Challenges in Photovoltaic Science, Technology, and Manufacturing: A workshop on the role of theory, modeling, and simulation- to be held September 20-21, 2011 at Purdue Univ.

光伏是一个涵盖材料到系统的广阔领域，包括晶体硅等成熟技术，有机太阳能电池等新技术，以及探索性的第三代概念。成功需要化学和材料科学、设备设计和表征、制造和系统级考虑的贡献。理论、建模和仿真在光伏领域已经建立，但根据研究人员的兴趣和学科以及正在探索的技术，该领域是分散的，缺乏有效的临界质量。研讨会，光伏科学、技术和制造的挑战：一个关于理论、建模和仿真作用的研讨会，将为学术界、工业界和国家实验室的研究人员提供一个机会，以确定推进光伏领域的方法。多尺度建模与仿真是科学与工程领域普遍存在的挑战。解决光伏发电的这一挑战，将有助于其他学科的成功。研讨会将确定大学跨学科合作的模式，以及大学和公司进行合作研究的模式，这些合作研究将对光伏以外的领域产生广泛的影响。

Photovoltaics is a broad field that spans materials to systems and includes mature technologies like crystalline silicon, new ones like organic solar cells, and exploratory, third generation concepts. Success requires contributions from chemistry and materials science, to device design and characterization, to manufacturing and system level considerations. Theory, modeling, and simulation is well-established in photovoltaics, but the field is fragmented according to the interests and disciplines of researchers and the technologies being explored and lacks the critical mass to be effective. The workshop, Challenges in Photovoltaic Science, Technology, and Manufacturing: A workshop on the role of theory, modeling, and simulation will provide an opportunity for researchers from academia, industry, and the national laboratories to identify ways to advance the field of photovoltaics. Multiscale modeling and simulation is a pervasive challenge in science and engineering. Addressing this challenge for photovoltaics, will contribute to success in other disciplines. The workshop will identify models for universities to collaborate across disciplines and for universities and companies to pursue collaborative research that will have broad impact beyond photovoltaics.