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Advanced Electron Transport Materials for Application in Organic Photovoltaics (OPV)

Bloking, J. T.; Han, X.; Higgs, A. T.; Kastrop, J. P.; Pandey, L.; Norton, J. E.; Risko, C.; Chen, C. E.; Bredas, J. L.; McGehee, M. D.; Sellinger, A.: "Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies of 2.5% using Benzothiadiazole/Imide-Based Acceptors." Chem Mater 2011, 23, 5484-5490.

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Advanced Materials and Devices for Low Cost and High Performance Organic Photovoltaic Cells

“Photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution from VLS-grown Pt-coated p-Si and pn-Si wafers and microwire arrays.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (in preparation, 2010).
Becerril, H. E., N. Miyaki, M. L.Tang, R. Mondal, Y-S. Sun, A. C. Mayer, J. E. Parmer, M. D. McGehee and Z. Bao. “Transistor and solar cell performance of donor–acceptor low bandgap copolymers bearing an acenaphtho[1,2-b]thieno[3,4-e]pyrazine (ACTP) motif.” J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 19, pp. 591-593, doi:10.1039/b819210c (2009).
Tang, M. L., A. D. Reichardt, P. Wei, and Z. Bao. “Correlating carrier type with frontier molecular orbital energy levels in organic thin film transistors of functionalized acene derivatives.” American Chemical Society, Vol. 131, No. 14, pp. 5264-5273, doi:10.1021/ja809659b (2009)
Tang, M. L., J. H. Oh, A. D. Reichardt, and Z. Bao. “Chlorination: A general route toward electron transport in organic semiconductors.” American Chemical Society, Vol. 131, No. 10, pp. 3733-3740, doi:10.1021/ja809045s (2009).
Tang, M. L., S. C. B. Mannsfeld, Y-S. Sun, H. A. Becerril, and Z. Bao. “Pentaceno[2,3-b]thiophene, a hexacene analogue for organic thin film transistors.” American Chemical Society, 131, No. 3, pp. 882-883, doi:10.1021/ja808142c (2009).
Mondal, R., N. Miyaki, H. A. Becerril, J. Parmer, A. Mayer, M. L. Tang, M. McGehee, and Z. Bao. Chem. Mater. (submitted, 2009).
Tang, M., A. Reichardt, N. Miyaki, R. M. Stoltenberg, and Z. Bao. “Ambipolar, high performance, acene-based organic thin film transistors.” American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, No. 19, 6064-6065, doi:10.1021/ja8005918 (2008).
Tang, M., A. Reichardt, T. Siegrist, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, and Z. Bao. “Trialkylsilylethynyl-functionalized tetraceno[2,3-b]thiophene and anthra[2,3-b]thiophene organic transistors.” Chem. Mater. Vol. 20, No. 14, pp. 4669-4676, doi:10.1021/cm800644y (2008).
Okamoto, T., Y. Jiang, F. Qiu, A. C. Mayer, J. E. Parmer, M. D. McGehee, and Z. Bao. “Synthesis and characterization of pentacene- and anthradithiophene-fluorene conjugated copolymers synthesized by Suzuki reactions.” Macromolecules, Vol. 41, No. 19, pp. 6977-6978, doi:10.1021/ja0725403 (2008).
Tang, M., A. Reichardt, and Z. Bao. “Functionalized asymmetric linear acenes for high performance organic semiconductors.” Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 1579-1585, doi:10.1002/adfm.200701529 (2008).
Parmer, J. E., A. C. Mayer, B. E. Hardin, S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee, and I. McCulloch. “Organic bulk heterojunction solar cells using poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecyllthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2,-b]thiophene).” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 11, pp. 113309, doi:10.1063/1.2899996 (2008).
A.C. Mayer, S.R. Scully, B.E. Hardin, M.W. Rowell, M.D. McGehee, Materials Today, 10 (2007) p. 28-33.
S.R. Scully, P. B. Armstrong, C. Edder, J.M.J. Frechet, and M.D. McGehee, Advanced Materials 19 (2007) p. 2961-6.
S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee. Effects of optical interference and energy transfer on exciton diffusion length measurements in organic semiconductors. J. Appl. Phys. 100, 034907 (2006)

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Artificial Photosynthesis: Membrane Supported Assemblies That Use Sunlight To Split Water

Lancaster, K. M., O. Farver, S. Wherland, E. J. Crane III, J. H. Richards, I. Pecht, and H. B. Gray. “Electron transfer reactivity of type zero pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 4865-4873 (2011).
Boettcher, S. W., E. L. Warren, M. C. Putnam, E. Santori, D. Turner-Evans, M. D. Kelzenberg, M. G. Walter, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis.“Photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution using Si microwire arrays,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 5, 1216-1219, doi: 10.1021/ja108801m (2011).
Lancaster, K. M., Sproules, S., Palmer, J. H., Richards, J. H., and Gray, H. B. “Outer-sphere effects on reduction potentials of copper sites in proteins: The curious case of high potential type 2 C112D/M121E pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 14590-14595, doi: 10.1021/ja105731x (2010).
Leenheer, A. J. and H. A. Atwater. “Water splitting photoelectrolysis reaction rate via microscopic imaging of evolved oxygen bubbles,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 157, 9, B1290-B1294 (2010).
Warren, E. L., S. W. Boettcher, M. G. Walter, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “pH-independent, 520 mV open-circuit voltages of Si/Methyl Viologen2+/+ contacts through use of radial n+p-Si junction microwire array photoelectrodes,” J. Phys Chem. C. 115, 2, 594-598, doi: 10.1021/jp109147p (2010).
Gray, H. B. and J. R. Winkler. “Electron flow through proteins,” Chem. Phys. Letters 483, 1-3, 1-9, doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.10.051 (2009).
Boettcher, S. W., E. L. Warren, M. C. Putnam, E. Santori, D. Turner-Evans, M. D. Kelzenberg, M. G. Walter, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “Photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution from VLS-grown Pt-coated p-Si and pn-Si wafers and microwire arrays.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (In preparation, 2010).
Hartings, M. R., Kurnikov, I. V., Dunn, A. R., Winkler, J. R., Gray, H. B., and M. A. Ratner. “Electron tunneling through sensitizer wires bound to proteins.” Coord. Chem. Rev., Vol. 254, No. 3-4, pp. 248-253, doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2009.08.008 (2010).
Boettcher, S. W., J. M. Spurgeon, M. C. Putnam, E. L. Warren, D. B. Turner-Evans, M. D. Kelzenberg, J. R. Maiolo, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “Energy-conversion properties of vapor-liquid-solid–grown silicon wire-array photocathodes.” Science, 327 (5962) 185-187, doi:10.1126/science.1180783 (2009).
Dempsey, J. L., Brunschwig, B. S., Winkler, J. R., H. B. Gray. “Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by cobaloximes.” Acc. Chem. Res., 42 (12), 1995-2004, doi:10.1021/ar900253e (2009).
Gray, H. B., Winkler, J. R. “Electron flow through proteins.” Chem. Phys. Letters, 483 (1-3), 1-9, doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2009.10.051 (2009).
Lancaster, K. M., DeBeer George, S., Yokoyama, K., Richards, J.H., Gray, H.B. “Type zero copper proteins.” Nature Chemistry, Vol. 1, pp. 711-715, doi:10.1038/nchem.412 (2009).
Yokoyama, K. “Experience of overseas study.” Electrochemistry, 77 (12), 1055-1056 (2009).
Katz, J. E., T. R. Gingrich, E. A. Santori, and N. S. Lewis. “Combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput photopotential and photocurrent screening of mixed-metal oxides for photoelectrochemicalwater splitting.” Energy and Environmental Science, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 103-112 (2009).
Lancaster, K. M., K. Yokoyama, J. H. Richards, J. R.Winkler, and H. B. Gray. “High-potential C112D/M121X (X = M, E, H, L) pseudomonas aeruginosa azurins.” Inorg. Chem., Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 278-1280, doi:10.1021/ic802322e (2009).
Gray, H. B. “Powering the planet with solar fuel.” Nature Chemistry, Vol. 1, No. 7 doi:10.1038/nchem.141 (2009).
Lancaster, K. M., K. Yokoyama, J. H. Richards, J. R. Winkler, and H. B. Gray. “Modified protein active sites: Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurins.” (In preparation, 2008).
Katz, J., T. Gingrich, B. Brunschwig, and N. Lewis. “A novel rapid combinatorial screen for photocatalyst discovery.” (In preparation, 2008).
Spurgeon, J. M., H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “A comparison between the behavior of nanorod and planar Cd(Se, Te) photoelectrodes.” J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 6186, doi:10.1021/jp077481u (2008).
Maiolo III, J. R., H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “Macroporous silicon as a model for silicon wire array solar cells.” J. Phys. Chem., C, Vol. 112, No. 15, 6186-6193 (2008).
Spurgeon, J. M., K. E. Plass, B. M. Kayes, B. S. Brunschwig, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “Repeated epitaxial growth and transfer of arrays of patterned, vertically aligned, crystalline Si wires from a single Si(111) substrate.” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, No. 3, Article No. 032112 (2008).
Plass, K. E., M. A. Filler, J. M. Spurgeon, B. M. Kayes, S. Maldonado, B. S. Brunschwig, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “Flexible polymer-embedded Si wire arrays.” Advanced Materials, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 325-325, doi:10.1002/adma.200802006 (2008).
Yokoyama, K. B. S. Leigh, Y. Sheng, K. Niki, N. Nakamura, H. Ohno, J. R. Winkler, H. B. Gray, and J. H., Richards. “Electron tunneling through Pseudomonas aeruginosa Azurins.” Inorg. Chim. Acta, Vol. 361, No. 4, pp. 1095-1099, doi:10.1016/j.ica.2007.08.022 (2008).
Maiolo III, J. R., B. M. Kayes, M. A. Filler, M. C. Putnam, M. D. Kelzenberg, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis. “High aspect ratio silicon wire array photoelectrochemical cells.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 129, No. 41, 12346, doi:10.1021/ja074897c (2007).

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Design and Fabrication of the First All-Carbon-Based Solar Cell

Hellstrom, S. L., M. Vosgueritchian, R. M. Stoltenberg, I. Irfan, M. Hammock, Y. B. Wang, C. Jia, X. Guo, Y. Gao, and Z. Bao. "Strong and Stable Doping of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene by MoO x for Transparent Electrodes." Nano letters 12, no. 7 (2012): 3574-3580.

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Hot Carrier Solar Cell: Implementation of the Ultimate PV Converter

Le Bris, A., L. Lombez, S. Laribi, G. Boissier, P. Christol, and J-F. Guillemoles. "Thermalisation rate study of GaSb-based heterostructures by continuous wave photoluminescence and their potential as hot carrier solar cell absorbers." Energy and Environmental Science 5, no. 3 (2012): 6225-6232.
König, D., K. Casalenuovo, Y. Takeda, G. Conibeer, J. F. Guillemoles, R. Patterson, L. M. Huang, and M. A. Green. "Hot carrier solar cells: Principles, materials and desig n." Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 42, no. 10 (2010): 2862-2866.
Clady, R., M. J. Y. Tayebjee, P. Aliberti, D. König, N. John E-D., G. J. Conibeer, T. W. Schmidt, and M. A. Green. "Interplay between the hot phonon effect and intervalley scattering on the cooling rate of hot carriers in GaAs and InP." Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 20, no. 1 (2011): 82-92.
Feng, Y., P. Aliberti, B. P. Veettil, R. Patterson, S. Shrestha, M. A. Green, and G. Conibeer. "Non-ideal energy selective contacts and their effect on the performance of a hot carrier solar cell with an indium nitride absorber." Applied Physics Letters 100, no. 5 (2012): 053502-053502.
Clady, R., M. J. Y. Tayebjee, P. Aliberti, D. König, N. J. Ekins-Daukes, G. J. Conibeer, T. W. Schmidt, and M. A. Green. “Interplay between hot phonon effect and Intervalley scattering on the cooling rate of hot carriers in GaAs and InP,” Progress in Photovoltaics (accepted March 2011).
Green, M. A., G. Conibeer, D. König, S.Shrestha, S. Huang, P. Aliberti, L. Treiber, R. Patterson, B. P. Veettil, A. Hsieh, A. Luque, A. Marti, P. G. Linares, E. Cánovas, E. Antoíín, D. Fuertes Marrón, C. Tablero, E. Hernández, J-F. Guillemoles, L. Huang, T. Schmidt, R. Clady, and M. Tayebjee. “Recent progress with hot carrier solar cells,” Progress in Photovoltaics (in press, 2011).
König, D., K.Casalenuovo, Y. Takeda, G. Conibeer, J-F. Guillemoles, R. Patterson, L. M. Huang, and M. A. Green. “Hot carrier solar cells: Principles, materials and design,” Physica E (in press, 2011)
Aliberti, P., Y. Feng, Y. Takeda, S. K. Shrestha, M. A. Green, and G. Conibeer. “Investigation of theoretical efficiency limit of hot carriers solar cells with a bulk indium nitride absorber,” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 094507 (2010).
Patterson, R., M. Kirkengen, B. Puthen Veettil, D. König, M. A. Green, and G. Conibeer. “Phonon lifetimes in model quantum dot superlattice systems with applications to the hot carrier solar cell,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, 1931-1935, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.030 (2010).
Takeda, Y., T. Motohiro, D. König, P. Aliberti, Y. Feng, S. Shrestha, and G. Conibeer. “Practical factors lowering conversion efficiency of hot carrier solar cells,” Applied Physics Express, 3, 104301, doi: 10.1143/APEX.3.104301 (2010).
Aliberti, P., S. K. Shrestha, R. Teuscher, B. Zhang, M. A. Green, and G. J. Conibeer. “Study of silicon quantum dots in a SiO2 matrix for energy selective contacts applications,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, 1936-194, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.024 (2010).
Shrestha, S. K., P. Aliberti, and G. J. Conibeer. “Energy selective contacts for hot carrier solar cells,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, 1546-1550, doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.031 (2010).
Paire, M., L. Lombez, J-F. Guillemoles, and D. Lincot. “Towards microscale Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells for efficient conversion and optimized material usage: theoretical evaluation,” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 034907, doi: 10.1063/1.3460629 (2010).
Guillemoles, J-F. “The quest for very high efficiency in photovoltaic energy conversion,” Journal of Europhysics News, 1/2, 19-22, doi: 10.1051/epn/2010203 (2010).
Le Bris, A. and J-F. Guillemoles. “Hot Carrier Solar cells: achievable efficiencies accounting for main thermalisation paths,” Applied Phys. Letters, 97, 113506, doi: 10.1063/1.3489405 (2010).
Slaoui, A. and J. F Guillemoles. “Nanostructured solar cell materials for high efficiency photovoltaics: dream or reality?” Actualités chimiques, l’actualité chimique, 331, doi: 10.1002/pip.916 (2009).
Conibeer, G., N. Ekins-Daukes, J-F. Guillemoles, D. Kőnig, E-C. Cho, C-W. Jiang, S. Shrestha, and M. Green. “Progress on hot carrier cells,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, 713, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.034 (2009).
Conibeer, G., D. König, M. A. Green, and J. F. Guillemoles. “Slowing of carrier cooling in hot carrier solar cells,” Thin Sol. Films, 516, 6948-6953, doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.102 (2008).
Luque, A. and A. Martí, “Ultra-high efficiency solar cells: the path for mass penetration of solar electricity” Electronic Letters, 44, 16 (2008).
Luque, A. and A. Marti. “Electron–phonon energy transfer in hot-carrier solar cells.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 94, pp. 287–296, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2009.10.001 (2010).
König, D., K. Casalenuovo, Y. Takeda, G. Conibeer, J. F. Guillemoles, R. Patterson, L. M. Huang, and M. A. Green. “Hot carrier solar cells: Principles, materials and design.” Physica E, doi:10.1016/j.physe.2009.12.032 (In press, 15th Jan. 2010).
Conibeer, G., R. Patterson, L. Huang, J-F. Guillemoles, D. König, S. Shrestha, M. A. Green. “Modelling of hot carrier solar cell absorbers.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2010.01.018 (In press, corrected proof available online February 2010).
Conibeer, G., N. J. Ekins-Daukes, J-F. Guillemoles, D. König, E-C. Cho, C-W. Jiang, S. Shrestha, and M. A. Green. “Progress on hot carrier cells.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 93, No. 6-7, 713-719, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.034 (2009).
Takeda, Y., T. Ito, T. Motohiro, D. König, S. Shrestha, and G. Conibeer. “Hot carrier solar cells operating under practical conditions.” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, No. 7, 074905, doi:10.1063/1.3086447 (2009).
Luque, A. and A. Marti. “Ultra-high efficiency solar cells: the path for mass penetration of solar electricity.” Electronics Letters, Vol. 44, No. 16, pp. 943-945, doi:10.1049/el:20081154 (2008).

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Inorganic Nanocomposite Solar Cells by Atomic Layer Deposition

Chen, Y., S.-M. Park, H.-C. Kim, J. McVittie, C. Ting, and Y. Nishi. "High aspect ratio titanium dioxide nanopillar arrays from templated electrochemical deposition," Nanotechnology 21, 185303 (2010).
Pala, R. A., J. White, E. Barnard, J. Liu, and M. L. Brongersma. "Design of plasmonic thin-film solar cells with broadband absorption enhancements." Advanced Materials, Vol. 21, No. 34, pp. 3504-3509, doi:10.1002/adma.200900331 (2009).
Barnard, E. S., J. S. White, A. Chandran, and M. L. Brongersma. "Spectral properties of plasmonic resonator antennas." Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 16529-16537, doi:10.1364/OE.16.016529 (2008).

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Lateral Nanoconcentrator Nanowire Multijunction Photovoltaic Cells

King, J. S., A. Wittstock, J. Biener, S. O. Kucheyev, Y. M. Wang, T. F. Baumann, S. Giri, A. V. Hamza, M. Baeumer, and S. F. Bent. “Ultra-low loading Pt nanocatalysts prepared by atomic layer deposition on carbon aerogels.” Nano Letters Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 2405-2409, doi:10.1021/nl801299z (2008).
Chen, Y., S.-M. Park, H.-C. Kim, J. McVittie, C. Ting, and Y. Nishi. "High aspect ratio titanium dioxide nanopillar arrays from templated electrochemical deposition," Nanotechnology 21, 185303 (2010).
Pala, R. A., J. White, E. Barnard, J. Liu, and M. L. Brongersma. "Design of plasmonic thin-film solar cells with broadband absorption enhancements." Advanced Materials, Vol. 21, No. 34, pp. 3504-3509, doi:10.1002/adma.200900331 (2009).
Barnard, E. S., J. S. White, A. Chandran, and M. L. Brongersma. "Spectral properties of plasmonic resonator antennas." Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 16529-16537, doi:10.1364/OE.16.016529 (2008).

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Molecular Solar Cells

Gaynor, W., J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans. "Fully Solution-Processed Inverted Polymer Solar Cells With Laminated Nanowire Electrodes." ACS Nano, Vol. 4 (1), 30-34 (2010).
Lee, J-Y., S. T. Connor, Y. Cui and P. Peumans. "Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Laminated Top Electrode." Nano Letters, Vol. 10 (4), 1276-1279 (2010).
Rim, S. B. and P. Peumans. "An analysis of light trapping configurations for thin-film solar cells based on shaped substrates," J. Appl. Phys. (accepted 2010).
Zhao S. and P. Peumans. "Simulations of carrier dynamics in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells," (in preparation, 2010).
Gaynor, W., G. Burkhard, M. D. McGehee, and P. Peumans, "A High-Performance Composite Solution-Processed Indium Tin Oxide Replacement for Optoelectronic Devices," (submitted, 2010).
Liu, C. Stoessel, L. Boman, C. Niu, J. Miller and P. Peumans, "High-speed toll-to-roll vacuum deposition of organic solar cells," Appl. Phys. Lett. (submitted, 2010).
Zhao, S., S. B. Rim, and P. Peumans. "Field and temperature-dependent photocurrent generation in bilayer organic donor/acceptor solar cells," Adv. Mater. (submitted, 2010).
Zhao, S. and P. Peumans. "An accurate microscopic model for the dark current and open-circuit voltage of organic solar cells," Adv. Mater. (submitted, 2010).
W. Gaynor, J.-Y. Lee, and P. Peumans, “All solution-processed polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells on opaque substrates,” submitted 2009.
J.-Y. Lee, S.T. Connor, Y. Cui and P. Peumans, “Semitransparent organic photovoltaic cells with laminated top electrode”, submitted 2009.
J. Wu, H.A. Becerril, Z. Bao and P. Peumans, "Organic solar cells with solution processed graphene transparent electrodes," accepted in Appl. Phys. Lett 2009.
M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, "Broadband optical absorption enhancement through coherent light trapping in thin-film photovoltaic cells," Optics Express 16, 5385-5396 (2008).
Liu, S. Zhao, S. B. Rim, M. Koenemann, P. Erk and P. Peumans, "Control of electric field strength and orientation at the donor-acceptor interface in organic solar cells," Advanced Materials 2008, 1065-1070 (2008).
S. Zhao and P. Peumans, "Geminate recombination at organic semiconductor heterojunctions," submitted.
S. B. Rim, S. Zhao, S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee and P. Peumans, "An effective light trapping configuration for thin-film solar cells," Applied Physics Letters 91, 243501 (2007).

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Nanostructured Materials for High-Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cells

Gaynor, W., G. F. Burkhard, M. D. McGehee, and P. Peumans. Advanced Materials (in press, 2011).
Gaynor, W., J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans. "Fully solution-processed inverted polymer solar cells with laminated nanowire electrodes." ACS Nano, Vol. 4, No.1, pp. 30-34, doi:10.1021/nn900758e (2010).
Kusinski, G. J., J. R. Jokisaari, R. Noriega, L. Goris, M. Donovan, A. Salleo. "Transmission electron microscopy of solution-processed intrinsic and Al-doped ZnO nanowires for transparent electrode fabrication." Journal of Microscopy 237, 443-449 (2010).
Lee, J.-Y., S. T. Connor, Y. Cui and P. Peumans. "Semitransparent organic photovoltaic cells with laminated top electrode." Nano Letters, Vol. 10 , No. 4, pp. 1276-1279, doi:10.1021/nl903892x (2010).
Noriega, R., J. Rivnay, L. Goris, D. Kälblein, H. Klauk, K. Kern, L. M. Thompson, A. C. Palke, J. F. Stebbins, J. R. Jokisaari, G. Kusinski, and A. Salleo. "Probing the electrical properties of highly-doped Al:ZnO nanowire ensembles." Journal of Applied Physics 107, 074312-1-7 (2010).
Hu, L., H. S. Kim, J.-Y. Lee, P. Peumans and Y. Cui. "Scalable coating and properties of transparent, flexible silver nanowire electrodes." ACS Nano (in press, 2010).
Weil, B. D., S. T. Connor, and Y. Cui. "CuInS2 solar cells by air-stable ink rolling." J. Am. Chem. Soc. (In press, 2010).
Devan, R., M. Marinkovic, R. Noriega, S. Phadke, A. Salleo, and D. Knipp. "Light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells with periodic pyramid texture." Optics Express 17, 23058-23065 (2009).
S. T. Connor, C.-M. Hsu, B.Weil, Y. Cui, “ Mechanistic Studies of CuInS2 Nanocrystal Growth”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (in press 2009).
L. Goris, R. Noriega, M. Donovan, J. Jokisaari, G. Kusinski and A. Salleo, “Intrinsic and doped zinc oxide nanowires for transparent electrode fabrication via low temperature solution synthesis”, J. of Electronic Materials 38, 586 (2009).
Rodrigo Noriega, Jonathan Rivnay, Ludwig Goris, Daniel Kälblein, Hagen Klauk, Klaus Kern, Linda Thompson, Aaron Palke, Jonathan Stebbins, Alberto Salleo, “Probing the electrical properties of highly-doped Al:ZnO single nanowires”, submitted to Nanoletters 2009.

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Nanostructured Metal-Organic Composite Solar Cells

Agrawal, M. and P. Peumans. “A very efficient light harvesting scheme for thinfilm photovoltaics,” (submitted, 2009).
Agrawal, M. and P. Peumans. “The limits to light trapping in the sub-wavelength optical domain,” (submitted, 2009).
Catrysse, P. B. and S. Fan. “Connecting the dispersion of the coaxial plasmonic structure and the planar metal-insulator-metal geometry.” Appl. Phys. Lett. (submitted 2009).
Lee, J-Y. and P. Peumans. “The origin of enhanced optical absorption in plasmonic solar cells with spherical metal nanoparticles,” (submitted, 2009).
Catrysse, P. B. and S. Fan. “Propagating plasmonic modes and its implications for extraordinary transmission.” Nanophotonics, Vol. 2, 021790, doi:10.1117/1.2890424 (2008).
Barnard, E. S., J. S. White, A. Chandran, and M. L. Brongersma. “Spectral properties of plasmonic resonator antennas.” Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 16529-16537, doi:10.1364/OE.16.016529 (2008).
Barnard, E. S., J. S. White, A. Chandran, and M. L. Brongersma. “A Fabry-Perot model for plasmonics antennas,” (in preparation, 2008).
Fujimori, S., R. Dinyari, J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans. “Plasmonic light concentration in organic solar cells.” Nano Letters (accepted, 2008).
Fujimori, S., R. Dinyari and P. Peumans. “Electrically-assisted aerosol deposition of metal nanoparticles,” (in preparation, 2008).
Catrysse, P. B. and S. Fan. “Near-complete transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays in phonon-polariton thin films.” Physical Review B 75, 075422, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.075422 (2007).
Catrysse, P. B. and S. Fan. “Enlarging the bandwidth of nano-scale propagating plasmonic modes in deep- subwavelength cylindrical holes.” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, No. 18, 181118, doi:10.1063/1.2803849 (2007).

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Nanostructured Silicon-Based Tandem Solar Cells

Hao, X. J., E-C. Cho, G. Scardera, Y. S. Shen, E. Bellet-Amalric, D. Bellet, G. Conibeer, and M. A. Green. “Phosphorus-doped silicon quantum dots for all-silicon quantum dot tandem solar cells.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 93, No. 9, pp. 1524-1530, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.002 (2009)
Flynn, C., D. Koenig, I. Perez-Wurfl, M. A. Green, and G. Conibeer. “Capacitance and conductance characteristics of silicon nanocrystal metal-insulator-semiconductor devices.” Solid State Electronics, 00381101, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 530 – 539, doi:10.1016/j.sse.2009.03.001 (2009).
Hao, X. J., E-C. Cho, G. Scardera, E. Bellet-Amalric, D. Bellet, Y. S. Shen, S. J. Huang, Y. D. Huang, G. Conibeer, and M. A. Green. “Effects of phosphorus doping on structural and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals in a SiO2 matrix.” Thin Solid Films, Vol. 517, No. 19, pp. 5646-5652, doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2009.02.076 (2009).
Hao, X. J., E-C. Cho, C. Flynn, Y. S. Shen, S. C. Park, G. Conibeer, and M. A. Green. “Synthesis and characterization of boron-doped Si quantum dots for all-Si quantum dot tandem solar cells.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cell, Vol. 93, pp. 273–279, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2008.10.017 (2009).
Park, S., E-C. Cho, D. Song, G. Conibeer, and M. A. Green. “n-Type silicon quantum dots and p-type crystalline silicon heteroface solar cells.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cell, Vol. 93, No.s 6-7, pp. 684-690, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.032 (2009).
Hao, X. J., E-C. Cho, C. Flynn, Y. S. Shen, G. Conibeer, and M. A. Green. “Effects of boron doping on the structural and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals in a silicon dioxide matrix.” Nanotechnology Vol. 19, No. 42, 424019, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1088/0957-4484/19/42/424019 (2008).
König, J. Rudd, M. A. Green, and G. Conibeer. “Impact of interface on the effective band gap of Si quantum dots.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cell, Vol. 93, No.s 6-7, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.026 (2009).
König, D., J. Rudd, M. A. Green, and G. Conibeer. “Impact of Bridge and Double-Bonded Oxygen on OH-Terminated Si Quantum Dots: A DF–HF Study.” Materials Science and Engineering: B, Vol. 159-160, pp. 117-121, doi:10.1016/j.mseb.2008.11.022 (2009).
Gao, F., M. A. Green, G. Conibeer, E-C. Cho, Y. Huang, I. Perez-Wurfl, and C. Flynn. “Fabrication of multilayered Ge nanocrystals by magnetron sputtering and annealing.” Nanotechnology, Vol. 19, No. 45, 455611, pp. 1-5, doi:10.1088/0957-4484/19/45/455611 (2008).
Gao, F., M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, E-C. Cho, Y. Huang, I. Perez-Wurfll, and C. Flynn. “Fabrication of multilayered Ge nanocrystals in SiOxGey films.” Applied Surface Science, Vol. 254, No. 22, pp. 7527-7530, doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.05.273 (2008).
D. Song, E-Chel Cho, G. Conibeer, Y. Huang, and M.A. Green, “Structural, electrical and photovoltaic characterization of Si nanocrystals embedded SiC matrix and Si nanocrystals/c-Si heterojunction devices”, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, Vol.92, pp.474-481 (2008).
D. Song, E-C. Cho, G. Conibeer, Y. Huang, C. Flynn, MA. Green, "Structural characterization of annealed Si1-xCx/SiC multilayers targeting formation of Si nanocrystals in a SiC matrix", Journal of Applied Physics, 103 (2008) 083544.
E. Cho, S. Park, X. Hao, D. Song, G. Conibeer, S. Park, MA. Green, “Silicon quantum dots/crystalline silicon solar cells”, Nanotechnology, accepted, Apr 2008.
D. König, J. Rudd, M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, “Role of the Interface for the Electronic Structure of Silicon Quantum Dots”, Physical Review B (submitted November 2007, re-submitted after review Apr 2008).
G. Scardera, E. Bellet-Amalric, D. Bellet, T. Puzzer, E. Pink, G. Conibeer, “Formation of a Si-Si3N4 nanocomposite from plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition multilayer structures”, Journal of Crystal Growth, reviewed with minor changes suggested, 2008.
G. Scardera, T. Puzzer, I. Perez-Wurfl, G. Conibeer, “The effects of annealing temperature on the photoluminescence from silicon nitride multilayer structures”, Journal of Crystal Growth, reviewed with minor changes suggested, 2008.
G. Scardera, T. Puzzer, G. Conibeer, M. A. Green, “Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy study of silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon nitride”, Journal of Applied Physics, submitted and under review, 2008.
E. Cho, S. Park, X. Hao, G. Conibeer, I. Perez-Wurfl, MA. Green, “Modification of electronic properties in silicon quantum dot superlattice”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, submitted, Dec 2007.
S. Park, E.-C. Cho, D. Song, G. Conibeer, M.A. Green, “Electrical properties of n-type Silicon quantum dots and P-type crystalline silicon heterojunction devices”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, submitted, Dec 2007.
D. König, J. Rudd, M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, “Impact of Interface on Effective Band Gap of Si Quantum Dots”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, submitted, Dec 2007.
J. Hao, E-C. Cho, G. Scardera, S. Huang, E. Bellet-Amalric, D. Bellet, S.C. Park, G. Conibeer, M.A. Green, “Phosphorus Doped Silicon Quantum Dots for All-Silicon Quantum Dot Tandem Solar Cells", Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, submitted, Dec 2007.
G. Conibeer, M. Green, E-C. Cho, D. König, Y-H. Cho, T. Fangsuwannarak, G. Scardera, E. Pink, Y. Huang, T. Puzzer, S. Huang, D. Song, C. Flynn, S. Park, X. Hao, D. Mansfield, “Silicon quantum dot nanostructures for tandem photovoltaic cells”, Thin Solid Films, accepted for publication, available on line Dec 2007, doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.096
G. Conibeer, Materials Today, “Third-Generation Photovoltaics” 10 (Nov 2007) 42-50.
E.-C. Cho, M. A. Green, R. Corkish, P. Reece, M. Gal and S.-H. Lee “Photoluminescence in crystalline silicon quantum wells”, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 024321 (2007)
Lap Van Dao, Jeff Davis, and Peter Hannaford, Young-Hyun Cho, Martin A. Green, and Eun-Chel Cho. Ultrafast carrier dynamics of Si quantum dots embedded in SiN matrix. Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 081105 (2007)
G. Conibeer, M.A. Green, R. Corkish, Y.-H. Cho, E.-C. Cho, C.-W. Jiang, T. Fangsuwannarak, E. Pink, Y. Huang, T. Puzzer, T. Trupke, B. Richards, A. Shalav, K.-L. Lin, “Silicon nanostructures for third generation photovoltaic solar cells”, Thin Solid Films 511/512, 654 (2006)
S. Huang, E. Cho, G. Conibeer, M. Green, D. Bellet, E. Bellet-Amalric, S. Cheng, J. Appl. Phys. 102, 114304 (2007)
E. C. Cho, M. A. Green, R. Corkish, P. Reece, M. Gal and S.-H. Lee “Photoluminescence in crystalline silicon quantum wells”, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 024321 (2007).
E. Cho, MA. Green, G. Conibeer, Y. Cho, D. Song, G. Scardera, S. Huang, S. Park, X. Hao, Y. Huang, “Silicon Quantum Dots in a Dielectric Matrix for All-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells", Advances in OptoElectronics, vol. 2007, Article ID 69578, 11 pages, 2007. doi:10.1155/2007/69578.
D. König, J. Rudd, M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, Impact of Interface on Effective Band Gap of Si QDs, 17th Int. PVSEC, 3-7 Dec. 2007, Fukuoka, Technical Digest, presentation 5O-A8-03.
D. Song, E. C. Cho, Y. H. Cho, G. Conibeer, Y. Huang, S. Huang, and M. A. Green, “Evolution of Si (and SiC) nanocrystal precipitation in SiC matrix”, Thin Solid Films (2007), DOI:10.1016/j.tsf.2007.06.150.
D. Song, E. C Cho, G. Conibeer, Y.-H. Cho, Y. Huang, S. Huang, C. Flynn, and M.A. Green, “Fabrication and characterization of Si nanocrystals in SiC matrix produced by magnetron cosputtering”,Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology, Vol. B25, pp.1327-1335, 2007.
D. Song, E. C Cho, G. Conibeer, Y. Huang, and M.A. Green, “Fabrication and electrical characteristics of Si nanocrystal/c-Si heterojunctions”, Applied Physics Letter, Vol. 91, pp.123510 (1-3), 2007.
C-W. Jiang and M. A. Green, “Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattices: Modelling of Energy Bands, Densities of States and Mobilities for Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Applications”, Journal Applied Physics, Vol. 99, 114902, 2006

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Ordered Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells

Gowrishankar, V., S. R. Scully, A. T. Chan, M. D., McGehee, Q. Wang, and H. M. Branz. “Exciton harvesting, charge transfer, and charge-carrier transport in amorphous-silicon nanopillar/polymer hybrid solar cells.” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, No. 6, pp. 064511-1-8, doi:10.1063/1.2896583 (2008).
Mayer, A.C., S. R. Scully, B. E. Hardin, M. W. Rowell, and M. D. McGehee. “Polymer-Based Solar Cells.” Materials Today, Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 28-33, doi:10.1016/S1369-7021(07)70276-6 (2007).
Scully, S. R., P. B. Armstrong, C. Edder, J. M. J. Frechet, and M. D. McGehee. “Long-range resonant energy transfer for enhanced exciton harvesting for organic solar cells.” Advanced Materials, Vol. 19, pp. 2961-2966, doi:10.1002/adma.200700917 (2007).
Goh, C., S. R. Scully, and M. D. McGehee. “Effects of molecular interface modification in hybrid organic-inorganic photovoltaic cells.” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 101, No. 11, pp. 114503 1-12, doi:10.1063/1.2737977 (2007).
Koganti, V. R., D. Dunphy, V. Gowrishankar, M. D. McGehee, X. F. Li, J. Wang, and S. E. Rankin. “Generalized coating route to silica and titania films with orthogonally tilted cylindrical nanopore arrays.” Nano Letters, 6, pp. 2567-2570, doi:10.1021/nl061992v (2006).
Gowrishankar, V., S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee, Q. Wang, and H. M. Branz. “Exciton splitting and carrier transport across the amorphous-silicon/polymer solar cell interface.” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, No. 25, pp. 252102-1-3, doi:10.1063/1.2408641 (2006).
Gowrishankar, V., N. Miller, M. D. McGehee, M. J. Misner, D. Y. Ryu, Thomas P. Russell, E. Drockenmuller, and C. J. Hawker. “Fabrication of densely packed, well-ordered, high-aspect-ratio silicon nanopillars over large areas using block copolymer lithography.” Thin Solid Films, Vol. 513, pp. 289-294, doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2006.01.064 (2006).
Liu, Y., S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee, J. Liu, C. K. Luscombe, J. M. J. Fréchet, S. E. Shaheen, and D. S. Ginley. “Dependence of band offset and open circuit voltage on the interfacial interaction between TiO2 and carboxylated polythiophenes.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 110, No. 7, pp. 3257-3261, doi:10.1021/jp056576y (2006).
Goh, C. and M. D. McGehee. “Organic semiconductors for low-cost solar cells.” The Bridge, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 33-39, doi:10.1063/1.2993730 (2005).
Liu, Y., M. A. Summers, C. Edder, J. M .J. Fréchet, and M. D. McGehee. “Using resonance energy transfer to improve exciton harvesting in organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaic cells.” Advanced Materials, Vol. 17, No. 24, pp. 2960-2964, doi:10.1002/adma.200501307 (2005).
Coakley, K. M., B. S. Srinivasan, J. M. Ziebarth, C. Goh, Y. Liu, and M. D. McGehee. “Enhanced hole mobility in regioregular polythiophene infiltrated in straight nanopores.” Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 15, No. 12, pp. 1927-1932, doi:10.1002/adfm.200500364 (2005).
Goh, C., K. M. Coakley, and M. D. McGehee. “Nanostructuring titania by embossing with polymer molds made from anodic alumina templates.” Nano Letters, Vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 1545-1549, doi:10.1021/nl050704c (2005).
Coakley, K. M., Y. Liu, C. Goh, and M. D. McGehee. “Ordered organic-inorganic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells.” Materials Research Society Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 37-40, (2005).
Coakley, K. M. and M. D. McGehee. “Conjugated polymer photovoltaic cells.” Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 16, No. 23, pp. 4533-4542, doi:10.1021/cm049654n (2004).
Liu, J. S., E. N. Kadnikova, Y. Liu, M. D. McGehee, and J. M. J. Frechet. “Polythiophene containing thermally removable solubilizing groups enhances the interface and the performance of polymer-titania hybrid solar cells.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 126, No. 31, pp. 9486-9487, doi:10.1021/ja047452m (2004).

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Photosynthetic Bioelectricity

Bai, S-J. T. Fabian, F. B. Prinz, and R. J. Fasching. “Nanoscale probe system for cell-organelle analysis.” Sensors and Actuators B Vol. 130, pp. 249-257, doi:10.1016/j.snb.2007.07.143 (2008).
Park, J. S., S-J. Bai, T. Usui, W. H. Ryu, J. Moseley, R. Fasching, A. Grossman, and F. B. Prinz. “In situ monitoring of electron transfer from photosynthesis.” (In preparation, 2008).
Bai, S-J., J. S. Park, T. Usui, W. H. Ryu, J. Moseley, R. Fasching, A. Grossman, and F. B. Prinz. “Real-time oxygen sensing inside single plant cells.” (In preparation, 2008).
Ryu, W-H., Z. Huang, J. S. Park, J. Moseley, A. Grossman, R. Fasching, and F. B. Prinz. “Open micro-fluidic system for atomic force microscopy-guided in situ electrochemical probing of a single cell.” Lab on Chip, Vol. 8, pp. 1460-1467 doi:10.1039/b803450h (2008).
Komadina, J., S. Walch, R. Fasching, A. Grossman, and F. B. Prinz. “Reversible oxidation of spinach ferredoxin at surface-modified electrodes.” The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 155, No. 10, pp. B1008-B1012, doi: 10.1149/1.2962768 (2008).
Fasching, R., Y. Tao, and F.B. Prinz. “Cantilever tip probe arrays for simultaneous SECM and AFM analysis.” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemicals, Vol. 108, No.s 1-2, pp. 964–972, doi:10.1016/j.snb.2004.10.058 (2005).
R. Fasching, S.-J. Bai, F. Prinz, Nanoscale Electrochemical Probes for Single Cell Analysis, Journal for Microelectronic Engineering, 83,1636-1641 2006

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Plasmonic Photovoltaics

Polman, A. and H. A. Atwater. "Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics." Nature Materials 11, no. 3 (2012): 174-177.
van de Groep, J., P. Spinelli, and A. Polman. "Transparent conducting silver nanowire networks." Nano Letters 12, no. 6 (2012): 3138-3144.
P. Spinelli and A. Polman. "Prospects of near-field plasmonic absorption enhancement in semiconductor materials using embedded Ag nanoparticles." Optics Express 20, no. S5 (2012): A641-A654.
Spinelli, P., M. A. Verschuuren, and A. Polman. "Broadband omnidirectional antireflection coating based on subwavelength surface Mie resonators." Nature Communications 3 (2012): 692.
Spinelli, P., V. E. Ferry, J. Van de Groep, M. Van Lare, M. A. Verschuuren, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, and A. Polman. "Plasmonic light trapping in thin-film Si solar cells." Journal of Optics 14, no. 2 (2012): 024002.
Spinelli, P., C. van Lare, E. Verhagen, and A. Polman. “Controlling fano lineshapes in plasmon-mediated light coupling into a substrate,” Optics Express 19, A303, doi: 10.1364/OE.19.00A303 (2011).
Beck, F. J., E. Verhagen, S. Mokkapati, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Resonant SPP modes supported by discrete metal nanoparticles on high-index substrate,” Optics Express 19, A146, doi: 10.1364/OE.19.00A146 (2011).
Mokkapati, S., F. J. Beck, R. de Waele, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Resonant nano-antennas for light trapping in plasmonic solar cells", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 44, 185101, doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/18/185101 (2011).
Spinelli, P., M. Hebbink, R. de Waele, L. Black, F. Lenzmann, and A. Polman. “Optical impedance matching using coupled metal nanoparticle arrays,” Nano Lett. 11, 1760 (2011).
Atwater H. A. and A. Polman. “Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices.” Nature Materials 9, 205 - 213 (invited review, 2010).
Beck, F. J., S. Mokkapati, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Asymmetry in photocurrent enhancement by plasmonic nanoparticle arrays located on the front or on the rear of solar cells.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 033113 (2010).
Ferry, V. E. J. N. Munday, and H. A. Atwater, “Design considerations for plasmonic photovoltaics,” Adv. Mat., (invited review, accepted, 2010).
H. A. Atwater and A. Polman. “Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices.” Nature Materials 9, 205 and Editorial article (2010).
Pryce, I., A. J. Fischer, D. D. Koleske and H. A. Atwater. “Plasmonic nanoparticle enhanced photocurrent in GaN/InGaN/GaN quantum well solar cells.” Applied Physics Letters 96, 153501 (2010).
Pala, R. A., J. White, E. Barnard, J. Liu, and M. L. Brongersma. “Design of plasmonic thin-film solar cells with broadband absorption enhancements.” Advanced Materials, Vol. 21, No. 34, pp. 3504-3509, doi:10.1002/adma.200900331 (2009).
Ferry, V. E., M. A. Verschuuren, H. B. T. Li, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, and A. Polman. “Improved red-response in thin fFilm a-Si:H solar cells with soft-imprinted plasmonic back reflectors.” Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 183503 (2009).
Beck, F.J., A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Tunable light trapping for solar cells using localised surface plasmons.” J. Appl. Phys. 105, 114310 (2009).
Mokapati, S., F. J. Beck, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Designing periodic arrays of metal nanoparticles for light trapping applications in solar cells.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 53115 (2009).
Barnard, E. S., J. S. White, A. Chandran, and M. L. Brongersma. “Spectral properties of plasmonic resonator antennas.” Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 16529-16537, doi:10.1364/OE.16.016529 (2008).
Polman, A. “Plasmonics applied.” Science 322, 868 (2008).
Catchpole K. R. and A. Polman. “Design principles for particle plasmon enhanced solar cells.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 191113 (2008).

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Self-sorting of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Large Area Low Cost Transparent Electrodes

Barman, S. N., D. Pan, M. Vosgueritchian, A. P. Zoombelt, G. Galli, and Z. Bao. "Dispersion of single walled carbon nanotubes in amidine solvents." Nanotechnology 23, no. 34 (2012): 344011.
Opatkiewicz, J. P., M. C. LeMieux, D. Liu, M. Vosgueritchian, S. N. Barman, C. M. Elkins, J. Hedrick, and Z. Bao. "Using Nitrile Functional Groups to Replace Amines for Solution-Deposited Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Films." ACS Nano 6, no. 6 (2012): 4845-4853.
Vosgueritchian, Michael, Darren J. Lipomi, and Zhenan Bao. "Highly conductive and transparent PEDOT: PSS films with a fluorosurfactant for stretchable and flexible transparent electrodes." Advanced Functional Materials, 2 (2), 421-428 (2012).
Opatkiewicz, J. P., M. C. LeMieux, N. P. Patil, H. Wei, S. Mitra, and Z. Bao. “The effect of amine protonation on the electrical properties of spin-assembled single-walled carbon nanotube networks,” Nanotech., 22, 125201 (2011).
Lipomi D. J., M. Vosgueritchian , B. C-K.Tee, C. H. Fox, J. A. Lee, and Z. Bao. “Transparent, stretchable, electronic skin comprising silicone elastomers and carbon nanotubes,” (submitted, 2011).
Barman S. N., M. C. LeMieux, J. Baek, R. Rivera, and Z. Bao. “Effects of dispersion conditions of single-walled carbon nanotubes on the electrical characteristics of thin film network transistors.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2, 2672–2678, doi: 10.1021/am1005223 (2010).
Opatkiewicz, J. P., M. C. LeMieux, and Z. Bao. “Influence of electrostatic interactions on spin assembled single-walled carbon nanotube networks on amine functionalized surfaces.” ACS Nano, 4, 1167–1177, doi:10.1021/nn901388 (2010).
Hellstrom, S. L., R. Z. Jin, R. M. Stoltenberg, and Z. Bao. “Driving high-performance n- and p-type organic transistors with carbon nanotube/conjugated polymer composite electrodes patterned directly from solution.” Adv. Mater. (Submitted, 2010).
Barman, S., LeMieux, M. C., Baek, J., Rivera, R., and Z. Bao. “Solution Processing Single Walled Nanotubes for Rational Design of Network Transistors,” (manuscript in progress, 2010).
Vosgueritchian, M., M. C. LeMieux, and Z. Bao. “Effect of Surface Chemistry on Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotube Network Thin Film Transistors,” (manuscript in progress, 2010.)
LeMieux, M. C., S. Sok, M. E. Roberts, J. P. Opatkiewicz, D. Liu, S. N. Barman, N. Patil, S. Mitra, and Z. Bao. “Solution assembly of organized carbon nanotube networks for thin-film transistors.” ACS Nano, 3, 4089–4097, doi:10.1021/nn900827v (2009).
Roberts, M. E., M. C. LeMieux, and Z. Bao. “Sorted and aligned single-walled carbon nanotube networks for transistor-based aqueous chemical sensors.” ACS Nano, 3, 3287–3293, doi:10.1021/nn900808b (2009).
Roberts, M. E., M. C. LeMieux, A. N. Sokolov, and Z. Bao. “Self-sorted nanotube networks on polymer dielectrics for low-voltage thin-film transistors.” Nano Letters, 9, 2526 – 2531, doi:10.1021/nl900287p (2009).
Hellstrom, S. L., H. W. Lee, and Z. Bao. “Polymer-assisted direct deposition of carbon nanotube bundle networks for high performance transparent electrodes.” ACS Nano, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 1423–1430, doi:10.1021/nn9002456 (2009).

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Ultra-High Efficiency Thermo-Photovoltaic Cells Using Metallic Photonic Crystals as Intermediate Absorber and Emitter

Losego, M., H. Zhang, A. Gardner, W. P. King, and P. V. Braun. “Nanoindentation as a route to 3D metal nanostructures,” (in preparation, 2011).
Arpin, K. A., M. D. Losego, and P. V. Braun. “Enhancing the thermal stability of electrodeposited tungsten inverse opals,” (in preparation, 2011).
Rephaeli E. and S. Fan. “Absorber and emitter for solar thermo-photovoltaic systems to achieve efficiency exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit,” Optics Express, 17, 17, 15145-15159, doi:10.1364/OE.17.015145 (2009).
Sergeant, N. P., O. Pincon, M. Agrawal, and P. Peumans. “Design of wide-angle solar-selective absorbers using aperiodic metal-dielectric stacks,” Optics Express, 17, 25, 22801-22812, doi:10.1364/OE.17.02280 (2009).
Sergeant, N. P., M. Agrawal and P. Peumans. “High performance solar-selective absorbers using sub-wavelength gratings.” Optics Express, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 5525-5540, doi:10.1364/OE.18.005525 (2010).
Losego, M., H. Zhang, A. Gardner, W. P. King, and P. V. Braun. “Nanoindentation as a Route to 3D Metal Nanostructures.” (In preparation, 2010).

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Upconverting Electrodes for Improved Solar Energy Conversion

Wu, D., J. Dionne, and A.Salleo, "Efficient upconversion and electrical carrier extraction in Ag nanowire, NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystal composites" (manuscript in preparation, 2012).

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