Table of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Conference Executive Committee International Advisory Committee Scientific Committee – Session Organisers and Paper Reviewers PV Platform (PVP) Liaison Committee Becquerel Prize Committee Subject Index

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Foreword

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Messages and Statements

Welcome by the Conference General Chairman D. Lincot, Research Director at CNRS, Institute forResearch and Development of Photovoltaic Energy (IRDEP), Paris, France Message from the European Commission G. De Santi, Director of the Institute for Energy, European Commission, DG JRC Message from EPIA E. Macias, President of EPIA, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association Message from the World Council for Renewable Energy W. Palz, Chairman WCRE – World Council for Renewable Energy The GermanFeed-in-Law – Political Framework, Status, Perspectives H.-J. Fell, Member of the German Parliament Conference Highlights H. Ossenbrink, Technical Programme Chairman, European Commission, DG JRC Outlook from the 23rd EU PVSEC D. Lincot, Research Director at CNRS, Institute for Research and Development of Photovoltaic Energy (IRDEP), Paris, France International Call of Scientists for an AcceleratedWorldwide Deployment of Photovoltaic Conversion of Solar Energy D. Lincot, Research Director at CNRS, Institute for Research and Development of Photovoltaic Energy (IRDEP), Paris, France

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Selected Photos of the Event

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Advanced Photovoltaics
Plenary SESSION 1AP.1 1AP.1.1 Advanced Photovoltaics 1

Progress WithSilicon-Based Tandem Cells Using Group IV Quantum Dots in a Dielectric Matrix M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, I. Perez-Wurfl, S.J. Huang, D. König, D. Song, A. Gentle, X.J. Hao, S.W. Park, F. Gao, Y.H. So, Y. Huang Demonstration and Analysis of the Photocurrent Produced by Absorption of Two Sub-Bandgap Photons in a Quantum Dot Intermediate Band Solar Cell E. Antolín, A. Martí, P.G. Linares, E. Cánovas,D. Fuertes Marrón, A. Luque, C.D. Farmer, C.R. Stanley Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells: Device Physics, Fabrication, and Optoelectronic Properties L. Tsakalakos, J. Balch, J.A. Fronheiser, B.A. Korevaar, O. Sulima, J. Rand Spatially Resolved Luminescence Spectroscopy on Multicrystalline Silicon M.C. Schubert, P. Gundel, M. The, W. Warta, M.J. Romero, S. Ostapenko, T. Arguirov

1AP.1.2

51AP.1.3

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1AP.1.5

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Plenary SESSION 1BP.2

Advanced Photovoltaics Concentrator Cells and Systems 24

1BP.2.1

Raising the Efficiency Ceiling With Multijunction III-V Concentrator Photovoltaics R.R. King, A. Boca, K.M. Edmondson, M.J. Romero, H. Yoon, D.C. Law, C.M. Fetzer, M. Haddad, A. Zakaria, W. Hong, S. Mesropian, D.D. Krut, G.S. Kinsey, P. Pien, R.A. Sherif, N.H. Karam

OralPRESENTATIONS 1AO.4

Fundamental Studies Novel Materials and Device Concepts (1) 30

1AO.4.1

Multijunction Solar Cells Using Monolithically-integrated and Lattice-matched II/VI and III/V Materials S. Wang, S.-N. Wu, D. Ding, X. Liu, X.-B. Zhang, S.R. Johnson, S.-Q. Yu, J.K. Furdyna, D.J. Smith, Y.H. Zhang Thin Film Intermediate Band Chalcopyrite Solar Cells: Theoretical Analysis of DevicePerformance and Prospects for Their Realisation D. Fuertes Marrón, A. Martí, C. Tablero, E. Antolín, E. Cánovas, P.G. Linares, A. Luque Limiting Efficiency of an Intermediate Band Solar Cell Under Concentrated AM1.5 Spectrum S.P. Bremner, S.N. Dahal, C.B. Honsberg Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal-Substituted Indium Thiospinels as Intermediate Band Materials for High EfficiencySolar Cells J.C. Conesa, R. Lucena, P. Wahnón, P. Palacios, I. Aguilera Carrier Collection Process in InGaAs/GaAs Superlattice Structured Solar Cells S. Yagi, S. Nagamochi, R. Oshima, Y. Okada Low-Energy Generation in a Silicon Metamaterial: Some Ways for Utilization in Ultrahigh Efficiency Solar Cells Z.T. Kuznicki, P. Meyrueis

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1AO.4.3

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1AO.4.4

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