Program

July 5
Solar Fuels and Storage Technologies
July 6
Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
July 7
Perovskite Solar Cells
July 8
Perovskite Solar Cells & Solar Energy Policy Round Tables
09:00-09:10
09:00-09:10 (PORTO)

Opening Session by Adélio Mendes, Roel van de Krol and Frédéric Sauvage

Session Moderator: Adélio Mendes

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal

Keynote Speaker: Michael Grätzel

EPFL, Switzerland

Mesoscopic photosystems for the generation of electricity and fuels from sunlight
09:55-10:10
09:55-10:10 (PORTO)

Discussion

Announcement from SPTech

Symposium: Photoelectrochemical water splitting

Invited Speaker: Fatwa F. Abdi

Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Germany

Overcoming performance losses in scaling-up metal oxide-based solar water splitting devices
10:35-10:45
10:35-10:45 (PORTO)

Discussion

10:45-10:50
10:45-10:50 (PORTO)

Coffee Break

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Roel van de Krol

Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Germany

Invited Speaker: David Tilley

University of Zurich, Department of Chemistry, Switzerland

Investigation of multilayer water splitting photocathodes by impedance spectroscopy
11:15-11:25
11:15-11:25 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Sophia Haussener

EPFL, Switzerland

Design guidelines for competitive photo-electrochemical devices and systems
11:45-11:55
11:45-11:55 (PORTO)

Discussion

11:55-13:30
11:55-13:30 (PORTO)

Lunch time

Announcement from SPTECH

Symposium: Solar redox flow cells

Session Moderator: Ibbi Ahmet

Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Germany

Keynote Speaker: Song Jin

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Solar flow batteries: integrated solar energy conversion and redox flow battery systems
14:05 - 14:20
14:05 - 14:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Dowon Bae

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

Modelling of solar-rechargeable redox system: Insights into charging efficiency prediction
14:40-14:50
14:40-14:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Anders Bentien

Aarhus University, Denmark

Organic redox couples for solar redox flow cells
15:10 - 15:20
15:10 - 15:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Teresa Andreu

University of Barcelona, Spain

Photoelectrochemical energy storage: energy matching for an effective solar to chemical energy conversion
15:40 - 15:50
15:40 - 15:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

15:50 - 16:00
15:50 - 16:00 (PORTO)

Coffee Break

Announcement from SPTECH

Symposium: Solar-driven carbon dioxide reduction

Session Moderator: Jingshan Luo

Nankai University, China

Keynote Speaker: Joel W. Ager

UC Berkeley, USA

Fundamental challenges in solar-driven carbon dioxide reduction
16:35-16:50
16:35-16:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Manuel Alvarez-Guerra

Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

Improving continuous processes for the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to formate
17:10 - 17:20
17:10 - 17:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Erwin Reisner

University of Cambridge, UK

Artificial leaves, sheets and panels for solar fuel synthesis
17:40-17:50
17:40-17:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Ludmilla Steier

Imperial College London, UK

Insights from transient absorption spectroscopy into promising materials for solar fuel production
18:10-18:20
18:10-18:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

18:20 - 18:30
18:20 - 18:30 (PORTO)

Closing Remarks from SPTech

18:30 - 19:30
18:30 - 19:30 (PORTO)

Poster/Pre-recorded Oral Session

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Frédéric Sauvage

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Keynote Speaker: Gerrit Boschloo

Uppsala University, Sweden

Improving the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells
09:40-09:55
09:40-09:55 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Hwan Kyu Kim

Korea University, South Korea

14.2% efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells by co-sensitizing organic dyes with a promising porphyrin sensitizer
10:15-10:25
10:15-10:25 (PORTO)

Discussion

10:25-10:35
10:25-10:35 (PORTO)

Coffee Break

Announcement from SPTECH

Session Moderator: Natalie Flores Diaz

Newcastle University, England

Invited Speaker: Suraj Soman

CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Indoor light-harvesting dye-sensitized solar cells devoid of co-sensitizers with >30% efficiency for self-powered IoT applications
11:00-11:10
11:00-11:10 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Goreti Sales

University of Coimbra, Portugal

Dye-sensitized solar cells self-powering biosensors
11:30-11:40
11:30-11:40 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Marcin Ziółek

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

To what extent are photocurrents in DSSC dependent on ultrafast processes?
12:00-12:10
12:00-12:10 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Renaud Demadrille

Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble (CEA-CNRS-UGA), France

Photochromic photosensitizers: towards semi-transparent solar cells with variable optical transmission
12:30-12:40
12:30-12:40 (PORTO)

Discussion

12:40-13:30
12:40-13:30 (PORTO)

Lunch time

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Dzmitry Ivanou

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal

Keynote Speaker: Marina Freitag

Newcastle University, England

Dye-sensitized solar cells converting ambient light to power IoT: from light to information
14:05-14:20
14:05-14:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Federico Bella

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Water-based dye solar cells
14:40-14:50
14:40-14:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Syed Ghufran Hashmi

University of Oulu, Finland

Towards fully printed dye-sensitized solar cells with novel design approaches
15:10-15:20
15:10-15:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

Industrial Break

G+Lyte

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Lucia Fagiolari

Department of Applied Sciece and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth A. Gibson

Newcastle University, England

New materials for dye-sensitized cells and solar energy capture
16:05-16:20
16:05-16:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Matteo Bonomo

University of Turin, Italy

Innovative approaches toward fully sustainable dye-sensitized solar cells
16:40-16:50
16:40-16:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Torben Lund

Roskilde University, Denmark

All what can go wrong with thiocyanate based ruthenium dyes during DSC solar cell operation – consequences for DSC long-term performance
17:10-17:20
17:10-17:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

17:20-17:30
17:20-17:30 (PORTO)

Closing Remarks from SPTech

17:30-18:30
17:30-18:30 (PORTO)

Poster/Pre-recorded Oral Session

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Adélio Mendes

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal

Keynote Speaker: Mónica Lira-Cantú

Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain

Shallow point defect passivation to enhance perovskite solar cell stability
09:40-09:55
09:40-09:55 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Antonio Abate

Helmholtz-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany

Biological impact of lead from halide perovskite solar cells
10:15-10:25
10:15-10:25 (PORTO)

Discussion

10:25-10:35
10:25-10:35 (PORTO)

Coffee Break

Session Moderator: Mojtaba Abdi Jalebi

Institute for Materials Discovery, University College London, UK

Invited Speaker: Maria Antonietta Loi

Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Scalable, template driven formation of highly crystalline metal halide perovskite films
10:55-11:05
10:55-11:05 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Michael Saliba

Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

The versatility of perovskite materials for optoelectronics
11:25-11:35
11:25-11:35 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Shahzada Ahmad

Basque Center for Materials, University of Basque Country, Leioa, Spain

Microstrain relaxation in FAPbI3 based solar cells and development of charge selective layers
11:55-12:05
11:55-12:05 (PORTO)

Discussion

Oral Speaker: Anurag Krisnha

EPFL, Switzerland

Tailoring the interface for defect passivation and suppression of ion migration enables highly stable perovskite photovoltaics
12:20-12:30
12:20-12:30 (PORTO)

Discussion

12:30-13:30
12:30-13:30 (PORTO)

Lunch time

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Teresa Ripolles

University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Keynote Speaker: Stefaan De Wolf

KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells: development and outdoor testing
14:05-14:20
14:05-14:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Ana Flávia Nogueira

UNICAMP, CINE, Brazil

As in situ experiments allow us to have another view of perovskite-based materials
14:40-14:50
14:40-14:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Design of polycrystalline thin films by vapor-phase deposition of halide perovskites
15:10-15:20
15:10-15:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

15:20-15:30
15:20-15:30 (PORTO)

Coffee Break

Session Moderator: Lukas Wagner

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Germany

Invited Speaker: Trystan Watson

SPECIFIC, Swansea University, UK

Upscaling perovskite solar cells
15:50-16:00
15:50-16:00 (PORTO)

Discussion

Industrial Break

FOM Technologies A/S

Invited Speaker: Chris Case

Oxford PV, UK

From lab to fab: industrialisation of perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells
16:30-16:40
16:30-16:40 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Jorge Martins

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal

Advanced laser-assisted encapsulation of perovskite solar cells
17:00-17:10
17:00-17:10 (PORTO)

Discussion

Oral Speaker: Zhaoning Song

University of Toledo, USA

Air-stable all-perovskite tandem solar cells
17:25-17:35
17:25-17:35 (PORTO)

Discussion

17:35-17:45
17:35-17:45 (PORTO)

Closing Remarks from SPTech

17:45-18:45
17:45-18:45 (PORTO)

Poster/Pre-recorded Oral Session

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Frédéric Sauvage

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Keynote Speaker: Shuzi Hayase

The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo

Perovskite solar cells consisting of Tin
09:40-09:55
09:40-09:55 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Andreas Hinsch

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy System ISE, Freiburg, Germany

Research for the industrialization of perovskite solar
10:15-10:25
10:15-10:25 (PORTO)

Discussion

Industrial Break

Pixel Voltaic

Session Moderator: Narges Yaghoobi Nia

CHOSE - University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Invited Speaker: Dávid Forgács

Saule Technologies, Poland

First commercial applications of flexible printedperovskite solar modules
10:55-11:05
10:55-11:05 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Amran Al-Ashouri

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany

Advancing perovskite-based tandem photovoltaics through hole-selective layer design
11:25-11:35
11:25-11:35 (PORTO)

Discussion

Invited Speaker: Yinghuan Kuang

imec, Thin-Film Photovoltaics (partner in Solliance and Energyville), Belgium

Upscaling of perovskite modules and tandem solar cells
11:55-12:05
11:55-12:05 (PORTO)

Discussion

Oral Speaker – Luigi Vesce

CHOSE - University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Highly efficient and stable CsMAFA perovskite solar modules by process engineering
12:20-12:30
12:20-12:30 (PORTO)

Discussion

12:30 - 13:30
12:30 - 13:30 (PORTO)

Lunch time

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Roel van de Krol

Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Germany

Round Table 1

Energy Storage and Fuels

Nuno Moreira, Dourogás, Portugal

Hugo Campelo, EFACEC, Portugal

Stephan Herbst, Toyota, Germany

Helmut Ehrenberg, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany

14:35 - 14:50
14:35 - 14:50 (PORTO)

Discussion

14:50 - 15:00
14:50 - 15:00 (PORTO)

Coffee Break

Announcement from SPTech

Session Moderator: Emiliano Bellini

pv magazine (Editor), pv magazine Spain, LatAm, France

Round Table 2

Near and distant future of Perovskite Solar Cells

Maria Laura Parisi, University of Siena, Italy

Chris Case, Oxford PV, UK

Olle Lundberg, Evolarab, Sweden

Pedro Sousa, EFACEC, Portugal

16:05 - 16:20
16:05 - 16:20 (PORTO)

Discussion

16:20 - 16:30
16:20 - 16:30 (PORTO)

Closing Session and Awards Ceremony