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This one-day event is an opportunity for researchers and industrialists to gather to hear a series of talks given by world leading experts and engage in a debate on the science that underpins future prospects for solar energy.
Date: Thursday 3 November 2016 (09:30 -18:00)
Venue: Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE
Registration: There is no registration fee for the symposium and complimentary lunch and drinks reception will be provided, however due to the large demand for places, participants are required to register on-line for the event. The event is open for all to attend.
Speakers
The opening speaker of the Symposium will be Professor Sir David King, who serves as the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change. He was the Chief Scientific Adviser to H.M. Government where he had a key role in raising public awareness for climate change. He will address how we can accelerate the adoption of clean energy in his talk 'A New $30bn pa International Public Investment Programme into Clean Energy Technologies: Mission Innovation’.
Processes in nature such as photosynthetic antenna complexes operate with close to perfect efficiency. Professor Greg Engel, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, will shed light on understanding these systems and the interface between biology and quantum mechanics in his talk entitled 'Design Principles of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting'
Professor Albert Polman leads the Photonic Materials group in FOM Institute AMOLF. In his talk he will discuss how light interactions on the nanoscale can be used to realize solar cells with high efficiency.
Professor Tonio Buonassisi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology heads the photovoltaic research laboratory. Working in collaboration with a number of solar-energy companies, he contributed to the development of various solar-cell technologies in commercial production today.
Dr Frank Dimroth, Head of III-V Epitaxy and Solar Cells Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energies has worked on developing some of the highest efficiency solar cells and will discuss the scientific challenges and prospects of 'Conversion efficiencies exceeding 30% for sunlight energy to electricity or hydrogen enabled by III-V compound semiconductors’.
Professor Henry Snaith, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, will describe the research that has led to high efficiency thin film solar cells made with lead halide perovskite materials. These offer the prospect of providing low cost solar energy.
Professor Jenny Nelson, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, has focused her research on understanding molecular semiconductor materials. In her talk she will explore these materials and their nanostructure for producing solar cells.
For further information, please contact Dr Nalin Patel, Programme Manager for the Winton Programme - nlp28@cam.ac.uk.
(Banner photo courtesy of James Moran via Flickr)