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Common Solar Tech Can Power Smart Devices Indoors, NIST Study Finds

August 19, 2021

Any time you turn on a light at home or in the office, you are expending energy. But what if flipping the light switch meant producing energy too? We usually

NIST Study Finds Ideal Doping Concentration and 3D/2D Structure to Prevent Degradation of Potential Solar Power Material

April 19, 2021

The crystal known as perovskite is a promising photovoltaic material for harnessing energy from sunlight. Perovskites have several advantages over silicon, the

New NIST Framework Strives for Cleaner, More Secure Power Grid

February 18, 2021

Whether it’s a new set of solar panels glistening on a neighbor’s roof or a freshly installed smart thermostat at home, burgeoning renewable and smart

Projects and Programs

Electronic Structure and Excited-state Dynamics in Photovoltaic Devices

Ongoing

Organic photovoltaic cells rely upon molecular interfaces to separate charge. Efficient charge separation depends on molecular structure and electronic band

Hydrogen Storage Optimization in Thin Film Combinatorial Alloys

Ongoing

Discovery of novel materials for hydrogen gas storage has prompted new avenues of research towards developing hydrogen as an alternative fuel. However

Cityscape in the background. Solar panels in the foreground.

Smart Grid Program

Ongoing

The Smart Grid Program develops and demonstrates smart grid measurement science advances to improve the efficiency, reliability, resilience, and sustainability

Fundamental Chemical Metrology

Ongoing

The Chemical Sciences Division serves as the Nation's reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to enhance U.S. industry's

Publications

Interlaboratory comparison of solar cell measurements under low indoor lighting conditions

August 31, 2021

Author(s)

Behrang Hamadani, Yean-San Long, Min-An Tsai, Teng-Chun Wu

Indoor light energy harvesting for battery-powered wireless sensors using small photovoltaic modules

August 15, 2021

Author(s)

Andrew M. Shore, John Roller, Jennifer Bergeson, Behrang Hamadani

As interest in Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like wireless sensors increases, research efforts have focused on finding ways for these sensors to self-harvest

Real-Time Signal Processing for Mitigating SiPM Dark Noise Effects in a Scintillating Neutron Detector

July 19, 2021

Author(s)

Kevin N. Pritchard, Jean Philippe Chabot, R. Robucci, F. S. Choa, A. Osovizky, Jeffrey B. Ziegler, Louis E. Binkley, Peter Tsai, Nancy Hadad, M. Jackson, C. Hurlbut, George M. Baltic, Charles Majkrzak, Nicholas C. Maliszewskyj

A 6LiF:ZnS(Ag) based cold neutron detector with wavelength shifting (WLS) fibers and SiPM photodetector was developed at the NIST Center for Neutron Research

Coulombically-stabilized oxygen hole polarons enable fully reversible oxygen redox

July 1, 2021

Author(s)

Iwnetim I. Abate, Chaitanya D. Pemmaraju, Se-Young Kim, Sami Sainio, Brian Moritz, John Vinson, Michael F. Toney, Wanli Yang, William E. Gent, Thomas P. Devereaux, Linda F. Nazar, William C. Chueh

Stabilizing high-valent redox couples and exotic electronic states necessitates an understanding of the stabilization mechanism. In oxides, whether they are

Software

AFUEBF Program

October 15, 2015

CALCULATION OF ANNUAL FUEL UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL CENTRAL FURNACES AND BOILERSThe AFUEBF program available at this website can be used to

LoopDA

March 13, 2012

LoopDA is a natural ventilation design tool developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Version 3.0 is an update to the original version 1

Tools and Instruments

Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport Properties

The Seebeck coefficient is a physical parameter routinely measured to identify the potential thermoelectric performance of a material. However, researchers

Material Analysis Using Neutron Depth Profiling

Light elements such as helium, lithium, boron, and nitrogen are essential constituents in materials that enable energy technologies; lithium ion batteries