SOLAR ASIA – 2013 Conference Programme Day 1: 22 AUGUST 2013 (THURSDAY) Time Event/Session 8.00-9.00 Registration 9.00-9.20 Inauguration 9.20-10.00 Overview I.M. Dharmadasa SOLAR ENERGY as one of the main stream ENERGY SOURCES Abs p1 10.00-10.30 Tea Break THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS Time 10.30-11.05 Event/Session Chairperson I1 - Alessio Bosio The second generation of solar cells: the CdTe technology from laboratory to industry p9 11.05-11.40 I2 - Chun-Guey Wu Dye-sensitized solar cell Abs p2 11.40-11.55 O1 - F. Hussin, W.T. Mook and M.K. Aroua Prospective applications of solar photovoltaic technologies p229 11.55-12.10 O2 - L. T. Tan, C. Z. Yap, G. Perea, H. M. Teng, C. M. Maung, L. J. Geogre, S. H. Shin, E. S/O Dayalan, M. Sakhuja, A. J. Danner Photocatalytic activity of sputtered titanium dioxide on solar cell efficiency Abs p5 12.10-12.25 Professor M.A.K. Lakshman Dissanayake O3 - G.K. Mussabek , V.YU.Timoshenko, K.K. Dikhanbayev, A.S. Dzhunusbekov, T.I.Taurbayev, V.E. Nikulin and G.K. Tashkeyeva Application of silicon nanowire structures as an antireflection coatings for silicon solar cells p235 12.25-12.40 O4 - Y.L. Kong, S.V. Muniandy, K. Sulaiman Percolation network model for studying enhanced carrier transport in organic photovoltaic (OPV) material p241 12.40-2.00 2.00-2.35 Lunch I3 - I.M. Dharmadasa, O.K. Echendu, N.A. Abdul Manaf, M.B. Dergacheva, K.A. Mit and K.A. Urazov Next generation solar cells using graded bandgap structures utilising nano- and micro-rod type semiconductors p17 i Professor B.E. Mellander 2.35-3.15 I4 - T. Druffel and R. Dharmadasa Paths to manufacturing thin film PV in roll-to-roll platforms p1 DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS AND OTHER PEC SOLAR CELLS 3.15-3.30 O5 - T.M.W.J. Bandara, W.J.M.J.S.R. Jayasundara, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake, C.A. Thotawatthage, G.K.R. Senadeera, L.R.A.K. Bandara and B.-E. Mellander Dye-sensitized solar cells based on nano porous Tio2 and gel polymer electrolytes containing tetrapropylammonium iodide and 1-methyl-3propylimadazolium iodide binary iodide system p111 3.30-3.45 O6 - P.W. Abeygunawardhana, C.A. Thotawatthage, G.K.R. Senadeera and M.A.K.L. Dissanayake Efficiency dependence on dipping time and pH value of natural dye of nanocrystalline, nanoporous TiO2 photo sensitizer p117 3.45-4.00 O7 - W.J.M.J.S.R. Jayasundara, T.M.W.J. Bandara, W.K.D.G.D.R. Charles, P.S.L. Fernando, H.D.N.S.Fernado, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake, B.-E. Mellander Comparison of performance of quasi-solid state solar cells sensitized with N719 dye and N749 (black) dye and based on PAN, LiI and tetrahexylammonium iodide (HEX4NI) p149 4.00-4.30 4.30-4.45 Tea Break O8 - W.J.M.J.S.R. Jayasundara, T.M.W.J. Bandara, P.S.L. Fernando, H.D.N.S. Fernado, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake and B.-E. Mellander Thermal and conductivity properties of PAN based polymer electrolytes for possible application in photoelectro- chemical solar cells p155 4.45-5.00 O9 - A. Venkateswararao and K. R. Justin Thomas Professor O.A. Ileperuma New organic dyes with 2,7-disubstituted carbazole as π-linker: Synthesis and Optical Properties Abs p6 5.00-5.15 O10 - S.N.F. Yusuf, S.R. Majid, R. Yahya and A.K. Arof Synthesis and characterization of phthaloylchitosan based polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells p193 5.15 - 5.30 O11- M.H. Buraidah, Shahan Shah, L.P. Teo, M.A. Careem, A.K. Arof Dye-sensitized solar cells utilizing phthaloylchitosan based gel polymer electrolytes containing binary salts p217 5.30-5.35 O12 - H.C. Hassan, Z.H.Z. Abidin, M.A. Careem and A.K. Arof Characterization of dye-sensitized solar cell based on chlorophyll extracted from algae with C10H10O4 as an additive p187 6.00-7.30 Reception ii Day 2: 23 AUGUST 2013 (FRIDAY) Time 9.00- 9.35 Event/Session Chairperson I5 - O.A. Ileperuma and K. Murakami Cobalt redox couples as electron mediators in indoline dye sensitized solar cells p23 9.35 – 10.10 Professor I. M. Dharmadasa I6 - M.A.K. Lakshman Dissanayake Efficiency enhancement by mixed cation effect in dye sensitized solar cells based on polymer electrolytes p27 10.10-10.55 Tea Break and Poster Session (1 minute poster presentation: P1-P22) THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS 10.55-11.10 O13 - D. G. Diso and I. M. Dharmadasa Growth and optimisation of CdTe deposition voltage p41 11.10-11.25 O14 - Atef Rashed and Ken Durose Optical modelling of CdTe/CdS solar cells p55 11.25-11.40 O15 - K.S. Rahman, M. A. Islam, M. S. Hossain, M. M. Alam, K. Sopian and N. Amin The effect of Cu2Te as the back surface field layer in CdS/CdTe solar cell p61 11.40-11.55 O16 - H.D. Kiriarachchi, L.H.N.S. Lamahewage, W.A.S. Wickramasinghe, D.S.M. De Silva, K.A.S. Pathiratne, I.M. Dharmadasa Professor T. Druffel Is it possible to grow stable p-type CdS layers suitable for fabrication of electronic devices? p85 11.55-12.10 O17 - K.M.D.C. Jayathilaka, V. Kapaklis, W Siripala, J.K.D.S. Jayanetti Efficiency improvement of cuprous oxide based solar cells by Cl doping p91 12.10-12.25 O18 - P. N. Gajjar Designing Materials for Thermal Devices Abs p7 12.25-3.00 Lunch iii SILICON SOLAR CELLS, SOLAR PANELS AND OTHER SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS 3.00- 3.35 Chairperson I7 – Anna Migalska – Zalas, A.K. Arof and B. Sahraoui NLO Properties of some selected high conjugated organic and organometallic compounds: Simulation and experimental results Abs p3 3.35-3.50 O19 - Kareema. M. Ziadan, Hussein. F. Hussein, Aseel. K. Hassan and K.A. Ageel Study of the electrical characteristics of poly(o-toluidine) doped with para- toluene sulphonic acid/n-type silicon heterojunction solar cells p251 3.50-4.05 O20 - M. Aksas, F.Khaldi, A. Zane, R. Zouagri, N. Louai Techno-economic optimization of hybrid PV-wind power systems for GSM communications-railways in Algeria p263 4.05-4.20 O21 - Kok-Keong Chong, Woei-Chong Tan, and Chee-Woon Wong Thermal management of concentrator photovoltaic system using automotive radiator cooling system p271 4.20-5.20 Group Photograph Tea Poster Session Continued (P1-P22) 8.00-10.00 Gala Dinner (RUMAH UNIVERSITY) iv Professor Bouchta Sahraoui Day 3: 24 AUGUST 2013 (SATURDAY) Time 9.00 - 9.35 Event/Session Chairperson I8 - B.-E. Mellander and T.M.W.J. Bandara Performance of quasi-solid state dye sensitized solar cells in low light irradiance p33 9.35 - 10.10 Professor Chun-Guey Wu I9 - Bouchta SAHRAOUI, A.K. Arof and Jean-Luc Fillaut Some selected organics and organo-metallic compounds for optoelectronic applications Abs p4 10.10 - 10.40 Tea Break SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS AND SOLAR CELLS 10.40 - 10.55 O22 - Md. Mizanur Rahman, Chu C. Ming, Sivakumar Kumaresan, Phang Hoi Kim Feasibility study of the low height to diameter ratio solar chimney p277 10.55 - 11.10 O23 - Smita B. Joshi and A. R. Jani A new design of solar cooker for optimum utilization p287 11.10 - 11.25 O24 - N.A. Zakarina, L.D. Volkova, О.К. Kim Production of hydrogen and sulfur by photocatalytic decomposition of H2S Professor Alessio Bosio p293 11.25 - 11.40 O25 - Mohd Khairul Bin Ahmad, Nafarizal Nayan, and Kenji Murakami Effect of surface morphology of nano-structured rutile TiO2 nanorods/ nanoflowers as photoelectrode on the performance of Dye-sensitized solar cell Abs p10 11.40-11.55 O26 - T.R.C.K.Wijayarathna, Y.P.Y.P. Ariyasinghe, G.K.R. Senadeera, V.P.S. Perera, C.A. Thotawatthage Use of surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles in the efficiency enhancement of dye sensitized solar cells with TiO2 p123 11.55-12.30 Closing Session 12.30 - 2.00 Lunch 2.00 - 6.00 City Tour v 23 August 2013, Friday Poster Sessions: 10.10 – 10.40 and 16.30 -17.20 Poster session starts with 1 minute oral presentations at 10.10 am THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS Page No. P1 - M.B. Dergacheva, B.K. Kenzhaliev, N.V., Penkova, K.A. Urazov, G.Zh.Beisembaeva Solar cells on base electrodeposited thin films CdTe, CuInSe 2 Abs p11 P2 - Dergacheva M.B., Urazov K.A Electrodeposition of CuGaSe2 and CuInXGa1-XSe2 thin films for solar sells p69 P3 - Hassan Kirou, Lahbib Alahyane, El Houcine EL Hamri, Lahcen Boulkaddat, Abdeslam Elfanaoui, El hassane Ihalane, Khalid Bouabid, Larbi Laanab and Ahmed Ihlal Electrodeposition of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films for low cost solar cells p77 P4 - N.A. Abdul-Manaf, O.K. Echendu, H.I. Salim, L. Bowen and I.M. Dharmadasa Electrodeposition and characterization of polyaniline for development of organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells p105 P5 - D. M. Mukhamedshina, K. A. Mit and N.B. Beisenkhanov Study of modified by oxygen or hydrogen plasmas SnO 2 and ZnO thin films prepared by the sol-gel technique p97 P6 - F. Fauzi, N.A. A. Manaf, O.K. Echendu, and I.M. Dharmadasa Electrochemical deposition of organic and inorganic pin-hole plugging layers for CdS/CdTe solar cells p47 DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS AND OTHER PEC SOLAR CELLS P7 - H.K.D.W.M.N.R. Divarathne, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake, G.K.R. Senadeera, C.A. Thotawatthage Quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cells based on electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber membrane electrolyte p131 P8 - S.L. Jayaratne, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake, V.A. Senaviratne, C.A. Thotawatthage, G.K.R. Senadeera Efficiency Enhancement in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells based on blended polymer electolyte PMMA:PEG with Pr4N+I- as the iodide salts p137 P9 - W.N.S. Rupasinghe, C.A. Thotawatthage1, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake, G.K.R. Senadeera, V.A. Seneviratne Efficiency Enhancement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by TiO2 Nano Fillers in Polymer Electrolyte p143 P10 - S. Loheeswaran, K. Balashangar, and P. Ravirajan Improving the photovoltaic properties of hybrid polymer/titanium dioxide solar cells by using self assembled monolayers p161 P11 - H.N.M.Sarangika, G.K.R. Senadeera, C. A. Thotawattage and M.A.K.L.Dissanayake Novel quasi solid state electrochromic smart windows based on TiO 2 and SnO2 electrodes with PMMA gel electrolyte p169 P12 - M. H. Khanmirzaei and S. Ramesh Environmental friendly low cost biodegradable polymer based dye sensitized solar cells as future green energy generator Abs p8 P13 - K.A. Yaacob and A.L. Quah Multilayer of metal sulfide quantum dots as sensitizer for quantum dot sensitized solar cells p175 P14 - M.F. Aziz, M.H. Buraidah, M.A. Careem and A.K. Arof PVA-based gel polymer electrolytes and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells p181 P15 - H.K. Jun, M.A. Careem and A.K. Arof Anthocyanin and quantum dots co-sensitized solar cells with a common cobalt-based electrolyte p199 vi P16 - M.M. Noor, M.A. Careem, S.R. Majid and A.K. Arof Performance of dye-sensitized solar cells with (PVDF-HFP)-NaI-(EC/PC) electrolyte and Ruthenizer 535 dye p209 P17 - J.P. Tey, M.H. Buraidah, L.P. Teo, M.A. Careem and A.K. Arof Incorporation of activated carbon in titanium dioxide for dye-sensitized solar cells p203 P18 - Shahan Shah, M.H. Buraidah, L.P. Teo, M.A. Careem and A.K. Arof Preliminary studies on the performance of anthocyanin and chlorophyll dye mixtures in dye sensitized solar cells p223 SILICON SOLAR CELLS, SOLAR PANELS AND OTHER SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS P19 - A.G. Nesterenkov, P.A. Nesterenkov Hybrid solar collector p283 P20 - K. Kanchanee, W.M. Wajirapani, M.W. Nuvan , K.Gnanalingam A low cost smart grid connected power system for solar PV with maximum power point tracking, Capable with different input energy sources P21 -Turan Taşköprü, Muhsin Zor, Evren Turan, Metin Kul and A. Şenol Aybek Raman and FT-IR characterization of β-nickel hydroxide films P22 -Ye.T. Taurbayev, G.K. Mussabek, B.Z. Mansurov, V.E. Nikulin, B. Kablanbekov, K.K. Dikhanbayev Formation and Optical Properties of Nanostructured Antireflection Coatings for Silicon Solar Cells Posters are expected to be on display at the allotted places from 12.00 noon on 22-08-2013 to 12.00 noon on 24-08-2013. vii p257 Abs p9 p247 1