10^th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
SiliconPV 2020 unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the increasing global spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

The authors of the best contributions were asked to record their presentation. Please find the videos here.

The best submissions will soon be published in Elsevier’s peer reviewed journal SOLMAT.

9^th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
April 08-10, 2019 Leuven, Belgium
Hosted by:imec
 

Conference Program
Conference Proceedings, AIP, Volume 2147
Best 20 papers: SOLMAT special issue "SiliconPV 2019"

Silicon PV experts from all around the world gathered in Leuven enjoying a great conference program with 57 talks and 140 posters. Participants also had the special opportunity to visit EnergyVille in Genk, completing the program.

7^th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
April 3-5, 2017 Freiburg, Germany
Hosted by:Fraunhofer ISE
 

Conference Program

Conference Proceedings: Energy Procedia, Volume 124
Best 20 papers: SOLMAT special issue "SiliconPV 2017", Volume 173

SiliconPV 2017, the ^7th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics, and the nPV Workshop successfully took place from April 03-06 in Freiburg, Germany. We were happy to welcome 380 participants from 25 countries around the world.

6^th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
March 7-9, 2016 Chambéry, France
Hosted by:CEA, INES
 

Conference Program
Conference Proceedings published in ELSEVIER's Energy Procedia

Best 20 Papers published in SOLMAT

Around 330 academics, technologists and students from 26 countries around the world attended the SiliconPV 2016 conference and nPV workshop in Chambéry in the heart of the French Alps! The high-quality scientific progam included 61 oral presentations and 135 posters giving an overview over the state-of-the-art in Silicon PV technology. 

5^th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
March 23-25, 2015 Konstanz, Germany
Hosted by:University of Konstanz
 

Conference Program

Conference Proceedings published in ELSEVIER's Energy Procedia

Best 20 Papers published in SOLMAT
 

Around 350 participants attended the SiliconPV 2015 conference and nPV workshop in Konstanz! Participants from 31 countries came to learn about the latest news and developments from the SiliconPV industry.

4^th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
March 25-27, 2014 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Hosted by: ECN
 

Conference Program
Conference Proceedings published in ELSEVIER's Energy Procedia
Best 20 Papers published in SOLMAT
 

More than 330 participants attended the SiliconPV 2014 conference and nPV Workshop in 's-Hertogenbosch! 58 oral presentations and 120 poster presentations constituted the scientific program.

3^rd International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
March 25-27, 2013 Hamelin, Germany
Hosted by: ISFH

Conference Proceedings published in ELSEVIER's Energy Procedia

Best 20 Papers published in SOLMAT

We welcomed about 330 attendees from 22 countries participated in SiliconPV 2013. Presenters of 55 oral presentations and 115 posters were bringing us up to date on the latest scientific developments and were giving a comprehensive summary of the status of every aspect of silicon photovoltaics.

2^nd International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics
April 3-5, 2012 Leuven, Belgium
Hosted by: imec
 

Conference Program
Conference Proceedings published in ELSEVIER's Energy Procedia 
Best 20 Conference Papers published in SOLMAT

In 2012, the 2nd SiliconPV conference in Leuven, Belgium was almost equally well attended, despite the very difficult market conditions faced by many PV companies. We welcomed 450 enthusiastic participants from 19 countries, and comments such as: “Best SiliconPV conference you could imagine,” were typical. The SiliconPV is now fully established, with an excellent reputation as a combined international conference, high-technology exhibition and networking event.

1^st International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics 

April 17-20, 2011 Freiburg, Germany

Hosted by: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

Conference Program

Conference Proceedings published in ELSEVIER's Energy Procedia 

The SiliconPV conference series was founded in 2011. Our aim was to combine an outstanding high-class scientific program – based on a blind review process – with a communicative conference atmosphere, where welcome reception, lunches, coffee breaks and conference dinner are all included in the registration fee. Hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute of Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, the first SiliconPV conference was a huge success, with more than 550 participants from 21 countries.