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A major problem of the grid system is identifying the source of abnormal behaviors. It is particularly important to identify the areas in which the grid system suffers from power deficiencies due to fault or voltage instability. Phasor Measurement Units
We study the circular photogalvanic effect in the organometal halide perovskite solar cell absorber CH$_3$NH$_3$PbI$_3$. The calculated photocurrent density is about $10^{-9}$ A/W, comparable to the previously studied quantum well and bulk Rashba systems
We demonstrate an extensible flat-histogram Monte Carlo simulation methodology for studying the adsorption of multicomponent fluids in flexible porous solids. This methodology allows us to easily obtain the complete free energy landscape for the confined
Behrang H. Hamadani, Juan P. Babaro, Kevin G. West
Spectral response measurements of germanium-based triple-junction solar cells were performed under a variety of light and voltage bias conditions. Two of the three junctions exhibited voltage and light bias dependent artifacts in their measured responses
Lisa A. Fredin, Marina Freitag, Wenxing Yang, Luca D' Amario, K. Martin Karlsson, Anders Hagfeldt, Gerrit Boschloo
A new class of DSCs using the hemicage cobalt based mediator [Co(ttb)] 2+/3+ using the hexadentate ligand 5,5'',5''''-((2,4,6- triethyl highly preorganized benzene-1,3,5-triyl)tris(ethane-2,1- diyl))tri-2,2'- bipyridine (ttb) were studied. Current-voltage
Gordon A. MacDonald, Mengjin Yang, Samuel Berweger, Jason Killgore, Pavel Kabos, Joeseph Berry, Kai Zhu, Frank W. DelRio
In this letter, the nanoscale through-film and lateral photoresponse and conductivity of large-grained methylammonium lead iodide thin films are studied. In perovskite solar cells (PSC), these films result in efficiencies > 17%. The top surface of the
Albert Davydov, Anand V. Patel, Louisa Meshi, Emily Hitz, Liangbing Hu
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have been known for decades to have unique properties and recently attracted broad attention for their two-dimensional (2D) characteristics. NbSe2 is a metallic TMDC that has been studied for its charge density wave
Compressed-liquid densities of three aviation fuels have been measured with a vibrating-tube densimeter. The measurements were made from 270 K to 470 K, and 0.5 MPa to 45 MPa and have an overall combined uncertainty of 0.81 kg.m-3. The data from each of
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Yonggao Yan, James A. Kaduk, Xinfeng Tang
The structures and powder X-ray reference diffraction patterns of the natural superlattice series Bi1-xPbxOCuSe (x=0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08 and 0.1) have been investigated. As the ionic radius of Pb2+ is greater than that of Bi3+, the unit cell volume
The rapidly growing interest in photocatalytic systems for direct solar fuel production, such as hydrogen generation from water splitting through so-called artificial photosynthesis, is grounded in the unique opportunity to achieve charge separation in
Electrodepositing low loadings of metallic nanoparticle catalysts onto the surface of semiconducting photoelectrodes is a highly attractive approach for decreasing catalyst costs and minimizing optical losses. However, securely anchoring nanoparticles to
Tania Ullah, Dustin Poppendieck, William M. Healy, Arthur H. Fanney, Kevin Y. Teichman
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) designed and built a residence that could generate, through the use of renewable energy systems, the amount of energy required by a virtual family of four over one year. The Net-Zero Energy
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Andres C. Hernandez, Izaak Williamson, Lan Li
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) are of broadening research interest due to their novel physical, electrical, and thermoelectric properties. Having the chemical formula MX2, where M is a transition metal and X is a chalcogen
This paper presents local convective boiling measurements in a micro-fin tube for three low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants: R448A, R449A, and R452B . An existing correlation was modified to predict multi-component mixtures, which predicted 98
Brian Alberding, Adam Biacchi, Angela R. Hight Walker, Edwin J. Heilweil
Tin(II) monosulfide (SnS) is a semiconductor material with an intermediate band gap, high absorption coefficient is the visible range, and consists of earth abundant, non-toxic elements. For these reasons, SnS has generated much interest for incorporation
The smart grid, or grid modernization, integrates new interoperable and secure sensing,control, communications, information technologies and power technologies to increase the system efficiency, reliability, resilience, and sustainability of our electric
Edwin J. Heilweil, Brian G. Alberding, Paul D. Cunningham, Joseph S. Melinger, Jeffrey C. Owrutsky, Adam D. Dunkelberger
Solution-deposited nanoscale films of RuO2, nanoskins, are effective transparent conductors because after calcining to 523 K they exhibit flat optical extinction across the visible and infrared combined with relatively high electrical conductivity. Upon
Alexander Yulaev, Alec Talin, Leite Marina, Andrei Kolmakov
We report spatially- and depth-resolved study of Li intercalation into a thin-film solid electrolyte applying a combination of optical and electron microscopy. Due to difference in electron yield from pristine and lithiated LiPON regions, the Li transport
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Yucheng Lan, Jianye Li, Rola M. Derbeshi, Abdellah Lisfi
Gallium nitride (GaN) is an III-V semiconductor with a direct band-gap of 3.4 eV. GaN has important potentials in white light-emitting diodes, blue lasers, and field effect transistors because of its super thermal stability and excellent optical properties
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, William J. Laws, James A. Kaduk
The CaO-¿Eu2O3-CoOz system prepared at 885 °C in air consists of two calcium cobaltate compounds, namely, the 2D thermoelectric oxide solid solution, (Ca3-xEux)Co4O9-z (0
Abbas Arab, Albert Davydov, Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos, Qiliang Li
First-principle calculations have been performed to study thermoelectric properties of monolayer armchair nanoribbons. Structures have been relaxed to minimize force and stress before any calculation. Density functional theory using non-equilibrium Greens
Sergio Camara, Dhananjay Anand, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Luiz F. Carmo
Multicast authentication of synchrophasor data is challenging due to the design requirements of electric power monitoring systems such as low security overhead, tolerance of lossy networks, time-criticality and high data rates. In this work, we propose inf
Brian Alberding, Edwin J. Heilweil, Gary P. Kushto, Paul A. Lane
Time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy (TRTS) has been used to study the transient photoconductivity of nanometer-scale metallic films deposited on fused quartz substrates. Samples of 8 nm thick gold or titanium show an instrument-limited decrease in
This introductory chapter briefly describes the book "Semiconductor Materials for Solar Photovoltaic Cells", coedited by M. Parans Paranthaman, Winnie Wong-Ng, and Raghu N. Bhattacharya (Springer US, 2015). This essential reference provides the most