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Carbon nanotubes for power applications by Raffaelle, R.P., Landi, B.J., Harris, J.D., Bailey, S.G., Hepp, A.F.

“…Carbon nanotubes have been found to possess a wide variety of extremely remarkable properties, most notably high electrical and thermal conductivity,…”
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Modeling Laterally-Contacted nipi-Diode Radioisotope Batteries by Cress, C.D., Landi, B.J., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…A framework for modeling the power generation of laterally-contacted n-type/intrinsic/p-type/intrinsic (nipi) diodes coupled with an alpha-particle…”
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Electrodeposited CdS on CIS pn junctions by Raffaelle, R.P., Forsell, H., Potdevin, T., Friedfeld, R., Mantovani, J.G., Bailey, S.G., Hubbard, S.M., Gordon, E.M., Hepp, A.F.

“…We have been investigating the electrochemical deposition of thin films and junctions of cadmium sulfide (CdS) and copper indium diselenide (CIS). We show that…”
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Photovoltaic development for alpha voltaic batteries by Bailey, S.G., Wilt, D.M., Castro, S.L., Cress, C.D., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…An alpha voltaic battery utilizes a radioactive substance, which emits energetic alpha particles, that is coupled to a semiconductor p/n junction diode. Alpha…”
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InAs quantum dot development for enhanced InGaAs space solar cells by Sinharoy, S., King, C.W., Bailey, S.G., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…The metamorphic or lattice mis-matched triple junction cell under development by ERI and its partners has an InGaAs junction (bottom cell) of the three-cell…”
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Scanning tunneling microscopy of electrodeposited CuInSe2 nanoscale multilayers by Raffaelle, R.P., Mantovani, J.G., Friedfeld, R.

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Single-wall carbon nanotube-polymer solar cells by Landi, Brian J., Raffaelle, Ryne P., Castro, Stephanie L., Bailey, Sheila G.

“…Investigation of single‐wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)–polymer solar cells has been conducted towards developing alternative lightweight, flexible devices for…”
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Minimum performance criteria for quantum well based junctions in multi-junction solar cells by Ekins-Daukes, N.J., Raffaelle, R.P., Barnham, K.W.J., Ballard, I.M., Freundlich, A., Yamaguchi, M.

“…A systematic survey of the opportunities for incorporating quantum well structures into multi-junction space cells is presented. The quantum well solar cell…”
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CdSe quantum dot-single wall carbon nanotube complexes for polymeric solar cells by Landi, B.J., Castro, S.L., Ruf, H.J., Evans, C.M., Bailey, S.G., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…The development of lightweight, flexible polymeric solar cells which utilize nanostructured materials has been investigated. Incorporation of quantum dots…”
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Quantum dot solar cells by Raffaelle, Ryne P., Castro, Stephanie L., Hepp, Aloysius F., Bailey, Sheila G.

“…We have been investigating the synthesis of quantum dots of CdSe, CuInS2, and CuInSe2 for use in an intermediate bandgap solar cell. We have prepared a variety…”
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Development and characterization of single wall carbon nanotube–Nafion composite actuators by Landi, B.J., Raffaelle, R.P., Heben, M.J., Alleman, J.L., VanDerveer, W., Gennett, T.

“…The development and characterization of thin film polymeric actuators has been performed for single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)–Nafion composite systems…”
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Electrodeposition of CuInxGa1-xSe2 thin films by FRIEDFELD, R, RAFFAELLE, R. P, MANTOVANI, J. G

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Characterization of quantum dot enhanced solar cells for concentrator photovoltaics by Hubbard, S.M., Bailey, C.G., Aguinaldo, R., Polly, S., Forbes, D.V., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…The addition of quantum dots (QDs) or quantum wells (QW) to a solar cell allows one to extend the absorption spectrum of the solar cell to match spectral…”
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Multi-Junction Solar Cell Spectral Tuning with Quantum Dots by Raffaelle, R.P., Sinharoy, S., Andersen, J., Wilt, D.M., Bailey, S.G.

“…We have theoretically analyzed the potential efficiency improvement to multi-junction solar cell efficiencies which are available through the incorporation of…”
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Multi-junction polymer solar cells by Anctil, A., Landi, B.J., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…Efficiency of organic solar cells is limited by their poor match to the solar spectrum, particularly in the near-infrared region. The development of devices…”
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Chemical vapor deposition for ultralightweight thin-film solar arrays by Hepp, A.F., Raffaelle, R.P., Banger, K.K., Jin, M.H., Lau, J.E., Harris, J.D., Cowen, J.E., Duraj, S.A.

“…The development of thin-film solar cells on flexible, lightweight, space-qualified substrates provides an attractive cost solution to fabricating solar arrays…”
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Electrodeposition of CuIn xGa 1− xSe 2 thin films by Friedfeld, R., Raffaelle, R.P., Mantovani, J.G.

“…CuIn x Ga 1− x Se 2 (CIGS) polycrystalline thin films with various Ga to In ratios were grown using a new two-step electrodeposition process. This process…”
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The effect of Te as a surfactant on OMVPE of InAs quantum dots by Forbes, D.V., Bailey, C.G., Polly, S., Hubbard, S.M., Maurer, W., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…The state of the art in space solar cells utilizes epitaxially grown III-V multijunction cells with champion devices exceeding 30% efficiency under 1-sun. An…”
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Analysis of strain compensated GaAs-based InAs QD solar cells by Cress, C.D., Hubbard, S.M., Maximenko, S.I., Bailey, C.G., Forbes, D.V., Raffaelle, R.P., Twigg, M.E., Walters, R.J.

“…A suite of characterization techniques including electron beam induced current and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy in cooperation with current…”
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Effect of barrier thickness on strain balanced InAs/GaAs QD solar cells by Bailey, C.G., Hubbard, S.M., Forbes, D.V., Aguinaldo, R., Cress, C.D., Polly, S.J., Raffaelle, R.P.

“…The effect of the thickness of the barrier layers between quantum dots (QD) in a vertically stacked QD array has been studied using both simulation and…”
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