AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Energy Frontiers Focus Topic Thursday Sessions

Session EN+NS-ThA
Thermophotovoltaics, Thermoelectrics and Plasmonics

Thursday, November 1, 2012, 2:00 pm, Room 007
Moderator: R.A. Quinlan, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Cardercock Division


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2:00pm EN+NS-ThA1
Structuring of the Radiative Thermal Emission in Tungsten Inverse Opals for Thermophotovoltaic Applications
M.D. Losego, North Carolina State University, K.A. Arpin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, B. Kalanyan, North Carolina State University, P.V. Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, G.N. Parsons, North Carolina State University
2:40pm EN+NS-ThA3 Invited Paper
Nanowires and Nanowire Heterostructures for Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting
Y. Wu, Purdue University
3:40pm EN+NS-ThA6
Plasmonic Polymer Solar Cells with Spectrally Tuned Au/SiO2 Core/Shell Nanorods incorporated in Active Layers
V. Jankovic, J.P. Chang, UCLA
4:00pm EN+NS-ThA7
Optics and Photonics Research Priorities and Grand Challenges as Relating to Today's Energy Frontiers
E.B. Svedberg, The National Academies