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Photovoltaics at Multi-Terawatt Scale: Waiting is Not an Option
Online Presentations | 10 Apr 2024
The world passed a PV milestone in 2022, reaching and quickly exceeding 1 TW of global installed PV capacity. Achieving global decarbonization goals for 2035 and 2050 will require continued expansion of PV manufacturing, as well as innovation in materials science and device and module design. ...
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Photovoltaic Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Hole Transport Layer
Online Presentations | 31 Aug 2023 | Contributor(s):: Chika Okolo, Mariana Quinn, Rice University
Heatwaves are responsible for more deaths across the world than floods, tornados, or hurricanes. The problem, and the potential solution is the Sun. Every hour, it emits enough energy to power our entire world for a year. However, we need an efficient, green, and cost effective way to harness...
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Modeling of P-N Junction Devices using Various Materials for Photovoltaic Applications Under Different Operating Environments
Online Presentations | 06 Jul 2023 | Contributor(s):: Sayan Roy
Photovoltaic devices are typically two-, three- or multi-layer junction devices which can generate carriers on exposure to photon radiation. There are several essential device-specific factors and parameters which are required for accurate modeling and simulation of such devices. In this talk,...
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Summer Research at Princeton University
Online Presentations | 26 Sep 2022 | Contributor(s):: The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
This presentation discusses some of the undergraduate summer research opportunities available.
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Organic-Perovskite Hybrid Quantum Wells, Heterostructure, and Optoelectronics
Online Presentations | 17 Feb 2022 | Contributor(s):: Letian Dou
I will present a molecular approach to the synthesis of a new family of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite quantum wells incorporating widely tunable organic semiconducting building blocks.
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American-Made Solar Prize - Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 16 Feb 2022 | Contributor(s):: Letian Dou
Our work on halide perovskite solar cell stability and manufacturing is recognized by American-Made Solar Prize, a contest organized by Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The team is lead by Prof. Letian Dou, Prof. Brett Savoie and Prof. Jianguo Mei.The American-Made...
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Advancing Photonic Device Design and Quantum Measurements with Machine Learning
Online Presentations | 18 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Alexandra Boltasseva
In this talk, photonic design approaches and emerging material platforms will be discussed showcasting machine-learning-assisted topology optimization for thermophotovoltaic metasurface designs and machine-learning-enabled quantum optical measurements.
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Machine Learning Framework for Impurity Level Prediction in Semiconductors
Online Presentations | 15 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Arun Kumar Mannodi Kanakkithodi
In this work, we perform screening of functional atomic impurities in Cd-chalcogenide semiconductors using high-throughput computations and machine learning.
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3 min. Research Talk: The Agrivoltaic Simulation tool
Online Presentations | 23 Oct 2019 | Contributor(s):: Hans Torsina
The Agrivoltaic Simulation tool will calculate based on the solar panel parameters, geometries, patterns, and tracking system to provide outputs of contour shadowmaps, solar and electrical power output plots, along with input-output tables.
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Energy Assurance with Renewable Generation
Online Presentations | 13 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s):: Joydeep Mitra
This talk will discuss the most significant factors affecting energy assurance in the presence of renewable generation. It will investigate the use of energy storage to mitigate some of the challenges. It will discuss reliability metrics and targets, and a method for quantifying the notion of...
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3 min Research Talk: Predicting and Optimizing Solar Cell Performance with Material/Surface Characteristics
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Yiheng Zhu
Photovoltaic simulation tools can be utilized to predict device performance before fabrication and experimentation, streamline research processes, and interpret experimental results. Therefore, we developed ContourPV, which simulates various combinations of values of different device...
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Birck Science Communication Shark Tank Compititon 2018
Online Presentations | 17 Jan 2019
The Science Communication Shark Tank competition and workshop gives students a chance to learn and train master storyteller skills in the best possible way: by playing a real-life game.
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Semiconducting Halide Perovskite Nanomaterials and Heterojunctions
Online Presentations | 10 May 2018 | Contributor(s):: Letian Dou
Firstly, we present new synthetic methodology of halide perovskite nanowires with desired size, composition, and properties. Such synthetic approach includes colloidal, solution-phase, and vapor-phase growth. Sub-micrometer single crystal nanowires from solution-phase growth were demonstrated...
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Light Trapping
Online Presentations | 06 Feb 2018 | Contributor(s):: Atilla Ozgur Cakmak, NACK Network
OutlineFlat solar cellsARC for flat solar cellsManifestations of Fabry Perot ResonancesLight trappingAdvantage of a nanodomeYablonovitch limitBloch modesDiffraction aided waveguiding – Mie resonancesHybridizationsPlasmonicsExamples
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Solar Cell Optics
Online Presentations | 02 Feb 2018 | Contributor(s):: Atilla Ozgur Cakmak, NACK Network
Outline:What is Light?Light AbsorptionInteraction of Light with MatterReflection/RefractionFabry Perot resonancesWaveguidingDiffraction / Photonic CrystalsPlasmonicsMie Scattering
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Organic Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 29 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: Travis Benanti, NACK Network
OutlineIntroduction to solar energy conversionOverview of technology and materialsProcessing sequenceCharacterization of devicesTrends for the future
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Ultrafast Microscopy of Energy and Charge Transport
Online Presentations | 21 Dec 2017 | Contributor(s):: Libai Huang
In my talk, I will focus on our recent progress on visualization of exciton and charge transport in solar cell materials.
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Charge Transport in Perovskite Solar Cells Visualized using Ultrafast Microscopy
Online Presentations | 27 Nov 2017 | Contributor(s):: Jordan Snaider
Overcoming the Shockley-Queisser limit for solar cell efficiency is possible if hot carriers can be harvested before they reach thermal equilibrium with the surrounding lattice. To efficiently extract hot carriers, they need to migrate sufficiently long distances for collection at the...
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Thin Film Semiconductors for Efficient Energy Conversion
Online Presentations | 08 May 2017 | Contributor(s):: Carolin M. Sutter-Fella
New semiconductor materials show immense potential as building blocks in emerging optoelectronic devices. Therefore, the quest continues for semiconductors that possess suitable bandgaps for efficiently capturing the solar spectrum, are composed of abundant elements, and can be deposited over...
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Epitaxial Strategies for High Power Optically Pumped Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers and Metamorphic Antimonide Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 05 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: Ganesh Balakrishnan
We present antimonide-based photovoltaic cells grown on GaAs and Silicon substrates for use as sub-cells in metamorphic multi-junction solar cells. These antimonide cells, based on GaSb, are designed to absorb near-infrared photons. The GaSb layer is grown on either GaAs or Silicon substrates.