2014 AIChE 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

Prashant Nagpal, University of Colorado

Co-Chair

Vidhya Chakrapani, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Presentations

08:30 AM

(454a) Fabrication and Characterization of Platinum Coated with Graphene Ink
Y Zhang

08:49 AM

(454b) Virus-Templated Nanostructured Titania-Lead Sulfide Heterojunction Solar Cells
Paula T. Hammond, Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne, Angela M. Belcher, Matthew T. Klug, Po-Yen Chen, Victor J. Cantu, Kevin J. Huang

09:08 AM

(454c) Photonic Curing of Ligand-Capped CuInSe2 Nanocrystals
C. Jackson Stolle, Taylor B. Harvey, Brian A. Korgel

09:27 AM

(454d) Selenization of Automated, Ultra-Sonic Spray-Deposited Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Nanocrystal Films for Photovoltaics
Taylor B. Harvey, Franco Bonafe, Ty Updegrave, Cherrelle Thomas, Sirish Kamarajugadda, C. Jackson Stolle, Douglas Pernik, Jiang Du, Brian A. Korgel

09:46 AM

(454e) Polymer Electrolyte Integration Via iCVD for Applications in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Yuriy Y. Smolin, Kenneth K.S. Lau, Steven Farrell, Sruthi Janakiraman, Masoud Soroush

10:05 AM

(454f) Diffusion Mechanism of Na in Molybdenum Thin Films for Improving Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cell Efficiency
Robert V. Forest, Erten Eser, Brian E. McCandless, Robert W. Birkmire, Jingguang G. Chen