Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization

Agenda for Solar Electric Breakout Sessions

Panel Chair: A.J. Nozik

Monday, April 18, 2005, 1:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Panel 1A (Inorganic PV) — Glen Echo Room

Time Topic Speaker or Location

Session 1

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Sub-panel Co-chairs, H. Atwater and

A.J. Nozik

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Thermodynamic Limits and Approaches to 3rd

Generation Photovoltaics (PVs)

Peter Würfel

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. New Concepts in Photovoltaics for Widespread Use Antonio Luque

2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Nanocrystals and Solar Photon Conversion Louis Brus

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Basic Research Needs for Very-high-efficiency III-V

Multijunction Cells

Richard King

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:45 p.m. Initial Discussion of one-sentence Priority Research

Directions (PRDs)

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Working Dinner Salon D

Session 2

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Prioritize 3–5 one-sentence PRDs

9:00 – 9:30 p.m. Panel Chair and Sub-panel Co-chairs review PRDs Salon A

Panel 1B (Organic PV) — Forest Glen Room

Time Topic Speaker or Location

Session 1

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Sub-panel Co-chairs, A.J. Heeger and

G. Rumbles

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Small Molecular Weight Organic Solar Cells: Concepts

and Results

Steve Forrest

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Excitonic Solar Cells Brian Gregg

2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Fundamental Processes of Charge Injection,

Transport, and Charge Separation in Organic

Materials

Daryl Smith

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Polymer and Hybrid Solar Cells: Status and

Challenges

Rene A.J. Janssen

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:45 p.m. Initial Discussion of one-sentence PRDs

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Working Dinner Salon D

Session 2

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Prioritize 3–5 one-sentence PRDs

9:00 – 9:30 p.m. Panel Chair and Sub-panel Co-chairs review PRDs Salon A