2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Nanomaterials for Photovoltaics III

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

Sreeram Vaddiraju, Texas A&M University

Co-Chair

Mahendra K. Sunkara, University of Louisville

Presentations

03:15 PM

(546a) Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) and CuIn(SeS)2 (CISS) Nanocrystals and Their Use as Printable Photovoltaic Media and Medical Imaging Contrast Agents
Dariya K. Reid, Matthew G. Panthani, Mike Rasch, Vahid A. Akhavan, Brian W. Goodfellow, Brian A. Korgel

03:40 PM

(546b) Ordered Nanoarchitectures Improve Plasmon Enhancement near Semiconductor Bandgaps in the near-IR
D. Keith Roper, Wonmi Ahn, Braden Harbin, Aaron G. Russell, Phillip Blake, Gyoung-Gug Jang, Stuart Brune

04:05 PM

(546c) Hot Electron Transfer From Semiconductor Nanocrystals
William A. Tisdale, Brooke A. Timp, David J. Norris, Eray S. Aydil, Kenrick J. Williams, X.-Y. Zhu

04:30 PM

(546d) Understanding and Controlling Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Mesostructured Titania/Conjugated Polymer Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
Justin P. Jahnke, Shany Neyshtadt, Adu Rawal, Dan Huppert, Gitti L. Frey, Bradley F. Chmelka

04:55 PM

(546e) Electrochemical Studies On Porous Titania Electrodes for Photovoltaics
Sonia S. Mathew, Ilona Kretzschmar

05:20 PM

(546f) Improving Photoactive Surface Area of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through Supercritical Fluid Dye Penetration
Fahd Rajab, Kirk Ziegler, David Loaring