Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy Workshop Poster Abstracts
Below you will find the poster abstracts from the Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity and Fuels Workshop on Aug. 13-15, 2008.
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Factors Controlling Light Harvesting Efficiency, Electron Injection and Charge-Separation in Ruthenium(II)-Polypyridyl-TiO2 Systems Relevant to Solar Energy Conversion
Maria Abrahamsson, Johns Hopkins University
Hybrid Solar Cells Based on ZnO Nanowires Decorated with CdTe Quantum Dots
R.S. Aga, Jr., Fisk University
Surface Modification of Zinc Oxide Nanowires
J.M. Albin, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Triethoxysilane Surface Modification of Zinc Oxide
C. G. Allen, Colorado School of Mines
New Molten-Salt Syntheses of Transition Metal Oxides with Photocatalytic Properties
David Arney, North Carolina State University
Molecular Level View of Charge Separation and Recombination in Organic Photovoltaic Materials
John B. Asbury, Penn State University
Nanowire Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ZnO
Jason B. Baxtera, Drexel University
Pulsed Laser Deposition Grown ZnO Nanorods
M. Bergren, Colorado School of Mines
Solar Cell Efficiency Characterization through Imaging Techniques
G.M. Berman, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity and Fuels
Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University
WO3 AND W2N Nanowire Arrays for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
Vidhya Chakrapani, University of Louisville
Cellulose to Solar Cells: Multifocal, Multimodal, Multiphoton, Photon-Counting Imaging for Renewable Energy Research
Eric Chandler, Colorado School of Mines
Nanowire Array Based Electrodes for Self-Driven Photoelectrochemical Cells a-Fe2O3
Boris Chernomordik, University of Louisville
Doping Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Effect of Indium Doping on the Growth Kinetics of CdSe Quantum Dots, Terahertz Spectroscopy of Charged Quantum Dots
Viktor Chikan, Kansas State University
Investigation of Candidate Materials for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Todd G. Deutsch, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Flow-Induced Alignment of a Nanofibrous Perylene Diimide—Polyelectrolyte Composite
Thomas A. Everett, Kansas State University
Futuregeneration Dyesensitized Solar Cells
Mary Faia, Northwestern University
Inorganic Polymers for the Solar Conversion of Chemical Wastes (Lignin and SO2) to Materials of a Strategic Value
G. Ferraudi, University of Notre Dame
Stability Mechanism of p-Cu2O As Photocathode
Akiko Fillinger, Ithaca College
Phase Control Of PbSe Quantum Dots: Implications for Multiple Exciton Generation
Erik M. Grumstrup, University of Colorado
Photoemission Studies of Lead Sulfide Nanocrystals in Organic Films for Photovoltaic Applications
Luke Hanley, University of Illinois at Chicago
Combinatorial Method for the Rapid Screening of Effects of Ti, Si, and Al Incorporation on the Photoelectrochemical Activity of Iron Oxide
Jianghua He, Colorado State University
Multi-Electron Coordination Complexes for Electro-Catalytic Proton Reduction and O–O Bond Activation
Alan F. Heyduk, University of California
Examination of Tethered Porphyrin, Chlorin, and Bacteriochlorin Sensitizers In Metal-Oxide Solar Cells
Dewey Holten, Washington University
Theory of Metal Oxides for PEC Hydrogen Production
Muhammad N. Huda, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Photophysics of Thiophene Based Light Harvesters
Adam Huss, University of Minnesota
Nanoheteroepitaxy for Photovoltaic Devices on Non-Crystalline Substrates
M. Saif Islam, University of California
Inelastic and Coherent Theories of Resonance Energy Transfer for Soft Photovoltaic Molecules
Seogjoo Jang, Queens College of the City University of New York
Electrodeposition of Tellurium Atomic Layer on N-GAAS(100) Substrate
Jay Yu Kim, University of Georgia
The Sul Ross Solar Fuel/Food Research Project
Keith Klein, Sul Ross State University
Ultrafast Charge Transfer Dynamics of a Functionalized Ruthenium Dye in a Zeolite Supercage
Bern Kohler, Ohio State University
Hydrogen Generation from Luminescent Square Planar Platinum (II) Derivatives Utilizing a Sacraficial Donor
Kristi Lebkowsky, Tulane University
Solar Energy Applications of Oxomanganese Catalysts Anchored on a Titania Nanoparticle Surface
Gonghu Li, Yale University
Nature Inspired Well-Defined Discotic Liquid Crystal Porphyyrins for Organic Photovoltaics: New Opportunity and New Challenge
Xiaoli Zhou, Kent State University
Hydrothermal Synthesis of New Silver-Vanadate Hybrid Solids and Their Optical and Photocatalytic Properties
Haisheng Lin, North Carolina State University
Computational Study of the Proton Transfer Pathway in Hydrogenase
Hai Long, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Probing the Photophysics and Exciton Dynamics within Semiconductor Quantum Wires
Richard A. Loomis, Washington University in St. Louis
Templated Nanostructures for Solar Cells
Kathy Lu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Insights into the Mechanism of Multi-Electron Photoreduction in Ruthenium Complexes of the Tetraazatetrapyridopentacene Ligand
Frederick M. MacDonnell, University of Texas at Arlington
Concerted Proton-Electron Transfers in Ruthenium Terpyridine Carboxylate Complexes: Increasing The Distance between the Metal and Basic Site
Virginia W. Manner
Photoelectrochemical Properties of High-Aspect Ratio Titania Nanotubes
Latika Menon, Northeastern University
Control of Electron Transfer Rates via Synthetic Modifications in Ruthenium (II) DonorBridge-Acceptor Systems
Heather A. Meylemans
Direct Measurement of Core-Level Relaxation Dynamics on a Surface-Adsorbate System
Luis Miaja-Avila, University of Colorado
Multiple Exciton Generation, Charge Carrier Dynamics, and Solar Energy Conversion in Electronically Coupled Films of PBSE Nanocrystals
Aaron Midgett and Octavi Semonin, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Enhancment Mechanisms of Exciton Formation and Dissociation in Organic Solar Cells
Aditya Mohite, University of Louisville
Mass Transfer of Polypyridyl Cobalt Complexes within Mesoporous TiO2 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Photoanodes
C. Michael Elliott, Colorado State University
Correlation Between Size and Hydrogen Storage Properties of Magnesium Nanocrystals Prepared from Solution
Nick S. Norberg, Colorado State University
Calculated Voltage Enhancement in CdTe Solar Cells with Back-Electron Reflection
Jun Pan, Colorado State University
Synthesis of 3-Dimensional "Tree" Like Nanowire Architectures for Solar Energy Conversion
Chandrashekhar Pendyala, University of Louisville
Transition Metal Complexes as Artificial Nadph Analogs: Toward Photochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
D. E. Polyansky, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Surface Modification of Semiconductor in DSSCS by Ald
Chaiya Prasittichai, Northwestern University
Pulsed and Continuous Plasma Treatments of Mesoporous Titania for Photovoltaics
Daniel J. V. Pulsipher, Colorado State University
Modelling the Anatase Photocatalyzed Water Oxidation Carbon Dioxide Reduction Couple
Anthony K. Rappé, Colorado State University
Two-Electron Catalysis Coupled to Excitonic Semiconductors: Nanostructured Photoelectrocatalytic Systems
Matthew T. Rawls, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Surface Plasmon Mediated Solar Energy Conversion in Molecular Thin Films
Thomas H. Reilly III, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Molecular Architecture – Electronic Property Relations across Molecular Semiconductor Interfaces
Janice Reutt-Robey, University of Maryland
Photoinduced Charge Injection into TiO2 through Various Anchors and Linkers as Characterized by THz Spectroscopy
Christiaan Richter, Yale University
Synthesis and Characterization of CU2SE Nanoparticles for Photovoltaic Applications: Aerobic Surface Oxidation
Shannon C. Riha, Colorado State University
Metal-Doping in TiO2 Photosensitization
R. Rodriguez, Idaho State University
Atomic Layer Deposition of Cu2S, In2S3 and CuInS2 for Sensitized Solar Cell Application
Shaibal K Sarkar, University of Colorado
Electronic Structure of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Interfaces
R. Schlaf, University of South Florida
Hybrid Thin Films Composed of CdSep Nanocrystals Crosslinked with an Electron Rich Polymer (Pedot): Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation
R. Clayton Shallcross, University of Arizona
Charge Separation within a Self-Assembled Ladder Revealed by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy and Transient DC Photoconductivity
Chunxing She, Northwestern University
Synthesis of 2-Dimensional TiO2 Mesoporous Structure for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Alok Vats, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of Small Clusters of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Doug Shepherd, Colorado State University
Nanoscale Heat Transport Probed with Ultrafast Soft X-Rays
Mark Siemens, University of Colorado
Nano-Fs: A Nanoscale Imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory Focused on Energy Materials
Steve Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the Colorado School of Mines
Tandem Solar Cells Using Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites
Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts, Duke University
Preparation of Freestanding Germanium and Silicon Nanocrystals by Ultrasonic Aerosol Pyrolysis
Conrad R. Stoldt, University of Colorado
Voltammetric, Spectroscopic, and DFT Study Of C60,70(CF3)n (n = 2-12) Frontier Orbitals: The Link between Reduction Potentials and Double Bonds in Pentagons
Olga V. Boltalina and Steven H. Strauss, Colorado State University
1H NMR in Hydrogenated Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Films
Kristin Kiriluk, Colorado School of Mines
Bioinspired Macromolecular Electrets Based on Anthranilamide Derivatives
M. Khalid Ashraf, University of California
Conjugated Block Copolymers for Photovoltaics
Sam-Shajing Sun, Norfolk State University
Band-Edge Engineered Hybrid Nanowire Structures for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
M.K. Sunkara, University of Louisville
Time-Resolved Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy — Opportunities for Solar Energy Research?
Isabell Thomann, University of Colorado
New Materials for Organic Photovoltaic Devices
Mark E. Thompson, University of Southern California
Photoinjection of Polyoxometallates for Photoelectrochemical Production of Hydrogen from Water
Paul J. Vallett, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Strategies for Nanoscale Segregated Semiconductor Assemblies
Dhandapani Venkataraman, University of Massachusetts
Heteromultimetallic Scaffolds in Solution and on Surfaces for Multi-Electron Transfer and Dioxygen Production
Claudio N. Verani and John F. Endicott, Wayne State University
Inverse DSSCs Based on Nanofibers of Conductive Porphyrin Polymers
Carl C. Wamser, Portland State University
Pulsed Pecvd Synthesis of Functional Oxides for Solar Applications
Colin A. Wolden, Colorado School of Mines
Searching for a Semiconducting Material That Can Efficiently Photoelectrolyze Water: The SHARK (Solar Hydrogen Activity Research Kit) Project
Aaron Wolfe, Colorado State University
Synthesis and Characterization of Non-Conjugated Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics
Michael Woodhouse, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Water Decomposition on Neutral Ti2O5 Clusters with 532 nm Laser Excitation
Yan Xie, Colorado State University
Nanoimprint Alignment of Liquid Crystals
Youngwoo Yi, University of Colorado
Overall Water Splitting Using Visible Light in a Molecular Photoelectrochemical System
W. Justin Youngblood, Pennsylvania State University
Quasi-One-Dimensional Nanostructures for Solar Energy Applications
Yong Zhang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Elucidating the Process of Photosensitized Charge Separation in Transition Metal Doped Semiconductors
Diane K. Zhong, University of Washington
Effect of Structural Misalignment in Oriented TiO2 Nanotube Arrays on Charge Transport, Recombination and Light Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Kai Zhu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
RU(II) Polypyridine Complexes that Catalyze Water Oxidation
Ruifa Zong, University of Houston
