Dr. Pietro Altermatt

Trina Solar

Biography

Pietro P. Altermatt is the Principal Scientist of one of the largest silicon solar cell manufacturers, Trina Solar in China. His 27 year experience in PV ranges from rather basic research at UNSW in Sydney, Australia, to joint projects between institutes and industry in Germany, to scaling up the PV industry in China.
 
Pietro P. Altermatt’s main area of research has been the development of physical models for the numerical simulation of crystalline silicon solar cells. Of equal interest to him is the application of these models to simulation strategies tailored to research, development and particularly to mass production. With such simulations, roadmaps for the near-future are developed, predicting the optimum device design, the necessary production equipment, and the feasible silicon material and other materials. At this KAUST Research Conference, he evaluates options how other materials than silicon may come into mainstream in about eight years, for progressing beyond the current mainstream PERC cell technology

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Technological and economic conditions for mass production beyond the roadmap of mainstream silicon PV
10:05 AM

Crystalline silicon solar cells have been the mainstream in global production due to an international community of researchers, dedicated development efforts of standardized production, and huge factories in China and South-East Asia.

Dr. Pietro Altermatt

Trina Solar

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