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| **18^th^ WORKSHOP ON**                                                |
|                                                                       |
| **CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS & MODULES:**                        |
|                                                                       |
| **MATERIALS AND PROCESSES**                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **August 3 -- 6, 2008**                                               |
|                                                                       |
| # Vail, Colorado                                                      |
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| ######                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| ###### SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2008                                         |
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  ***7:30        ***....... Registration and Continental Breakfast
  a.m.***        .......***

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                 **OPENING SESSION**

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| **9:00 --    | ***Welcoming / Introductory Remarks / Logistics***    |
| 9:15 a.m.**  |                                                       |
|              | Bhushan Sopori, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, |
|              | USA                                                   |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Theme: ***\"New Directions for Rapidly Growing        |
|              | Silicon Technologies"***                              |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **9:15       | ***Stimulating Commercialization CRADAs***            |
| a.m.**       |                                                       |
|              | John P. Benner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, |
|              | USA                                                   |
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| **9:30       | ***The Solar America Initiative PV Technology         |
| a.m.**       | Incubator Program,***                                 |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Martha Symko-Davies, National Renewable Energy        |
|              | Laboratory, USA                                       |
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+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **SESSION    | **CRYSTAL GROWTH AND DEFECTS**                        |
| 1:**         |                                                       |
|              | ***Chairperson:* Mike Seacrist, MEMC**                |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

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| **10:00      | ***The Leading Edge of Silicon Casting Technology and |
| a.m.**       | BP Solar's Mono***^2^                                 |
|              |                                                       |
|              | ***Wafers,*** Nathan Stoddard, BP Solar, USA          |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| ***10:40     | ***....... Coffee Refresher .......***                |
| a.m.***      |                                                       |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **11:00      | ***Time Dependent and/or 3D Investigation of Carbon,  |
| a.m.**       | Nitrogen, and Dislocation Distributions in a Silicon  |
|              | Crystal During Solidification Process,***             |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Koichi Kakimoto, Research Institute for Applied       |
|              | Mechanics, Kyushu University, Japan                   |
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| ***12:00     | ***....... Lunch ....... GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS***   |
| noon***      |                                                       |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **1:30       | ***Innovative Crystallization of Multi-Crystalline    |
| p.m.**       | Silicon Ingots Using Compensated Metallurgical Grade  |
|              | Silicon,*** J. Kraiem, Apollon Solar, France          |
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| ***2:10      | ***DISCUSSION:* Crystal Growth**                      |
| p.m.***      |                                                       |
|              | ***Discussion Leader:*** Juris Kalejs, American Solar |
|              | Technologies, USA                                     |
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| ***3:00      | ***....... Coffee Break .......***                    |
| p.m.***      |                                                       |
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| **SESSION    | **NON-SILICON BASED SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY OF          |
| 2:**         | INTEREST**                                            |
|              |                                                       |
|              | ***Chairperson:***                                    |
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| **3:30       | ***Dependency of Power Conversion Efficiency on       |
| p.m.**       | Donor, Acceptor, and Blocking Layer Thickness for     |
|              | Small-Molecular Organic Solar Cell,***                |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Jea-Gun Park, Nano SOI Process Laboratory, Hanyang    |
|              | University, Korea                                     |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **4:00       | ***DISCUSSION***                                      |
| p.m.**       |                                                       |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **SESSION    | **ROLE OF CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS IN RAPIDLY GROWING**     |
| 3:**         |                                                       |
|              | **PV INDUSTRY**                                       |
|              |                                                       |
|              | ***Chairperson:***                                    |
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| **4:15       | ***Surface Preparation Chemistry for Solar Cell       |
| p.m.**       | Manufacturing*,**                                     |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Douglas Caskey, JT Baker                              |
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| **4:30       | TBD                                                   |
| p.m.**       |                                                       |
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| **6:30 --    | **RUMP SESSION**                                      |
| 8:00 p.m.**  |                                                       |
|              | ***Theme:* "R&D Strategies for a High-Growth          |
| **A          | Industry**                                            |
| ppetizers:** |                                                       |
|              | **(Under Heavy Investment)"**                         |
| **6:30 --    |                                                       |
| 7:30 p.m.**  | ***Moderator:*** Paul Basore, Renewable Energy        |
|              | Corporation, USA                                      |
|              |                                                       |
|              | ***Panel***: Dave Carlson, Rolf Brendel, George       |
|              | Rozgonyi, and Guido Agostinelli                       |
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| ######                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| ###### MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2008                                         |
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  ***7:30        ***....... Registration and Continental Breakfast
  a.m.***        .......***

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+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **SESSION    | **THIN-FILM SILICON**                                 |
| 4:**         |                                                       |
|              | ***Chairperson:***                                    |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

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| **8:00       | ***Crystalline Silicon -- Using Experience and Scale  |
| a.m.**       | to Accelerate Cost Reduction Ahead of Thin Film       |
|              | PV,*** Charlie Gay, Applied Materials, USA            |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **8:40       | ***DISCUSSION***                                      |
| a.m.**       |                                                       |
|              | ***Discussion Leader:*** Howard Branz, National       |
|              | Renewable Energy Laboratory                           |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **SESSION    | **IMPURITIES AND DEFECTS IN Si**                      |
| 5:**         |                                                       |
|              | ***Chairperson:***                                    |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **9:25       | ***SiGen's Kerf-free Wafering Equipment***            |
| a.m.**       |                                                       |
|              | Zuqin Liu, SiGen                                      |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **9:40       | ***Correlation of Defects With Cell Performance Using |
| p.m.**       | PVSCAN,***                                            |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Matthew L. Albert, GT Solar Incorporated, USA         |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **10:00      | ***....... Coffee Refresher ......***                 |
| a.m.**       |                                                       |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **10:30      | ***Iron in Si: The Visible, the Hidden, and the       |
| a.m.**       | (Partially) Passivated***                             |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Stefan Estreicher, Texas Tech University              |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **11:10      | ***Three-dimensional Analysis of Defects and          |
| a.m.**       | Quantitative Analysis of Impurities In                |
|              | Multicrystalline Silicon by Photoluminescence,***     |
|              | Michio Tajima, Institute of Space and Astronautical   |
|              | Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan    |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **11:50      | ***PV Silicon Cell Warpage Measurement and            |
| a.m.**       | Analysis,*** Patrick Hassell, Akrometrix, USA         |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **12:05      | ***..... LUNCH .....***                               |
| p.m.**       |                                                       |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **1:30       | ***DISCUSSION:* Impurities and Defects**              |
| p.m.**       |                                                       |
|              | ***Discussion Leader:* Tonio Buonassisi**             |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **SESSION    | **FEEDSTOCK ISSUES**                                  |
| 6:**         |                                                       |
|              | ***Chairperson: Tom Surek, MoTech Industries***       |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **2:30       | ***Analytical Techniques for PV Si Feedstock          |
| p.m.**       | Evaluation***, Richard Hockett, Evans Analytical      |
|              | Group, USA                                            |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **3:10       | ***Effect of Metal Impurities in Silicon Feedstock on |
| p.m.**       | Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells,*** Paula        |
|              | Bronsveld, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, |
|              |                                                       |
|              | The Netherlands                                       |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **3:50       | ***PANEL DISCUSSION***                                |
| p.m.**       |                                                       |
|              | ***Discussion Leader:* Chandra Khattak, GT Solar**    |
| **(Coffee    |                                                       |
| Refresher)** | ***Panel:* Ethan Good, Dow Corning**                  |
|              |                                                       |
|              | **Paula Bronsveld, Energy Research Centre of the      |
|              | Netherlands**                                         |
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+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **7:00 --   | **POSTER SESSION 1:**                                  |
| 9:00 p.m.** |                                                        |
|             | **CRYSTAL GROWTH AND MATERIALS ISSUES**                |
| **Ap        |                                                        |
| petizers:** |                                                        |
|             |                                                        |
| **7:00 --   |                                                        |
| 7:30 p.m.** |                                                        |
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| ######                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| ###### TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008                                        |
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  ***7:30        ***....... Registration and Continental Breakfast
  a.m.***        .......***

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| **SESSION   | **HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS**                        |
| 7:**        |                                                        |
|             | ***Chairperson*:**                                     |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **8:00      | ***Toward a 21% Commercial Silicon Module,*** Jeff     |
| a.m.**      | Cotter, SunPower Corporation, USA                      |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **8:40      | ***Progress Towards High Efficiency All-Back-Contact   |
| a.m.**      | Heterojunction***                                      |
|             |                                                        |
|             | ***c-Si Solar Cells,*** Omkar Jani, Institute of       |
|             | Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, USA         |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **9:15      | ***Challenges With Testing High-Efficiency Si Solar    |
| a.m.**      | Cells and Modules,***                                  |
|             |                                                        |
|             | Ronald A. Sinton, Sinton Consulting, Inc., USA         |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ***10:00    | ***..... Coffee Refresher .....***                     |
| a.m.***     |                                                        |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **10:30     | ***DISCUSSION:* High Efficiency Solar Cells**          |
| a.m.**      |                                                        |
|             | ***Discussion Leader:***                               |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ***12:00    | ***....... Lunch .......***                            |
| noon***     |                                                        |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **SESSION   | **MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SILICON**                   |
| 8:**        |                                                        |
|             | ***Chairperson:***                                     |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

######  

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ***1:30     | ***Mechanical Properties of Multi-Crystalline Silicon: |
| p.m.***     | Correlation With***                                    |
|             |                                                        |
|             | ***Impurities and Structural Defects,***               |
|             |                                                        |
|             | George Rozgonyi, North Carolina State University, USA  |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ***2:00     | ***Discussion: Mechanical Properties and wafer         |
| p.m.***     | breakage***                                            |
|             |                                                        |
| []{.mark}   | ***Discussion Leader:*** Peter Rupnowski, National     |
|             | Renewable Energy Laboratory                            |
| []{.mark}   |                                                        |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **SESSION   | **CHARACTERIZATION OF WAFERS AND CELLS**               |
| 9:**        |                                                        |
|             | ***Chairperson: Dean Levi, NREL***                     |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

######  

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **2:30      | ***Lifetime and Diffusion Length Mapping and Imaging   |
| p.m.**      | Techniques for Silicon Solar Cells,*** Steve Johnston, |
|             | National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA              |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **3:00      | ***Photoluminescence Characterization of Silicon       |
| p.m.**      | Wafers and Silicon Solar Cells,*** Thorsten Trupke, BT |
|             | Imaging Pty Ltd, Australia                             |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **3:30      | ***DISCUSSION:* Characterization of Wafers and Cells** |
| p.m.**      |                                                        |
|             | ***Discussion Leader:***                               |
| **(Coffee   |                                                        |
| A           |                                                        |
| vailable)** |                                                        |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **7:00 --   | **POSTER SESSION 2:**                                  |
| 9:00 p.m.** |                                                        |
|             | **SOLAR CELL PROCESSING & CHARACTERIZATION**           |
| **Ap        |                                                        |
| petizers:** |                                                        |
|             |                                                        |
| **7:00 --   |                                                        |
| 7:30 p.m.** |                                                        |
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| ######                                                                |
|                                                                       |
| ###### WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008                                      |
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  **7:30 a.m.**  ***....... Continental Breakfast .......***

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  **SESSION      **METALLIZATION**
  10:**          

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+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **8:00      | ***Advances in Si Solar Cell Metallization,*** Aziz    |
| a.m.**      | Shaikh, FERRO, USA                                     |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **8:40      | TBD                                                    |
| a.m.**      |                                                        |
|             | **Q-Cells, USA**                                       |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **9:00      | **Discussion**                                         |
| a.m.**      |                                                        |
|             | ***Discussion Leader:*** Murray Bennett, BP Solar      |
|             |                                                        |
|             | Alan Carrol, DuPont Electronics                        |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ***10:00    | ***..... Coffee Refresher .....***                     |
| a.m.***     |                                                        |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| **10:30     | ######                                                 |
| a.m.**      |                                                        |
|             | ###### WRAP UP                                         |
|             |                                                        |
|             | ###### Moderators:                                     |
|             |                                                        |
|             | ###### Bill Mulligan, SunPower Corporation, and        |
|             |                                                        |
|             | ###### Jeff Cotter, SunPower Corporation               |
|             |                                                        |
|             | ######                                                 |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

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  ***12:00        ***...... Workshop Adjourns ......***
  noon***         

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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Monday Poster Session**                                             |
|                                                                       |
| ***CRYSTAL GROWTH AND MATERIALS ISSUES***                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Minority Carrier Dynamics In Polycrystalline Silicon Solar    |
| * | Cells Investigated By***                                         |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| . | ***Photo-assisted Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy***               |
| * |                                                                  |
| * | Masaki Takihara, Toru Ujihara and Takuji Takahashi               |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Recycling of Solar Cell Silicon Scrap By Filtration***        |
| * |                                                                  |
| 2 | Arjan Ciftja, Thorvald Abel Engh, Merete Tangstad, and Anne      |
| . | Kvithyld                                                         |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***The Solubility of Carbon In Liquid Silicon Equilibrated With  |
| * | Silicon Carbide and Its Dependence on Boron Levels***            |
| 3 |                                                                  |
| . | H. Dalaker and M. Tangstad                                       |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Effects of Annealing on Electrical Properties of              |
| * | Polycrystalline Silicon***                                       |
| 4 |                                                                  |
| . | Yoshio Ohshita, Koji Arafune, Koji Fukuda, Hideaki Kawai, Atushi |
| * | Ogura,                                                           |
| * |                                                                  |
|   | and Masafumi Yamaguchi                                           |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Extraction of Principle Stresses from Polariscopy             |
| * | Measurements***                                                  |
| 5 |                                                                  |
| . | F. Li and S. Danyluk                                             |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Qualification of Wafers and Solar Cells Produced From         |
| * | Research-scale Minicaster***                                     |
| 6 |                                                                  |
| . | Lin Jiang, Chenlei Wang, and Gregory J. Hildeman                 |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Understanding the Mechanical Behavior of Multi-crystalline Si |
| * | Through Characterization***                                      |
| 7 |                                                                  |
| . | ***of (110) /(100) DSB-HOT Wafers***                             |
| * |                                                                  |
| * | Khaled Youssef, Prashant Kulshreshtha, M. Seacrist, and George   |
|   | Rozgonyi                                                         |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Electrical Properties of a Metal Contaminated (110) /(100) Si |
| * | Grain Boundary Prepared By Direct Silicon Bonding***             |
| 8 |                                                                  |
| . | Xuegong Yu, Jinggang Lu, and George Rozgonyi                     |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Analysis of Stresses and Wafer Breakage During Handiling and  |
| * | Transport***                                                     |
| 9 |                                                                  |
| . | Xavier F. Brun and Shreyes N. Melkote                            |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Defect Incorporation and Impurity Precipitation In Mono^2^    |
| * | Silicon***                                                       |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| 0 | Ian Witting, Nathan Stoddard, and George Rozgonyi                |
| . |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Impurity Significance and Sources In Multicrystalline Cast    |
| * | Silicon***                                                       |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| 1 | Ian Witting, Jayesh Bharathan, and George Rozgonyi               |
| . |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Mechanical Strength of Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon     |
| * | Wafers***                                                        |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| 2 | S. Schoenfelder, A. Bohne, and J. Bagdahn                        |
| . |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Mechanism of Hillock Formation During Chemical Mechanical     |
| * | Polishing Of Multi-crystalline Silicon Wafers***                 |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| 3 | Bhushan Sopori, Peter Rupnowski, Vishal Mehta, and Monique Ewan  |
| . |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Tuesday Poster Session**                                            |
|                                                                       |
| ***SOLAR CELL PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION***                      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Evaluation of Multi-crystalline Silicon Substrates With p-n   |
| * | Diode Array***                                                   |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| . | T. Tachibana, K. Imai, J. Masuda, A. Ogura, K. Arafune, Y.       |
| * | Ohshita, and M. Tajima                                           |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Passivation of Boron-doped Emitters In Back-junction Buried   |
| * | Emitter Solar Cells By a Phosphorus-doped Surface Layer***       |
| 2 |                                                                  |
| . | Nils-Peter Harder, Verena Mertens, and Rolf Brendel              |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Free Energy Losses Analysis for Solar Cells***                |
| * |                                                                  |
| 3 | R. Brendel, S. Dreissigacker, C. Ulzhöfer, N.-P. Harder, and P.  |
| . | P. Altermatt                                                     |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Lock-in Thermographic Shunt Detection and Analysis of         |
| * | Upgraded Metallurgical Grade Silicon Solar Cells***              |
| 4 |                                                                  |
| . | N. J. Call, S. W. Johnston, G. Berman, and B. Phan               |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***A Comparison of Transient and Imaging Techniques for          |
| * | Measuring Minority-Carrier Lifetime***                           |
| 5 |                                                                  |
| . | G.M Berman, S. W. Johnston, N. J. Call, R. K. Ahrenkiel, and R.  |
| * | A. Rotolante                                                     |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Hydrogen Passivation of a (110 )/(100) Silicon Grain Boundary |
| * | Investigated By J-V, C-V, and Capacitance Transient              |
| 6 | Characterizations***                                             |
| . |                                                                  |
| * | Yongkook Park, Jinggang Lu, and George Rozgonyi                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Intragrain Defects In Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Solar |
| * | Cells on Glass By Aluminum-Induced Crystallization and           |
| 7 | Subsequent Epitaxy***                                            |
| . |                                                                  |
| * | Fude Liu, M.J. Romero, K.M. Jones, A.G. Norman, M.M. Al-Jassim,  |
| * | D. Inns, and A.G. Aberle                                         |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Development of Low Cost Plated Contact Solar Cells On High    |
| * | Sheet Resistance Emitters***                                     |
| 8 |                                                                  |
| . | John Renshaw, Abasifreke Bong, and Ajeet Rohatgi                 |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***A Note On Edge Passivation Mechanisms of N/P Mesa Diodes      |
| * | Through Modeling***                                              |
| 9 |                                                                  |
| . | Jesse Appel, Bhushan Sopori, and N. Ravindra                     |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Challenges and Potential Solutions at Making High-Performance |
| * | Cells From Low-grade Si Feedstock***                             |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| 0 | Jean-Patrice Rakotoniaina, Martin Kaes, Dirk Zickermann,         |
| . | Matthias Heuer Anis Jouini,                                      |
| * |                                                                  |
| * | Alain Blosse, Kamel Ounadjela, and Fritz Kirscht                 |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***A Technique for Rapid Cross-Sectioning of Si Solar Cells With |
| * | Highly Planar, Damage-Free, Edge***                              |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| 1 | Bhushan Sopori, Vishal Mehta, and Chris Knorowski                |
| . |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Migration of Hydrogen in Silicon From PECVD SiN~x~ Films***   |
| * |                                                                  |
| 1 | Manav Sheoran, Dong Seop Kim, Ajeet Rohatgi, H. F. W. Dekkers,   |
| 2 | G. Beaucarne                                                     |
| . |                                                                  |
| * | Matthew Young, and Sally Asher                                   |
| * |                                                                  |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| * | ***Understanding the Chemical States of Si-bearing Raw Materials |
| * | To Improve the MG-Si Refining Process***                         |
| 1 |                                                                  |
| 3 | Sarah Bernardis, Steve Hudelson, Sirine Fakra, Marcus A.         |
| . | Matthew, Marisa Di Sabatino,                                     |
| * |                                                                  |
| * | and Tonio Buonassisi                                             |
+---+------------------------------------------------------------------+

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  ***PROGRAM COMMITTEE***

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**Mowafak Al-Jassim**

***National Renewable Energy Laboratory***

**Paul Basore**

***Renewable Energy Corporation***

**Tonio Buonassisi**

***MIT***

**James Gee**

***Advent Solar, Inc.***

**Juris Kalejs**

***American Solar Technologies***

**William Mulligan**

***SunPower Corporation***

**Jim Rand**

***GE Energy***

**Tadashi Saitoh**

***Tokyo A&T University***

***Dai-Ichi Dentsu, Ltd.***

**Ron Sinton**

***Sinton Consulting, Inc.***

**Michael Stavola**

***Lehigh University***

**Bill Mulligan**

***SunPower Corporation***

**Teh Tan**

***Duke University***

**Eicke Weber**

***Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems***

**Juergen Werner**

***Universität of Stuttgart***

**Bhushan Sopori**

***National Renewable Energy Laboratory***

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| ***GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD***                                          |
|                                                                       |
| ***ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS***                                                |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

> ***A special note of appreciation goes to the following companies for
> their contribution to the Graduate Student Awards.***

**American Solar Technologies**

**BP Solar**

**Evergreen Solar**

**FERRO Electronic Materials**

**GE Energy**

**GT Solar**

**MEMC Electronic Materials**

**Motech Industries**

**Silexos Inc.**

**Sinton Consulting, Inc.**

**SunPower Corporation**