8th Workshop on the Future Direction of Photovoltaics
8-9 March 2012, Tokyo Tech Front, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan	  	  	  	  	  	 Tentative program
Organized by:Opening	 
10:00-10:10

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
The 175th Committee on Innovative Photovoltaic Power Generating Systems
March 8, Thursday（Session Chairperson, T. Fuyuki, NAIST ）Opening Remarks
M. Konagai, Tokyo Tech, Chairman of the JSPS 175th Committee

Plenary Session	 
10:10 -11:00	  （Session Chairperson, T. Fuyuki, NAIST）
Past, Present and Future of CIGS Module Production
K. Kushiya,	  Solar Frontier

Session 1
11:00-11:30

Si Solar Cells 	 	  （Session Chairperson, N. Usami, Tohoku Univ）
Advanced characterization for high efficiency heterojunction solar cells
Wilfried Favre, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
Germanuim doped crystal silicon for photovoltaic application
Deren Yang, Zhejiang University
History and Future Prospect of HIT Solar Cells in Panasonic
Makoto TANAKA, Panasonic Corporation
High efficiency of crystalline Si solar cell fabricated by the application of film Si technology
K. Yamamoto, Kaneka

11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-13:00
13:00-14:30

Lunch

Session 2
14:30-15:00

Si Thin-Film Solar Cells（Session Chairperson, T. Matsui, AIST）
Thin-film Silicon PV – Achievements and Challenges
S.Guha, UNI-SOLAR
Si thin film technology applications for commercialization in LGE
Dong-Joo You,	  LGEStatus of thin film solar cells in China
Ying Zhao, Nankai University
Optical design of high-efficiency silicon thin-film solar cells
Miro Zeman, Delft University of Technology
Enhancing the Performance of the Si-Based Thin-Film Solar Cells by Employing SiGexand SiOx Alloys
Chang- Chuang Tsai, National Chiao Tung University

15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00- 16:3016:30-17:00

Session 3
17:00-17:30
17:30-17:40

18:30

Report From DIVISION “Reliability and Systems”（Session Chairperson	  Takashi Oozeki, AIST）
Lessons Learned from Field Survey - A Message from PVRessQ !
Kazuhiko Kato, AIST
Activity of Reliability and Systems division
Yuzuru Ueda, Tokyo Tech
Reception

March 9, Friday
Session 4
10:00-11:00

Tutorial	 
“Staebler-Wronski Effect”
C.R. Wronski, Penn State University

Session 5

Si Nanowire solar cells	 

11:00-11:30

The potential of Si nanowires for all-Si based tandem solar cells
Rufi Kurtjens, IMECApplication of Silicon Nanowires in Novel Solar Cells
W.Z. Shen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Future perspective of PV research using silicon nanostructures
Jung-Ho Lee, Hanyang University
Silicon nanowire solar cells prepared by metal assisted chemical etching with silica nanoparticles
Y. Kurokawa, Tokyo Tech

11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-12:50（Session Chairperson, M. Kondo, AIST, under negotiation ）（Session Chairperson, A.Yamada, Tokyo Tech）

12:50-14:00

Lunch

Session 6

Organic semiconductors and dye-sensitized solar cells（Session Chairperson, H. Segawa, Univ. Tokyo, under negotiation）
Molecular Photovoltaics and Mesoscopic Solar Cells
Md. K. Nazeeruddin, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Design and Development of Dyes for DSSC:Present status and Future Scope
Paidi Yella Reddy, Aisin Cosmos R&D Co. Ltd.
Small molecular based solar cells vs polymer based solar ones
Yongsheng Chen, Nankai University
Recent development of Dye-sensitized Solar Cell
Kazuhiro Noda, Sony Corporation
Development of Organic Photovoltaic and Evolution in the Future
Hiroaki	  Yamaoka, Mitsubishi Chemical

14:00-14:30	 
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00-16:30