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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
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Solar Cells Operation and Modeling
19 Jul 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of slides decribes the basic principles of operation of various generations on solar cells with emphasis to single crystalline solar cells. Next, semiconductor equations that describe the...
https://nanohub.org/resources/9328
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Solar Cells Numerical Solution
08 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This is an MS Thesis of Balaji Padmanabhan, a student of Prof. Vasileska. It describes numerical solution details for the 3D drift-diffusion equations as applied to modeling 1D-3D solar cells.
https://nanohub.org/resources/9119
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Renewable Energy Sources
17 May 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This presentation in pictures describes possibilities and utilization of alternative (green) sources of energy. Many sources contributed in the creation of this...
https://nanohub.org/resources/9001
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WALLA Lecture: Solar Cells
05 May 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Richard J. Schwartz
https://nanohub.org/resources/8914
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Modeling and Optimization of Polymer Based Bulk Heterojunction (BH) Solar Cell
15 Feb 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Biswajit ray
A polymer phase separation model based on Cahn-Hilliard equation and a three-dimensional (3D) coupled exciton/electron/hole transport model in the disordered, phase-segregated morphology so...
https://nanohub.org/resources/8407
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nanoHUB PhotoVoltaics Reference Zone
27 Jan 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Alexander S McLeod, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey C Grossman
Need information on the science of photovoltaics and solar cell technology? Find it here!
The nanoHUB PhotoVoltaics Reference Zone is the right destination for finding general information about...
https://nanohub.org/resources/8139
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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
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Lecture 6: 3D Nets in a 3D World: Bulk Heterostructure Solar Cells
27 Oct 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam
Outline:
Introduction:
definitions
and
review
Reaction
diffusion
in
fractal
volumes
Carrier
transport
in
BH
solar
cells
All
phase
transitions
are
not
fractal
Conclusions
https://nanohub.org/resources/7174
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MIT Tools for Energy Conversion and Storage
12 Oct 2009 | Tools | Contributor(s): Jeffrey C Grossman, Joo-Hyoung Lee, Varadharajan Srinivasan, Alexander S McLeod, Lucas Wagner
Atomic-Scale Simulation Tools to Explore Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
https://nanohub.org/resources/nanoenergytools
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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...
https://nanohub.org/resources/6332
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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...
https://nanohub.org/resources/4397
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Nano Carbon: From ballistic transistors to atomic drumheads
14 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul L. McEuen
Carbon takes many forms, from precious diamonds to lowly graphite. Surprisingly, it is the latter that is the most prized by nano physicists. Graphene, a single layer of graphite, can serve as an...
https://nanohub.org/resources/4398
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Semiconductor Device Education Material
28 Jan 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck
This page has moved to "a Wiki page format"
When we hear the words, semiconductor device, we may think first of the transistors in PCs or video game consoles, but transistors are the basic...
https://nanohub.org/resources/edu_semi
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The Helios Talks
25 Sep 2007 | Series | Contributor(s): Joe Ringgenberg, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey C Grossman
The energy problem is one of the most important issues that science and technology has to solve.
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Helios Project concentrates on renewable fuels, such...
https://nanohub.org/resources/3266
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The Energy Problem: What the Helios Project Can Do About It
14 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steven Chu
Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu talks about the Helios Project for the 2007 'Science at the Theater' series at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California. He proposes an aggressive research...
https://nanohub.org/resources/2802
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Nanoscience at Work: Creating Energy from Sunlight
13 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): A. Paul Alivisatos
Professor Paul Alivisatos introduces the Helios Project for the 2007 'Science at the Theater' series at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California. He discusses how Helios Project...
https://nanohub.org/resources/2800
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Adept
01 May 2007 | Tools | Contributor(s): J. L. Gray, Michael McLennan
Simulates 1D heterostructures, including solar cells
https://nanohub.org/resources/adept
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CdTe/CdS-BASED PHOTODIODE ARRAYS VIA SELECTIVE-AREA, CLOSE-SPACED SUBLIMATION
08 Dec 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arev Gabriel Escobedo
In this talk, the deposition of dense arrays of CdTe/CdS photodiodes, via close-spaced sublimation, is presented for the first time. The previously reported ordered polycrystalline method was used...
https://nanohub.org/resources/2078