U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Energy

Alternative energy

Search Publications

Search Title, Abstract, Conference, Citation, Keyword or Author
  • Published Date
Displaying 151 - 175 of 705

Towards fast screening of organic solar cell blends

August 5, 2020
Author(s)
Lee J. Richter, Artem Levistsky, Giovanni M. Matrone, Aditi Khirbat, Ilaria Bargigia, Xiaolei Chu, Oded Nahor, Tamar Segal-Perez, Adam Moule, Carlos Silva, Natalie Stingelin, Gitti L. Frey
The ever increasing library of materials systems developed for organic solar-cells, including highly promising non-fullerene acceptors and new, high-efficiency donor polymers, demands the development of methodologies that (i) allow fast screening of a

Understanding Photovoltaic Energy Losses under Indoor Lighting Conditions

July 28, 2020
Author(s)
Behrang H. Hamadani
The external luminescence quantum yield as a function of the solar cell current density when exposed to low indoor light was estimated based on absolute electroluminescence measurements and a self-consistent use of the electro-optical reciprocity

Using Operando Techniques to Understand and Design Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells with Excellent Performance and Long Operational Stability

July 16, 2020
Author(s)
Xiong Peng, Devashish Kulkarni, Ying Huang, Travis J. Omasta, Benjamin Ng, Yiwei Zheng, Lianqin Wang, Jacob LaManna, Daniel S. Hussey, John R. Varcoe, Iryna V. Zenyuk, William E. Mustain
Operando neutron imaging and operando micro X-ray computed tomography were used to understand the water dynamics of AEMFCs under various operating conditions, and this new fundamental information was used to create electrodes that not only enabled high

Estimation of the critical external heat leading to the failure of lithium-ion batteries

June 29, 2020
Author(s)
Wei Tang, Andy Tam, Liming Yuan, Thomas Dubaniewicz, Richard Thomas, John Soles
A detailed experimental investigation on the critical external heat leading to the failure of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was conducted using an Accelerating Rate Calorimeter (ARC) at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Reconciling temperature-dependent factors affecting mass transport losses in polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers

June 1, 2020
Author(s)
Jacob LaManna, Aimy Bazylak, ChungHyuk Lee, Jason K. Lee, Kieran F. Fahy, Eli Baltic, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson
In this work, we investigated the impact of temperature on two-phase transport in low temperature (LT)-polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer anode flow channels via in operando neutron imaging and observed a decrease in mass transport

Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Measurement of Hydrogen Diffusion in a Graphene Oxide Framework

April 16, 2020
Author(s)
Matthew J. Connolly, Z. N. Buck, Carlos Wexler, Joseph C. Schaeperkoetter, H. Taub, Andrew Gillespie, Helmut Kaiser
We present quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) spectra from molecular hydrogen adsorbed in GOF. The measurements probed the motion of adsorbed hydrogen as a function of pressure, in order to understand the relationship between the motion of adsorbed

Vibrational Modes and Quantum Zero-Point Energy of Hydrogen in ZrH 0.0155 and ZrH 2

March 25, 2020
Author(s)
Timothy R Prisk, Alexander I. Kolesnikov, Garrett E. Granroth, Jun-li Lin, Brent J. Heuser
We report on an inelastic neutron scattering study of the proton dynamics in ZrH 0.0155 and -ZrHd2^. In particular, we present measurements of the incoherent dynamic structure factor, generalized vibrational density of states, and proton momentum

Chemically Orthogonal Hole Transport Layer for Efficient Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

March 20, 2020
Author(s)
Margherita Biondi, Min-Jae Choi, Olivier Ouellette, Se-Woong Baek, Petar Todorovi?, Bin Sun, Peicheng Li, Ahmad R. Kirmani, Laxmi Chiluka, Lee J. Richter, Sjoerd Hoogland, Zheng-Hong Lu, F. Pelayo Garc?a de Arquer, Edward H. Sargent, Mingyang Wei
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are of interest in light of their solution-processing and bandgap tuning. Advances in the performance of CQD optoelectronic devices require fine control over the properties of each layer in the device materials stack. This is

Modelling photovoltaic soiling losses through optical characterization

January 9, 2020
Author(s)
Greg P. Smestad, Thomas Germer, Hameed Alrashidi, Eduardo F. Fern?ndez, Sumon Dey, Paidisetty S. Kumar, Honey Brahma, Aritra Ghosh, Nazmi Sellami, Ibrahim A. Hassan, Amal Kasry, Bala Pesala, S. Senthilarasu, Florencia Almonacid, K. S. Reddy, Tapas K. Mallick, Leonardo Micheli
The accumulation of soiling on photovoltaic (PV) modules affects PV systems worldwide. Soiling consists of mineral dust, soot particles, aerosols, pollen, fungi and/or other contaminants that deposit on the surface of PV modules. Soiling absorbs, scatters

Dynamical evolution of the 2D/3D interface: a hidden driver behind perovskite solar cell instability

January 3, 2020
Author(s)
Lee J. Richter, Ahmad R. Kirmani, Albertus A. Sutano, Nikita Drigo, Ines G. Benito, Valentine I. Queloz, Kyung T. Cho, Pascal A. Schouwink, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Giulia Grancini, Sanghyun Paek
Engineering two-/three-dimensional (2D/3D) perovskite solar cells is nowadays a popular strategy for efficient and stable devices. However, the exact function of the 2D/3D interface in controlling the long-term device behavior is still obscure. Here, we