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Program of PVSPACE-23
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
9:00 - 9:25
Reception and Welcome Drink
9:25 - 9:30
Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia
- University of Rome La Sapienza
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Organizer welcome talk
9:30 - 9:45
Prof. Maria Sabrina Sarto
Deputy Rector for Research of University of Rome La Sapienza
Opening Talk
Session 1
9:45 - 10:45
Dr. Carsten Baur
European Space Agency
Solar Cells for Space Applications
10:45 - 11:15
Dr. Stella Tkatchova
European Innovation Council (EIC)
Opportunities for in-space solar energy harvesting solutions for innovative space applications
11:15 - 11:45
Break
Session 2
11:45 - 12:15
Powering the Next Frontier: Manufacturing Solar Cells in Space
12:15 - 12:45
Prof. Chang-Qi Ma
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Flexible organic solar cells with excellent specific power ratio for near space applications
12:45 - 14:15
Lunch Break
Session 3
14:15 - 14:45
Prof. Alessandro Paccagnella
University of Padua
Use of PV in the space race: a historical insight
14:45 - 15:15
Prof. Salvo Marcuccio
University of Pisa
Flight results and future prospects of the ECAPS near-space solar cell test facility
15:15 - 15:45
Dr. Romain Cariou
CEA-LITEN - Solar Technology Department
In-situ & ex-situ study of protons and electrons irradiations of perovskite solar cells
15:45 - 16:15
Break
Session 4
16:15 - 16:30
Dr. Giulia Tregnago
Nature Energy
“Nature Energy: an overview of the journal”
16:30 - 16:45
Prof. Aleksandra Djurisic
University of Hong Kong
2D Dion-Jacobson perovskites for 3D/2D layers in inverted perovskite solar cells
16:45 - 17:00
Dr. Avi Niv
Ben-Gurion University of The Negev
The effect of suppressed heat dissipation on the photovoltaic efficiency
17:00 - 17:15
Dr. Bei Yang
Linköping University
Distinguish The Reabsorption Effect And Aggregation Effect
17:15 - 19:00
Tour
Thursday, 6 July 2023
9:00 - 9:25
Reception and Welcome
9:25 - 9:30
Dr. Mahmoud Zendehdel
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
- Iritaly Trading Company S.r.l.
Opening
Session 1
9:30 - 10:00
Prof. Peter Müller-Buschbaum
Technical University of Munich
Progress in perovskite and organic solar cells for space applications
10:00 - 10:30
Prof. Joseph M. Luther
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Perovskite solar cell architectures for electrifying space
10:30 - 11:00
Break
Session 2
11:00 - 11:30
Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia
- University of Rome La Sapienza
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Perovskite Photovoltaic Module for Sustainable Space Economy
11:30 - 12:45
Panel
Moderators: Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia (Uniroma1 & EPFL) & Dr. Mahmoud Zendehdel (ITC)
Speakers: Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown (NASA), Prof. Joseph M. Luther (NREL), Dr. Carsten Baur (ESA), Prof. Peter Müller-Buschbaum (TUM), Prof. Giovanni Battista Palmerini (Uniroma1) & Prof. Luigi Schirone (Uniroma1)
12:45 - 14:15
Lunch Break
Session 3
14:15 - 14:45
Prof. Jean Manca
Universiteit Hasselt / X-LAB
Organic based solar cells for extreme worlds
14:45 - 15:15
Dr.-Ing. Claudiu Mortan
University of Stuttgart
Stratosphere Flight of Perovskite Solar Cells at an Altitude of 32 km
15:15 - 15:45
Prof. Bibhudutta Rout
University of North Texas
Ion Beam Irradiation and Analysis of Solar Cells Utilizing a Versatile Ion Beam Facility at the University of North Texas
15:45 - 16:15
Break
Session 4
16:15 - 16:45
Samuel Erickson
University of California Merced
Evaluation of hybrid perovskite prototype after 10-month space flight on the International Space Station
16:45 - 17:15
Prof. Ahmad R. Kirmani
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Radiation-matter interactions in perovskite solar cells: Implications for space applications
Poster Session
17:15 - 17:20
Dr. Shiva Navazani
University of Genoa
Finite Element Simulation of Heat Distribution in Micro-concentrator Perovskite Solar Cells
17:20 - 17:25
Simon Alexander Wegener
Technical University of Munich
Rapid thermal cycling of perovskite solar cells
17:25 - 17:30
Lennart Reb
TU Munich/n.a.
Overview of the First Spaceflight Experiment of Perovskite and Organic Solar Cells
17:30 - 17:35
Dr. Rahul Ranjan
Polish Academy of Science Poland
Microwave Assisted Low Temperature Processed TiO2 as Effective Electron Transport Layer for Improved Performance in Planar Perovskite Solar Cells
17:35 - 17:45
Posters' Discussions
20:00
Social Dinner
Social Dinner will be held in following place:
"Hosteria La Stazione" Via Solferino, 6/8, 00185 Roma RM
Friday, 7 July 2023
9:00 - 9:30
Reception and Welcome
9:25 - 9:30
Prof. Luigi Schirone
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Opening
Session 1
9:30 - 10:00
Prof. Michael Graetzel
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
The birth and stunning rise of perovskite solar cells
10:00 - 10:30
Prof. Jinsong Huang
University of North Carolina
Converting Perovskite Efficient Cells into Minimodules with Small Cell-to-Module Derate
10:30 - 11:00
Dr. Anurag Krishna
IMEC / Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre
Materials and processes for efficient and stable large-scale perovskite solar modules
11:00 - 11:30
Break
Session 2
11:30 - 12:00
Dr. Fan Fu
Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Flexible perovskite thin-film tandem solar cells and mini-modules
12:00 - 12:05
General Talk: Solar Journal
12:05 - 12:15
General Talk: Communications Engineering Journal
12:15 - 12:45
Prof. Franco Cacialli
University College London
Neutron irradiation of two benchmark conjugated polymers and of perovskite solar cells
12:45- 14:30
Lunch Break
Session 3
14:30 - 15:00
Prof. Wing Chung Tsoi
Swansea University
Proton Radiation Hardness of Organic Photovoltaics
15:00 - 15:30
Prof. Luigi Schirone
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Testing of End-Of-Life-optimized Triple-Junction III-V solar cells onboard the AstroBio CubeSat
15:30 - 16:00
Dr. Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi
University College London (UCL)
Highly Luminescent Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: Prospects for Space Applications
16:00 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 17:00
Towards understanding the pathways of radiation-induced degradation of complex lead halides
17:00 - 17:15
Dr. Daniele M. Trucchi
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Photo-thermionic energy converters of high-power laser beams for future lunar exploration
17:15 - 18:00
Awards and Closing
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