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        Spotlight: Using Robots to Assess Photovoltaic Cells
                        October 4, 2023How can we make photovoltaic cells (such as those used for solar panels) work more efficiently, even in diffuse or indirect light?
  Spotlight: Maria Munoz’s Journey Into Spectroscopy Took Her Around the World
                        November 1, 2022To reach this point, NIST postdoctoral researcher Maria Munoz journeyed across borders and seas. Take a trip with us as we trace her career path from elementary
  NIST Researcher Helps Industry with Testing Interoperability between Grid and Renewables
                        November 1, 2022In October 2022, NIST researcher Cuong Nguyen contributed his testing expertise at the OpenFMB PlugFest 2.0 , held at the Duke Energy Mount Holly facility in

    

  
  

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        Nanoscale Functional and Structural Characterization of Thin-Film Inorganic Solar Cells
                  CompletedLarge-scale implementation of solar power generation requires photovoltaic (PV) devices with efficiency-to-cost ratios better than existing silicon-based solar
  Multiscale structure and dynamics in advanced technological materials
                  OngoingThis project develops and applies metrologies and standards for characterizing microstructure and dynamics in advanced functional materials of technological
  Electron-Beam Irradiation of Solar Cells
                  OngoingThe Dosimetry Group operates a system capable of performing electron beam processing, which consists of a Van de Graaff electron accelerator and a sample
  Power Conditioning Systems for Renewables, Storage, and Microgrids
                  OngoingThis project develops the measurement science necessary to support the widespread use of advanced power electronics to provide new functionality in the smart

    

  
  

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        Non-resonant phase sensitive approach for time resolved microwave conductivity in photoactive thin films
                        February 7, 2024
                  Author(s)
                                Jasleen K  Bindra,   Pragya  Shrestha,   Sebastian  Engmann,   Chad  Cruz,   David  Gundlach,   Emily  Bittle,   Jason  CampbellTime-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) is a contactless technique utilized for the investigation of carrier density, transport properties, trapping
  Comparison of U3Si2 and U-10Mo LEU-Fueled Reactor Cores for the Preconceptual NIST Neutron Source Design
                        November 25, 2023
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                                Osman  Celikten,   Abdullah  Weiss,   Dagistan  SahinThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) is one of the primary U.S. national research facilities that hosts
  EOS-CG-2021: A Mixture Model for the Calculation of Thermodynamic Properties of CCS Mixtures
                        November 16, 2023
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                                Tobias  Neumann,   Stefan  Herrig,   Ian  Bell,   Robin  Beckmüller,   Eric W.  Lemmon,   Monika  Thol,   Roland  SpanThermodynamic properties for CCS-relevant mixtures can be calculated with the fundamental equation of state presented in this work over wide ranges of pressure
  The 2023 Status Update on the LEU Conversion of the NBSR
                        November 15, 2023
                  Author(s)
                                Abdullah  Weiss,   Osman  Celikten,   Dagistan  Sahin,   Anil  Gurgen,   Thomas H. Newton

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        AFUEBF Program
                        October 15, 2015CALCULATION OF ANNUAL FUEL UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL CENTRAL FURNACES AND BOILERS The AFUEBF program available at this website can be used to
  LoopDA
                        March 13, 2012LoopDA is a natural ventilation design tool developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Version 3.0 is an update to the original version 1

    

  
  

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        Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport PropertiesDescription The Seebeck coefficient is a widely measured transport property that provides fundamental information on charge carrier transport and the electronic
  Material Analysis Using Neutron Depth ProfilingLight elements such as helium, lithium, boron, and nitrogen are essential constituents in materials that enable energy technologies; lithium ion batteries

    

  
  

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