AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Electronic Materials and Processing Tuesday Sessions

Session EM1+PV-TuM
High Efficiency and Quantum Structure Photovoltaics

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 8:00 am, Room A8
Moderator: C.S. Ferekides, University of South Florida


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8:00am EM1+PV-TuM1 Invited Paper
Enhancement of the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Bulk Semiconductors at the Atomic Level
J.P. Heremans, The Ohio State University
8:40am EM1+PV-TuM3
Synthesis of PbTe Nanowires by Lithographically Patterned Nanowire Electrodeposition (LPNE) and Their Thermoelectric Properties
Y. Yang, D.K. Taggart, R.M. Penner, S.C. Kung, F. Yang, C.X. Xiang, M.A. Brown, J.C. Hemminger, University of California, Irvine
9:00am EM1+PV-TuM4
PbSe Quantum-Dot Solar Cells
K.S. Leschkies, T.J. Beatty, M.S. Kang, D.J. Norris, E.S. Aydil, University of Minnesota
9:20am EM1+PV-TuM5
Phosphonate Self-Assembled Monolayers as Organic Linkers in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells
P. Ardalan, T.P. Brennan, S.F. Bent, Stanford University
10:40am EM1+PV-TuM9 Invited Paper
High Efficiency Multijunction Solar Cells – Present Status and Future Directions
P. Sharps, Emcore Corporation
11:20am EM1+PV-TuM11
GaAs Integration on High-Quality Ge on Si for Multijunction Solar Cells
D. Leonhardt, J. Sheng, University of New Mexico, J.G. Cederberg, M.S. Carroll, Sandia National Laboratories, S.M. Han, University of New Mexico
11:40am EM1+PV-TuM12
Investigation of Rare Earth - Doped Silicon Nitride Layers for Solar Cell Applications
M.C. Petcu, A. Sarkar, M. Creatore, H.T. Hintzen, M.C.M. van de Sanden, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands