feuillet (CEA, France),
William Zaaiman (EU Joint Research Center, Italy)
