Conveners
DD. Advances in Energy
- R. Bruce Vogelaar (Virginia Tech)
Rene Lopez
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
10/20/11, 1:30 PM
Invited
The major challenge in solar cell technology dwells in achieving an efficient absorption of photons with an effective carrier extraction. In all cases, light absorption considerations call for thicker modules while carrier transport would benefit from thinner ones. This dichotomy is the fundamental problem limiting the efficiencies of photovoltaics, especially promising low-cost polymer solar...
J. Randall Heflin
(Virginia Tech)
10/20/11, 2:00 PM
Invited
Polymer solar cells are of high interest due to their potential as efficient, lightweight, large area, flexible renewable energy sources. The basic mechanism for the photovoltaic effect in polymers consists of transfer of a photoexcited electron from the polymer donor to a fullerene electron acceptor followed by transport of the electron and hole through the acceptor and donor,, respectively,...
Mark Pierson
(Virginia Tech)
10/20/11, 2:30 PM
Invited
There are many myths regarding nuclear energy. Nuclear energy provides many advantages but like all other power generation methods it has some drawbacks. There have been some serious accidents involving nuclear power generation with the most recent occurring at Fukushima Daiichi. What role will nuclear energy play in the future? What are the challenges of the nuclear landscape as we move...
