26th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-26)

The International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering (PVSEC) conference series started in 1984 in Kobe, Japan, and has evolved into Asia’s biggest scientific-technical PV conference. Since 2006, it has been held internationally, moving annually to guest countries and cities that are highly committed to the adoption of photovoltaic (PV) technology. The main objective of the PVSEC conferences is to give all PV communities a platform to present their latest findings in their area of expertise mainly at the scientific level, along with topics covering product development, new products and market trends.

The PVSEC-26 Conference is chaired by Professor Armin ABERLE who is the CEO of SERIS and a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The Conference will be held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre - one of the largest, and most prominent, spaces within Singapore and is internationally well known for being a meeting place of people and ideas.

The conference is expected to attract not only scientists, but also students, managers, engineers, policy makers and government officials involved in the growth of PV. In addition, PVSEC-26 will run in parallel with the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2016. This will give the delegates at the PVSEC-26 conference the possibility to explore other energy trends at the many additional side events that cover all types of renewable, fossil and mineral energy sources, with a strong presence of the Singapore financial services sector reflected at the events.

The Conference covers the following areas:

Area 1: Novel PV materials and concepts
1.1 Novel materials for future PV technologies
1.2 New PV concepts
1.3 Characterisation of physical phenomena in high-efficiency solar cells
1.4 Advanced concepts for light coupling and management

Area 2: Crystalline silicon materials and solar cells
2.1 Silicon feedstock & wafers
2.2 Multicrystalline silicon wafer solar cells
2.3 Monocrystalline silicon wafer solar cells
2.4 Simulation & characterisation of c-Si materials & cells

Area 3: Thin-film materials and solar cells
3.1 Silicon thin-film solar cells
3.2 CIS and CdTe thin-film solar cells
3.3 Organic, dye and perovskite thin-film solar cells
3.4 III-V and other thin-film solar cells
3.5 Simulation & characterisation of thin-film solar cells

Area 4: PV modules
4.1 Silicon wafer based PV modules
4.2 Thin-film PV modules
4.3 PV module reliability
4.4 Simulation & characterisation of PV modules

Area 5: PV systems and Grid integration
5.1 PV system technology and BOS components
5.2 PV system testing & monitoring
5.3 PV system reliability 5.4 PV system energy yield & LCOE 5.5 Building integrated PV systems (BiPV) 5.6 PV grid integration
5.7 Off-grid PV systems/ Rural electrification

Area 6: PV deployment, markets, policies and financing
6.1 PV deployment
6.2 PV markets
6.3 PV policies
6.4 PV financing & bankability

Dates and Venue
- 24 to 28 October, Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore

Event web address
- http://www.pvsec-26.com

Contact details:

Ms Aditi SRIDHAR
Publicity Chair, PVSEC-26
Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore
[email protected]
(+65) 66011742