2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Nanomaterials for Photovoltaics I

We seek papers pertaining to the design, synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of nanomaterials and devices for solar-to-electric energy conversion. Papers describing experimental, theoretical and computational work are welcome.

Chair

Mahendra K. Sunkara, University of Louisville

Co-Chair

Sreeram Vaddiraju, Texas A&M University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(413a) Oriented Single-Crystalline Rutile TiO2 Nanorods On Transparent Conducting Substrates for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Bin Liu, Emil Enache-Pommer, Eray S. Aydil

08:55 AM

(413b) Sub-Picosecond Dynamics of Free Electrons in TiO2 Nanotubes
Christiaan Richter, Charles A. Schmuttenmaer, Diyar Talbayev

09:20 AM

(413c) Long TiO2 Nanotube Arrays Synthesized Directly On Transparent Conducting Oxide for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Chengkun Xu, Di Gao

09:45 AM

(413d) Modeling & Optimization of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with Core/Shell Nanowire Array-Based Photoanodes
Justin J. Hill, Kirk Ziegler, Nick Banks

10:10 AM

(413e) Using Supercritical Fluids for CdS and CdTeS Nanoparticle Decorated TiO2 Nanostructures
Paul A. Charpentier, Yaocihuatl Medina-Gonzalez, Nasrin Farhanghi

10:35 AM

(413f) Evidence for High-Efficiency Exciton Dissociation at Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Interfaces in Planar Nano-Heterojunction Photovoltaics
Moon-Ho Ham, Geraldine LC Paulus, Chang Young Lee, Changsik Song, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Won Joon Choi, Jae-Hee Han, Michael S. Strano