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Using Supercritical Fluids for CdS and CdTeS Nanoparticle Decorated TiO2 Nanostructures

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 9, 2010
Abstract: TiO2 nanowires were sensitized with CdS and CdTeS quantum dots which were grown using an in situ colloidal method using both conventional...

Ordered Mesoporous TiO2/ZnO Material for Hydrogen Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Ordered mesoporous Zr-doped TiO 2 /ZnO material is currently being investigated for band gap tuning and higher loadings of photo-sensitizer...

Development of a Scalable Bottom-up Nanomanufacturing Platform for Highly Efficient Photovoltaics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Solar energy is clean, abundant, and renewable, yet it is vastly under-utilized in the current world. Although crystalline silicon solar cells are...

Atomic Layer Deposition of Nanoscale Materials for Energy Conversion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
For a number of technologies, including microelectronics and energy conversion devices, feature sizes are becoming increasingly small, and the need...

Electrostatic Stabilization of Silicon Nanocrystal Colloids for Solution-Processed Photovoltaics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
The tunable optoelectronic properties of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have garnered significant attention for photovoltaic device integration...

Novel Quaternary Ammonium Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Stable, High Capacity Si Nanowire Based Li-Ion Battery

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
In recent years, there has been interest in silicon nanowires as an anode for Li-ion battery because of its large gravimetric capacity of 4200 mAh/g...

Mechanism of Li Adsorption On Carbon Nanotube-Fullerene Hybrid System: A First-Principles Study

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
The lithium (Li) adsorption mechanism on the metallic (5,5) single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-fullerene (C 60 ) hybrid material system is...

Inorganic Catalytic Nanofibers for the Production of Hydrogen Via Alkaline Hydrolysis of Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Here we propose to develop a farm-scale biorefining system that can convert cellulosic biomass into useable hydrogen gas. In particular, we focus on...

Sub-Picosecond Dynamics of Free Electrons in TiO2 Nanotubes

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 9, 2010
The sub-picosecond mobility and lifetime of free electrons injected into TiO2 nanotubes were probed with sub-picosecond temporal resolution using...

A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Hydrated Sulfonated Poly (Ether Ether Ketone) for Application to Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2010
S-PEEK has been known as one of the promising candidates for fuel cell application since it has high thermo-oxidative stability and extraordinary...

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