DSC-IC 2010 Preliminary Agenda

(Please note that this agenda is not final and is subject to change)
 
Pre-conference seminar – Monday, November 1, 2010
 
12:00     Registration
 
1:00-5:00 Intro to DSC
  • Advantages vs. other technologies
  • How does a DSC work
  • Key materials for DSC
  • DSC Commercialization
  • Applications
  • DSC technology roadmap
  • IV curves and what they tell
  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
 
Seminar leaders:
Dr. Hans Desilvestro, Chief Scientist, DYESOL LIMITED, Australia
Dr. Francisco Fabregat Santiago, Associate Professor, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Prof. Michael Graetzel, Director, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces (LPI), EFPL, Switzerland
                                                            DSC-IC guidelins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6:00    Registration and Drinks Reception
 
Day one – Tuesday, November 2, 2010
 
8:00    Registration and refreshments
 
8:50    Welcome and opening remarks
Dr. Arthur Frank, Principal Scientist, NREL,US
 
9:00    Opening Keynote Address
Prof. Michael Graetzel, Director, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces(LPI), EFPL, Switzerland
                 
Session 1: DSC Developers Update and Outlook
 
9:45    Market Outlook: DSC and the PV Marketplace
Dr. Gavin Tulloch, Chief Technology Officer, DYESOL LIMITED, Australia
 
10:30   Morning refreshments
 
11:00   G24i Update
Dr. Kevin D. Tabor, Chief Technology Officer, G24 INNOVATIONS LIMITED, UK
 
11:30   SolarPrint: From Pilot Production to High Volume Manufacturing
Dr. Mazhar Bari, Chief Executive Officer, SOLARPRINT, Ireland
               
12:00     Roundtable luncheon
 
1:30    The Rise of All Printed Modules
Dr. Toby Meyer, CEO, SOLARONIX SA, Switzerland
 
2:00    Recent Progress in DSC Module Panel Development at Fujikura Ltd.
Dr. Nobuo Tanabe, General Manager, FUJIKURA LTD, Japan
 
2:30    Pilot Production Lines  
Dr. Byung Moo Moon, Chief Executive Officer, TIMO TECHNOLOGY, Korea (tentative)

3:00   Modeling Dyes and Dye-sensitized Solar Cells from First Principles
Dr. Filippo De Angelis, CNR-ISTM Perugia, Italy
 
3:30    Afternoon refreshments
               
Session 2: Modeling and Measuring DSC Performance
 
 
4:00    Application of Impedance Spectroscopy to Determine Dye Solar Cell Performance
Prof. Juan Bisquert, Professor, UNIVERSITAT JAUME I, Spain
 
4:30    Accurate Measurement of Dye Solar Cell Efficiency
Dr. Keith Emery,Manager Cell and Module Performance Team, NREL, US
 
5:00    Device Physics of Dye Solar Cells – a Fast Track From Raw Data to Watt-Peak Predictions
Dr. Janne Halme, Research Associate, Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland
 
5:30    Reception
 
Day two – Wednesday, November 3, 2010
 
8:00    Refreshments
 
8:45    Welcome and opening remarks from the conference chairs
 
9:00    Keynote presentation
Prof. Shozo Yanagida, Osaka University, Japan
 
 
9:30    Dye Solar Cells – Next Generation Breakthroughs
Dr. Hans Desilvestro, Chief Scientist, DYESOL LIMITED, Australia
 
10:00   Strategy for Improving the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Dr. Liyuan Han, Director, Advanced Photovoltaics Center, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE (NIMS), Japan
 
10:30   Morning refreshments
 
11:00   Research and Development of DSC at the Center for Molecular Devices
Prof. Anders Hagfeldt, Dean of Chemistry, Professor in Physical Chemistry, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, Sweden
 
11:30   Investigation of the Stability of DSC
Dr. Songyuan Dai, Assistant Director, Institute of Plasma Physics, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, China
 
12:00   Roundtable luncheon
 
 
1:30    Chromophore Design Elements Critical to Efficient Sensitization in Dye-Sensitized  Solar Cells
Prof. Curtis P. Berlinguette, Assistant Professor, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, Canada
 
2:00    An Unprecedented Anchoring Group and a New Class of Metal-Free Sensitizer Dyes
Dr. Gerda Fuhrmann, Materials Science Laboratory, SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Germany(tentative)
 
2:30    High Efficiency Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Speaker TBA
 
3:00    Materials Optimization and Module Integration of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Prof. Dr. Qingbo Meng, Director of Renewable Energy Laboratory, Institute of Physics, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, China
 
3:30    Afternoon refreshments
 
4:00    3D-dye Sensitized Solar Cells Consisting of Nanocomposite TiO2 Sheets
Prof. Shuzi Hayase, Professor, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Japan
 
4:30    R&D Activities of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells in Korean Government-Funded Research
Dr. Min Jae Ko, Senior Research Scientist, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Korea
 
5:00    Combined Energy Generation and Storage (CEGS)
Sylvia Tulloch, Director, DYESOL LIMITED, Australia
 
5:30        Reception followed by dinner
 
 
Day three – Thursday, November 4, 2010
 
8:00        Refreshments
 
8:45        Welcome and opening remarks from the conference chairs
 
Session 4: Applications – BIPV,  Textiles, Consumer Electronics and Automotive
 
9:00    Outlook for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
Rodney Rice, Business Development Manager – Photovoltaics, PV Accelerator, CORUS COLORS, UK
 
9:30    Developments with BIPV
Speaker TBA
 
10:00   New Fabric Based Electrodes/Substrates for DSC solar cells
Peter Chabrecek, Project Manager R&D, SEFAR, Switzerland
 
10:30   Morning refreshments
 
11:00   Development of DSC for Consumer Electronics
Dr. Kazuhiro Noda,General Manager, Advanced Materials Laboratories, SONY, Japan
 
11:30   Automotive Applications for DSC
Speaker TBA
 
12:00     Roundtable Luncheon
 
 
Session 5: Developments with DSC electrolytes
 
1:30      Development of Novel Electrolyte Systems for DSC
Dr. Kentaro Kawata, Manager, DSSC, New Technology Office, MERCK LTD., Japan
 
2:00    R&D initiatives with DSC electrolytes at University Picardie
Prof. Michel Armand, UNIVERSITY PICARDIE, France
 
2:30    Large Scale Production of Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Dr. Tom Beyersdorff, CEO, IOLITEC INC, US
 
3:00      Closing remarks from the conference chairs
 
3:15      Conference concludes
 
NREL Site Tour – Friday, November 5, 2010
 
 
7:00    Depart Cheyenne Mountain Resort
 
9:00    NREL site visit
 
11:30  Depart NREL
 
1:00    Arrive Cheyenne Mountain Resort