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Kristine A. Bertness, Thomas Wilhelm, Alex Kohlberg, Mohadeseh Baboli, Alireza Abrand, Parsian Mohseni
A highly practical nanofabrication process is detailed here for the generation of black GaAs. Discontinuous thin films of Au nanoparticles are electrodeposited onto GaAs substrates to catalyze site-specific etching in a solution of KMnO4 and HF according
Danyal J Turkoglu, Zeyun Wu, Robert E. Williams, Thomas Henderson Newton
As a potential replacement for the National Bureau Standards Reactor (NBSR) at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a conceptual design of a new reactor with a horizontally-split core using low-enriched uranium silicide
Brent J. Heuser, Timothy R Prisk, Jun-li Lin, Tanya J. Dax, Yongfeng Zhang
The diffusivity of hydrogen is an important property of light water nuclear reactor (LWR) fuel cladding. LWR cladding absorbs hydrogen during normal operation, a contributing factor to embrittlement that decreases the lifetime of the fuel. Mass transport
Lee J. Richter, Ahmad R. Kirmani, Furui Tan, Hairen Tan, Wei Mingyang, Makhsud I. Saidaminov, Mengxia Liu, Mei Anyi, Peicheng Li, Chih-Shan Tan, Xiwen Gong, Yongbiao Zhao, Ziru Huang, James Z. Fan, Rafael Quintero-Bermudez, Kim Junghwan, Yicheng Zhao, Oleksandr Voznyy, Zheng-Hong Lu, Weifeng Zhang, Edward H. Sargent, Bowen Zhang, Yueye Gao, Feng Zhang
Organicinorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have seen a rapid rise in power conversion efficiencies in recent years; however, they still suffer from interfacial recombination and charge extraction losses at interfaces between the perovskite
Behrang H. Hamadani, Andrew M. Shore, Howard W. Yoon, Mark Campanelli
We used an LED-array-based combinatorial flux addition method to explore the wavelength and the intensity-dependence of the spectral responsivity in silicon solar cells. Many types of silicon cells, whether mono- or multi-crystalline type, exhibit notable
Frequency dependent external quantum efficiency (EQE) measurements were performed on double junction solar cells by a custom-designed system consisting of an array of various monochromatic LEDs. Some LEDs were pulsed as a function of frequency while others
As solar cell back contact schemes have improved in recent years, the non-ideal emitter region has become a dominant contributor to overall losses in solar cell efficiency. Our analysis shows that these losses can be greatly reduced by creating a lightly (
We demonstrate optical and electrical property enhancement of solar cells using a variety of dielectric nano-resonator array coatings. First, we study close-packed silicon dioxide (SiO2) nano-resonator arrays on top of silicon (Si) and gallium arsenide
Dongheon Ha, Yohan Yoon, Ik Jae Park, Paul M. Haney, Nikolai B. Zhitenev
Photocurrent generation of methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) hybrid perovskite solar cells is observed at the nanoscale using near-field scanning photocurrent microscopy (NSPM). We examine how the spatial map of photocurrent at individual grains or
Numerous demonstrations of net-zero energy homes show that these houses are technically feasible, yet the approach to generating that annual energy balance could impact how the homes impact the utility grid or on-site storage applications. It is contended
Edwin J. Heilweil, Rachel L. Meyer, Tara M. Biser, Anet D. Zhandosova, Christopher J. Stromberg
Coupling photosensitizers with [FeFe]-hydrogenase model compounds can potentially create light- driven catalysts for production of hydrogen gas from acidic protons. Though there have been many studies on the synthesis, kinetics, and reaction mechanisms of