Japan PV Committee/ Japan PV Materials Committee Liaison Report InterSolar Europe 2011 June 9, 2011 Munich, Germany Venue, Location, Date

PV Committee Leadership Co-chairs Kazuhiko Kashima/ Covalent Materials PV Committee representative to the JRSC GCS voting member Masaaki Yamamichi/ AIST Hiromu Takatsuka/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Terry Asakawa/ Tokyo Electron

PV Materials Committee Leadership Committee Co-chairs Kazuhiko Kashima/ Covalent Materials PV Committee representative to the JRSC GCS voting member Masaaki Yamamichi/ AIST Takashi Ishihara (Mitsubishi Electric)

PV Committee Organization Japan PV Committee Kazuhiko Kashima/ Covalent Materials Masaaki Yamamichi/ AIST Hiromu Takatsuka/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Terry Asakawa/ Tokyo Electron Safety SG Yasuhiro Yamauchi/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries NOTE: The Japan PV Materials TF moved under the Japan PV Materials Committee from the Japan PV Committee.

PV Materials Committee Organization Japan PV Committee Kazuhiko Kashima/ Covalent Materials Masaaki Yamamichi/ AIST Hiromu Takatsuka/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Terry Asakawa/ Tokyo Electron Japan PV Materials TF Masaaki Yamamichi/ AIST Takashi Ishikawa/ Mitsubishi Electric NOTE: The Japan PV Materials TF moved under the Japan PV Materials Committee from the Japan PV Committee.

Meeting Information Last Meeting Next Meeting April 26, 2011 at SEMI Japan, Tokyo, Japan This was kick-off meeting for the Japan PV Materials Committee Next Meeting September 16, 2011 at SEMI Japan, Tokyo, Japan NOTE: The committee meetings were/ will be jointly held.

Japan PV Committee Task Force/ Study Group Updates Safety Study Group Venue, Location, Date

Safety Study Group No activity.

Topics International PV Module QA Forum “Workshop” in the week of InterSolar NA is planned and organized by AIST, NREL, and PV Tech. Criteria for PV module quality assurance are not currently clear in the PV industry, and developing de-jure standards, starting from forum standard, to ensure reliability is needed. Starting with having a place to discuss the issue is important and SEMI will be participating in this workshop and introduce that SEMI standards activities in PV industry. Any topic to be discussed at this workshop may be brought to the committee. See the below URL for details: http://www.nrel.gov/ce/ipvmqa_forum/

Japan PV Materials Committee Task Force Updates Japan PV Materials Task Force Venue, Location, Date

Japan PV Materials Task Force Leader Masaaki Yamamichi/ AIST Takashi Ishihara/ Mitsubishi Electric Charter Identify standardization needs and priorities for specifications, guidelines and procedures related to Materials used for manufacturing PV cells/modules and systems. Examples of such material include, but are not limited to: substrates, TCO films, optical enhancement films, conductive interconnect, insulator materials, absorber films, PVB, EVA, backsheet, sputtering targets, starting material e.g. UMG Si, Poly-si, etc. Participate and support the PV Standards Roadmap discussion. Shared the outcome of PV Fab Managers Forum (EU) and NA Spring. Agreed to draft the list of key items by reference to specifications of silicon wafers for semiconductor to see what have been standardized and what have not in PV area.

Danke schön! For more information, please contact: Akiko Yamamoto, SEMI Japan ayamamoto@semi.org

Backup Venue, Location, Date

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