Monday April 23, 2012
1. Opening
| Welcome to multifacial city of Konstanz | Mayor Kurt Werner | City of Konstanz |
| Introduction | Thomas Nordmann |
2. Devices
| Bifacial silicon solar cells – an overview | Stefan Glunz and Andres Cuevas | FhG-ISE and ANU |
| Bifacial solar cells: design principle and last achievements in industrial production | Lev Kreinin | bSolar |
| Bifacial Si solar cells for space applications fabricated using combined ion implantation thermal diffusion technology | Galina Grigorieva | KVANT Research and Production Enterprise |
| Bifacial crystalline silicon solar cells | Valentin Mihailetchi | ISC Konstanz |
| Processing of bifacial silicon solar cells | Arthur Weeber | ECN |
| Overview of several bifacial solar cells technologies developed at INES | Yannick Veschetti | INES |
| Add-on laser processes for bifacial solar cells | Patrick Lill | IPV (Uni Stuttgart) |
| Industrial production of high efficiency and high bifaciality solar cells | Naoki Ishikawa | PVGS |
3. Measurements
| Characterization issues for bifacial technologies | Ron Sinton | Sinton Instruments |
| Characterisation of bifacial solar cells | Jochen Hohl-Ebinger | FhG-ISE |
| Challenges occurring during the electrical characterisation of bifacial solar cells | Stefanie Riegel | University of Konstanz |
| Flasher setup for bifacial solar cells | Alexander Edler | ISC Konstanz |
| IV characterization of solar cells under bifacial illumination | Hannes Deuser | neonsee |
| Characterisation of bifacial devices | Teun Burgers | ECN |
| Discussion Questions |
Tuesday April 24, 2012
4. Modules and Systems
| Chances and challenges during introduction of new products in the photovoltaic market | Winfried Hoffmann | Applied Solar Expertise |
| PV integration into the grid – cost of storage | Franz Baumgartner | ZHAW |
| Bifacial modules – promises and challenges | Paul Grunow | pi Berlin |
| Outdoor bifacial module characterization: power, energy generation and gain | Naftali Eisenberg | bSolar |
| Importance of precise sorting of bifacial solar cells for optimal bifacial module performance | Ufuk Yusufoglu | IHT Aachen |
| Indoor and outdoor IV characterization of bifacial modules | Bruno Soria | INES |
| Pilot production of bifacial solar modules | Jianhua Zhao | China Sunergy |
| Multi bifacial solar cells in comparison with bifacial mono cells and modules | Andrey Sitnikov | 3D Solar AG and Solar Wind Ltd |
| Increased energy yield for Boschs n-typ solar cells in bifacial application | Jan Lossen | BOSCH Solar Energy AG |
| Enhanced bifacial solar modules for next generation applications | Randy Stewart | Prism Solar Technologies |
| Discussion Questions |