Presentation

You are invited to participate in the second edition of the international Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, from 23 to 27 may 2010, in a beautiful and confortable venue in the town of Assisi, Italy, that will bring together major scientists in the field.

Main topics are dye-sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and other advanced concepts involving nanostructured, hybrid and organic photovoltaics. By gathering the top scientists from academe and industry in the area of hybrid and organic materials and devices for solar energy conversion, we wish to explore the state-of-the art of the research, and to stimulate discussion around future developments in this field, which is experiencing an impressive development.

We have put together an impressive list of speakers , who are representative of the world leaders and of emerging innovative research on hybrid/organic photovoltaics and cover a broad range of topics and geographical distribution.

Furthermore, the Conference encourages presentation of oral as well as poster contributions from scientists from all over the world. Just submitt your abstracts before the deadline, which is strict. Parallel sessions will be organized in such a way as to allow the maximum exchange of competences within the HOPV community, with a multidisciplinary approach, rather than based on thematic issues.

Moreover, brainstorming sessions are being organized throughout the conference to foster strategic discussions on specific topics highlighted in the Conference:

Symposium A: Carrier lifetime in bulk heterojunction solar cells
Symposium B: Stability and degradation of polymer and organic solar cells

Important dates:

a. Deadline for abstract submission: 15 february 2010
b. Early registration: 31 October 2009 – 14 february 2010
c. Late registration: 14 february 2010 – 30 april 2010

Please note that the registration fee includes all the local expenses (4 nights hotel accomodation, breakfast and lunches, social dinner and the Conference events).

There is a limited number of scholarships for students at no registration/accomodation cost. Furthermore, a few sholarships will be provided for students coming from less developed countries, including travel support.

The language of the Conference will be English.

Scientific Committee

 F. De Angelis (organizer, CNR-ISTM Perugia, Italy)


 J. Bisquert (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)


 A. Hagfeldt (Uppsala University, Sweden)


 F. Krebs (Risř National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy,  Technical University of Denmark)


 M.K. Nazeeruddin (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)