Head of the research programme has participated as a co-chairmen of Symposium Advanced Inorganic Materials and Concepts for Photovoltaics at the European Material Research Society Spring Meeting (Nice, 9-13 May 2011). The event gathered more than 250 participants and resulted in a peer-review proceedings (58 papers, 328 pages) that has been published in Energy Procedia by Elsevier.
C.01 Editorial board of a foreign/international collection of papers/book
COBISS.SI-ID: 8877396Recognising the rapid development of the market and increased ambition for the contribution of photovoltaics in the near to medium term, evidenced by the adoption of binding 2020 renewable energy targets in Europe and the establishment of the Solar Europe Industry Initiative as part of Europe’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan, the second edition of SRA addresses the rapid technological developments required for these new challenges and opportunities. It is intended to stimulate research programmes of the EU and the Member States. These are key programmes to support the European PV industry in maintaining and strengthening its position in a highly competitive and rapidly innovating global market.
D.03 Membership in foreign/international boards/committees
COBISS.SI-ID: 8751188Simulator CROWM (Combined Ray-optics Wave-Optics Model) implements an optical numeric model for simulation of thin-film photovoltaic devices with thick surface-textured front components. The model is based on the combination of incoherent geometric optics and coherent wave optics analysis, which are employed separately to simulate light propagation through the front textured component and the bottom flat thin-film component of the device, respectively. The verified model is implemented into the optical simulator CROWM, which is employed to study the light-trapping potential of the front surface-textured protective glass in thin-film photovoltaic modules. Konarka Technologies Inc. (www.konarka.com) as the world leader in the field of flexible organic photovoltaics modules has bought three licences of the CROWM Simulator as an indispensable cutting-edge tool in design of high-performance organic photovoltaic devices.
F.06 Development of a new product
COBISS.SI-ID: 8972628