AVS 53rd International Symposium
    Thin Film Wednesday Sessions

Session TF-WeM
Thin Films for Photovoltaics and Energy Applications

Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 8:00 am, Room 2022
Moderator: J. Lewis, RTI


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8:00am TF-WeM1
Preparation of Transparent Conducting B-doped ZnO Films by Vacuum Arc Plasma Evaporation
T. Miyata, Y. Honma, T. Minami, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
8:20am TF-WeM2
Photonic Band Edge Engineering through Nano Coating of Cu Thin Film on 3D Photonic Crystals
D.-X. Ye, Z.-P. Yang, J. Bur, S.Y. Lin, T.-M. Lu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
8:40am TF-WeM3 Invited Paper
Thin-Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials and Devices
R. Venkatasubramanian, RTI International
9:20am TF-WeM5
Synthesis of CuO and Cu2O by a Process Combining Sputtering and Rapid Thermal Annealing
J.H. Hsieh, Mingchi University of Tech., Taiwan
9:40am TF-WeM6
Microcrystalline Silicon Deposition Efficiency Optimization
B. Strahm, A.A. Howling, L. Sansonnens, Ch. Hollenstein, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
10:40am TF-WeM9
Chemical-Kinetics Analysis of In-Vacuum Cu@sub 2@Te Thermal Decomposition and Comparison to Equilibrium Vapor-Pressure Measurements
G. Teeter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
11:00am TF-WeM10
B doped Be Coatings for NIF Target Development
H. Xu, K. Moreno, K. Youngblood, A. Nikroo, General Atomics, J. Cooley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, C. Alford, S. Letts, A.V. Hamza, T. van Buuren, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
11:20am TF-WeM11
Morphological Changes in CIGS2 Upon Thickness Reduction of Absorber Layer and its Correlation with Device Performance
P. Vasekar, N.G. Dhere, Florida Solar Energy Center
11:40am TF-WeM12
Thermoelectric Properties of Compositionally Graded Co-Doped TiO@sub 2@ Thin Films
N. Nguyen, University of Washington, D. Kukuruznyak, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, A. Yamamoto, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute, Japan, T. Chikyow, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, F.S. Ohuchi, University of Washington
12:00pm TF-WeM13
Procedure for Performance Monitoring of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules
N.G. Dhere, A. Kaul, B. Kumar, S. Khatri, Florida Solar Energy Center