Thin films solar cell technologies for sustainable development

This symposium is to survey the advances made in the development of Designs, processes, materials and cell technologies for thin films solar cells.

Scope

The proposed topics are :

Elaboration and characterisation of solar cell materials

  • New methods of elaboration of solar cell materials
  • Characterisation of Solar cell materials
  • New solar cell materials
  • Properties and stability of thin film solar materials

Inorganic materials and 3D Nanostructured Solar Cells

  • Development of methods of elaboration of inorganic materials
  • Design, elaboration and characterisation of 3D Nanostructured materials
  • Development of sintering processes
  • Elaboration and performance of 3D Solar Cells
  • Optimisation and stability of interface properties
  • Aging issues

Organic and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs)

  • Organic Solar Cell materials
  • Fabrication and characterisation of Organic Solar Cells
  • Elaboration of sensitized photoanodes
  • Elaboration leakage-free gel electrolytes for DSSCs
  • Fabrication and characterisation of quasi-solid DSSCs
  • Aging issues

Life Cycle Assessment of PV systems

  • Efficiency Analysis of Solar Cell Systems
  • Cost analysis of solar cell systems
  • Materials and technology environmental impacts
  • Sustainability of PV systems
  • Effect of materials and Technology on LCA

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar cells

  • PEC solar cells for energy conversion
  • PEC solar cells for water hydrolysis
  • Effects of materials of PEC solar performances

Publication

This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings. However, we encourage the submission of the full articles to: Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems.

Call for papers closes: November 30, 2008.
Conference: August 23rd-27th 2009.

Organizers

Prof. O. Savadogo
Department of Chemical Engineering
Laboratory of New Materials for Electrochemistry and Energy
École Polytechnique de Montréal
C.P. 6079, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3A7, Canada
osavadogo@polymtl.ca

Dr. Xavier Mathew
Centro de Investigacion en Energia-UNAM
62580, Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
xm@mazatl.cie.unam.mx

Prof. R. Kleiman
Department of Engineering Physics
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton Ontario L8S 4L7
kleiman@mcmaster.ca

Members of the Scientific Committee

Prof. M. Grätzel , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Suisse
Dr. K. Mandal, EIC Laboratories, MA, USA
Prof. O. Savadogo, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada.
Dr. P. J. Sebastian, Centro de Investigacion en Energia-UNAM, Temixco, Morelos, Mexico