Nobel Symposium 153
Subtitle: nanoscale energy converters : Örenäs Castle, Sweden, 12-16 August 2012
By: editors, Heiner Linke, Magnus Borgström, Tönu Pullerits, Lars Samuelson, Villy Sundström, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Olle Inganäs, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden ; sponsoring organizations, The Nobel Foundation through its Nobel Symposia Fund
Contributors: Linke, H. (Heiner), editor of compilation; Borgström, Magnus, editor of compilation; Pullerits, Tönu, editor of compilation; Samuelson, Lars, editor of compilation; Sundström, Villy, editor of compilation; Inganäs, Olle, editor of compilation; Nobelstiftelsen
Series: AIP conference proceedings -- 1519; AIP conference proceedings -- no. 1519.
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Melville, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781629936833; 9780735411425
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Direct energy conversion; Congresses; Nanotechnology; Nanoscience
Other titles: Nanoscale energy converters
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nanoscale energy converters  -- Heiner Linke; title: A great solar cell also needs to be a great LED: external fluorescence leads to new efficiency record  -- Eli Yablonovitch, Owen D. Miller, and Sarah R. Kurtz; title: Inorganic nanophotovoltaics  -- Martin A. Green; title: Nanophotonic design principles for ultrahigh efficiency photovoltaics  -- Harry Atwater [and eight others]; title: Multijunction solar cells for concentrator applications  -- J. M. Olson; title: LEDs for lighting: the physical and materials basis  -- Claude Weisbuch; title: Ultra-efficient solid-state lighting: likely characteristics, economic benefits, technological approaches  -- J. Y. Tsao; title: Overview of thermoelectrics for thermal to electrical energy conversion  -- Mildred Dresselhaus; title: Diffusive and ballistic thermo-electric transport  -- Ali Shakouri; title: Semiconductors for thermoelectric and spin-thermal solid-state energy conversion  -- Joseph P. Heremans; title: Plastic solar cells: self-assembly of bulk heterojunction nano-materials by spontaneous phase separation  -- Alan J. Heeger; title: Organic semiconductor LEDs and photovoltaic diodes  -- Richard Friend; title: Molecular understanding of organic solar cells: the challenges  -- Jean-Luc Bredas; title: Nanostructured photosystems for the generation of electricity and fuels from sunlight  -- Michael Grätzel; title: Solar fuels  -- Smaranda C. Marinescu [and three others]; title: Artificial photosynthesis combines biology with technology for sustainable energy transformation  -- Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, and Devens Gust; title: Molecular switches and motors  -- Ben L. Feringa; title: Tailoring assembled systems for light harvesting and energy conversion  -- Takuzo Aida; title: Molecular machinery built from DNA  -- Jonathan Bath and Andrew J. Turberfield; title: Stochastic thermodynamics and the efficiency of molecular machines  -- Udo Seifert; title: The second law of thermodynamics at the nanoscale -- Christopher Jarzynski.