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Wilfried van Sark
Country: Netherlands
Year Started Research: 1982
Title of Research: Fitting of Current-Voltage Characteristics of Laser
Annealed Silicon Solar Cells
University: AMOLF, Amsterdam
Still Active in Research: Yes

Wilfried van Sark is full professor “Integration of Photovoltaics” at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable
Development of Utrecht University. He started in 1982 with silicon solar cell characterization at AMOLF Amsterdam,
and he received his PhD in 1989 from Nijmegen University on III-V solar cell and processing development. As
a postdoc at Utrecht University he worked on plasma CVD of, thin film amorphous silicon cell and processing,
introducing VHF-PECVD in the Netherlands. After fundamental microscopy research on single nanoparticles, he
developed spectral shifting processes for next generation photovoltaics (up and down conversion), with a special
interest in luminescent solar concentrators. Also, he is a recognized expert in performance analysis of photovoltaic
modules and systems, and life cycle and market analysis. In addition, deployment of photovoltaics in residential
areas has led to research in building integrated photovoltaics, smart grids with electric mobility and vehicle-to-grid
technology, as well as short-term solar forecasting using various techniques such as all-sky imagers.

Werner Weiss
Country: Austria
Year Started Research: 1980 founding AEE Intec
Title of Research: Comparison of the Thermal Performance of a Solar
Heating System with Open and Closed Solid Sorption Storage
University: Vienna University of Technology / AEE Intec
Still Active in Research: Yes

Werner Weiss is a founding member and director of AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE INTEC) in
Gleisdorf, Austria and is working in national and international solar thermal and energy efficiency projects since the
beginning of the 1980s. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
of the International Energy Agency (IEA). From June 2010 to May 2014 he was chairman of this IEA Implementing
Agreement. Furthermore, he is a board member of the European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and
Cooling.He has been project coordinator of more than 30 national, European and international solar thermal energy
projects. His main research activities are on solar combi-systems and solar heat for industrial processes. Since
2007 he has been a lecturer at Vienna University of Technology and faculty member of the continuing education
center. More on Werner Weiss’ research: https://beta.explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=dedup_
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