A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

16 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sourabh Dongaonkar, Souvik Mahapatra, Karthik Yogendra, Muhammad Alam

In this talk we develop a coherent physics based understanding of the shunt leakage problem in a-Si:H cells, and discuss its implications on cell and module level. Sourabh Dongaonkar is with School …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11841

Design of Optoelectronically-active Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

08 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bryan W. Boudouris

Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are of great interest due to their promise of providing flexible, lightweight, and inexpensive alternatives to their currently-used inorganic counterparts. However, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/16695

Economic Factors on the Modern Photovoltaic Market

16 Sep 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gregory T. Forcherio

Photovoltaic research is heavily driven by market demand and "green-energy" hopes of the future. Commercial and utility level thin film photovoltaic systems have almost reached grid parity …

https://nanohub.org/resources/12055

Illinois iOptics Lecture 4: Advance applications in Nanomaterials, Photovoltaics, Organic/Inorganic Sensors, Materials Science, and Alternative Energies, etc. using Raman and Photoluminescence Technologies

10 Aug 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Emmanuel Leroy, Michael Oweimrin

Emmanuel Leroy originally began his career at the Horiba Jobin Yvon facility in France (formerly Dilor) and moved to the USA as a Service Engineer to support the Raman products in North and South …

https://nanohub.org/resources/8961

Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 25: Nanomaterials and Devices for Solar Energy

29 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh

Nanomaterials and Devices for Solar Energy Topics: Approaches: Breathing Membrane Continuous Operation Fuel Cell Water Management ElectroKinetic Nanobattery EDL Capacitators Laminar …

https://nanohub.org/resources/8082

In Search of the Perfect Semiconductor Photon Detector

19 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Y. Yu

Photon detectors have many important applications, such as in heat sensing, digital cameras, solar cells and x-ray and gamma-ray detection. So far, the most common detectors are based on elemental …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4397

NanoDays - Artificial Photosynthesis with Biomimetic Nanomaterials: Self-Repairing Solar Cells

05 May 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jong Hyun Choi

Purdue NanoDays Purdue University Office of Engagement NANOVIS Incorporated Purdue Research Park Intel Corporation nano Professor Verso Paper Corp Purdue University Discover Park Qdoba …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11235

Optimum Morphology and Performance Gains of Organic Solar Cells

09 Sep 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Biswajit ray, Muhammad Alam

Morphology of light absorbing layer is known to dictate the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell. The innovation of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) led to significant improvement …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11904

OPV: Conjugated Polymer Design and Chemistry for Organic Photovoltaics

31 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Claire H Woo

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10504

OPV: First Principles Studies of the Electronic Structure of Organic Solids and Interfaces

31 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sahar Sharifzadeh

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10488

OPV: Large Scale Ab Initio Simulation for Charge Transport in Disordered Organic Systems

31 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Lin-Wang Wang

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10500

OPV: Morphology and Interfaces in Organic Photovoltaics

31 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Chabinyc

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10506

OPV: Synthesis and Nanostructure Control of All-conjugated Diblock Copolymers for the Application of Organic Electronic Devices

31 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Yue Zhang

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10502

OPV: Time Domain Ab Initio Studies of Organic-Inorganic Composites for Solar Cells

31 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Oleg Prezhdo

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10507

OPV: Untangling the Essence of Bulk Heterostructure Organic Solar Cells: Why the Complex Need not be Complicated

31 Jan 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

This presentation was part of the "Organic Photovoltaics: Experiment and Theory" workshop at the 2010 Users' Meeting of the Molecular Foundry and the National Center for Electron Microscopy, both …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10498

Renewable Solar Energy: Has the Sun Finally Risen on Photovoltaics?

10 Apr 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark R. Pinto

After a review of the overall renewable energy landscape, including the central role of economics, we present here the case that PV is on the verge of becoming a major source of electrical power …

https://nanohub.org/resources/6332

Solar Cells Lecture 1: Introduction to Photovoltaics

19 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

An introduction to solar cells covering the basics of PN junctions, optical absorption, and IV characteristics. Key technology options and economic considers are briefly presented.

https://nanohub.org/resources/11875

Solar Cells Lecture 2: Physics of Crystalline Solar Cells

19 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Solar cell performance is determined by generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs. This tutorial focussing on recombination losses in crystalline silicon solar cells under short-circuit …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11890

Solar Cells Lecture 3: Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Devices and Systems

20 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): J. L. Gray

Modeling and simulation play an important role in designing and optimizing PV systems. This tutorial is a broad overview of the topic including a look at detailed, numerical device simulation.

https://nanohub.org/resources/11690

Solar Cells Lecture 4: What is Different about Thin-Film Solar Cells?

29 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Thin film solar cells promise acceptable efficiency at low cost. This tutorial examines the device physics of thin-film solar cells, which generally require a different type of analysis than …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11949