Monday, 1st September, 2014  9:00 – 10:00 Registration   Coffee break Opening of the workshop Marko Topič     10:00 – 13:00 Session I: Manipulation of photons and electrons Chairman: M. Topič INVITED TALK Franz-Josef Haug Understanding the mechanism of light-trapping   Coffee break   Barbara Ressel The CITIUS light source Robin Vismara Radial heterojunction c-Si nanowire solar cells with 11.8% conversion efficiency Vaidvile Ulbikaitė Uniform Si/Ni junction formation using two stages electroless Ni deposition Vera Gradišnik The Solar Cells and Photodiodes Capacitance Gizem Nogay Silicon Based Light Emission Devices   13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break     14:00 – 16:00 Session II: Optical and electrical modeling Chairman: J. Krč INVITED TALK Rudi Santbergen A versatile optical model for optimization of advanced solar cell concepts   Žiga Lokar Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis for optical simulations of solar cells Jakub Holovský Thin-film limit formalism applied to surface defect absorption spectroscopy Milan Kovačič Optical Filtering for Fluorescence Detection - Diffraction Grating Approach Moulin Etienne Influence on light trapping of the different interfaces in micromorph thin-film silicon tandem solar cells   16:00 Coffee break     17:00 Optical characterization demo tour at LPVO     18:00 Beer & pizza Tuesday, 2nd September, 2014  9:00 – 11:00 Plenary session   SLO-PV opening PLENARY TALK Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech, Hemholtz Zentrum Berlin Quo Vadis Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Sources     11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break     11:20 – 13:00 Session IV: Advanced concepts Chairman: F. J. Haug INVITED TALK Martina Schmid Concepts for absorption enhancement in Chalcopyrite solar cells   Rudolf Brüggemann (canceled) Radiative recombination coefficients in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 with different Ga content Phillip Manley Core Shell Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Absorption Enhancement in Ultra-Thin Chalcopyrite Solar Cells   13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break     14:00 – 16:00 Session V: 3rd GEN PV Chairman: B. Lipovšek INVITED TALK Karen Forberich Solution-processed semitransparent organic solar cells: Efficiency limits, materials and large-area processing   Marko Berginc Renewal of dye-sensitized solar cells performance with heat treatment Anastasiia Solodovnyk Light Propagation in Phosphor-Filled Matrices for Photovoltaic PL Down-Shifting Christos Trompoukis 2D periodic photonic nanostructures integrated into 40 μm thin crystalline-silicon solar cells Marko Jošt Replication of nanotextures using UV nanoimprint lithography   16:00 Coffee break     17:00 PV module monitoring demo tour at LPVO     20:00 Get together in downtown Wednesday, 3rd September, 2014  9:00 – 11:00 Session VI: Power devices I Chairman: K. Brecl INVITED TALK Gorazd Štumberger Micro-inverter for photovoltaic modules   Primož Sukic Reactive power generation in micro inverters for photovoltaic systems Ernest Belič The impact of PV system reactive power generation on active power generation and distribution network losses - the case study Ivan Legović (canceled) LED flashlight: case study   11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break      11:20 – 13:00 Session VII: Power devices II Chairman: M. Pirc INVITED TALK Saša Sladić Single-Phase, Grid-Connected Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications   Alen Konović Battery lifetime improvement using supercapacitors Vedran Jurdana Hybrid yacht propulsion systems   13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break     14:00 – 16:00 Session VIII: PV modules Chairman: J. Krč   Ankit Mittal The Power Change In Amorphous Silicon Technology By Low Temperature Annealing and Irradiance Andrea Canino Study of optical characteristics and durability of nano-structured glass surfaces used in thin film photovoltaic Matevž Bokalič Stabilization Process of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules Monitored Under Outdoor Conditions Bert Herteleer Insights from continuous outdoor temperature measurements of photovoltaic modules Blaž Kirn Highly Customizable PV Monitoring Systems Irradiance Measurement Solution Dainius Horbačauskas Demonstration at industrial scale of the FleXible manufacturing of SMART multifunctional photovoltaic building elements   16:00 Coffee break     17:00 PV technology demo tour at LPVO     20:00 Farewell party Note: Some of the presentations are not of the same version that was presented at the workshop. Book of abstracts (3350 KB)