2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Materials for Alternative Energy: Solar Cells

This session discusses science and technology related to materials used in solar cells. It encompasses design, synthesis, fabrication, and analysis of all types of materials including bulk materials, coatings, and thin films, from basic as well as from application-oriented and manufacturing-related perspectives.

Chair

Gao, D., University of Pittsburgh

Co-Chair

Anderson, T. J., University of Florida

Presentations

12:30 PM

(472a) New Polypyridyl Ruthenium(II) Sensitizers Carrying Triphenylamine Units and Their Application in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Lv, H., Li, X., Wang, S., Gao, W.

12:50 PM

(472b) Characterization of Recombination Barrier Layers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Brennan, T. P., Bakke, J. R., Mondal, R., Bent, S., Miller, C. E., Nordlund, D., Toney, M. F.

01:10 PM

(472c) Inexpensive Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Low Volatility Electrolytes of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Lu, S. Y., Ku, S.

01:30 PM

(472d) Solid Organic Electrolytes and Ionic Liquids, with Poly(ethylene glycol) and Semifluorinated Alkyl Side Chains, for Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Applications
Krishnan, S., Ganapatibhotla, L. V. N. R., Zheng, J., Roy, D.

01:50 PM

(472e) A New Thin Film Heterojunction Structure and Fabrication Process: Dual Backcontact CdS/CdTe Photovoltaics
Hangarter, C., Hamadani, B., Xu, H., Ryan, N., Beauchamp, C., Bonevich, J., Josell, D., Guyer, J.

02:10 PM

(472f) Electrochemical Deposition of Amorphous Si Thin Films
Suni, I. I., Krishnamurthy, A.

02:30 PM

(472g) Modeling the Horizontal Ribbon Growth of Solar Silicon Crystals
Derby, J. J., Bleil, C., Yeckel, A., Daggolu, P.