Session: Materials for Energy - Wednesday (65th Southwest Regional Meeting)

9:10 AM

100

Utilizing Scanning Probe Microscopy for Organic Photovoltaic Research
Ashley Kibel, Arizona State University; Shreya Bhattacharyya, Arizona State University; Paul A. Liddell, Arizona State University; Devens Gust, Arizona State University; Stuart Lindsay, Arizona State University

9:30 AM

101

A Design for Biofuels Processing Using Aquatic Biomass
Beverly A. Crawford, PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Carlsbad Operations; James Luginbyhl, PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Carlsbad Operations; Stephen Miehls, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Carlsbad Operations; Richard Aves, Cetane Energy LLC

9:50 AM

102

Charaterizing Electron Transport through Organic Photovoltaic Molecules Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Shreya Bhattacharyya, Arizona State University; Ashley Kibel, Arizona State University; Paul A. Liddell, Arizona State University; Devens Gust, Arizona State University; Stuart Lindsay, Arizona State University

10:10 AM

103

Dr
Paul A. Comet, BS., MS., PhD., Consultant

10:30 AM

Coffee

10:50 AM

104

Thermal Properties of Metallic Nanowires
Mark Holtz, Texas Tech University; Nenad Stojanovic, Texas Tech University; Jordan Berg, Texas Tech University; D.H.S. Maithripala, University of Peradeniya

11:20 AM

105

Studies of the Upconversion of Green to Blue Light by Solutions of Ruthenium(II) Photosensitizers and 9,10-Diphenylanthracene as Emitter
Kullatat Suwatpipat, Mississippi State University; Stephen C. Foster, Mississippi State University; William P. Henry, Mississippi State University

11:40 AM

106

Thin Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics Simulations
Jose Luis Cruz-Campa, Sandia National Laboratories; Murat Okandan, Sandia National Laboratories; Tammy Pluym, Sandia National Laboratories; Paul Resnick, Sandia National Laboratories; Ralph Young, Sandia National Laboratories; Robert Grubbs, Sandia National Laboratories; Gregory N. Nielson, PhD, Sandia National Laboratories

12:00 PM

107

Silicon Volatility and Transport in Aluminum Silicate Refractory for SOFC Applications
Paul S. Gentile, Ph.D. Candidate, Montana State University; Dr. Stephen Sofie, Montana State University; Dr. Richard Smith, Montana State University; Camas Key, Montana State University

12:20 PM

Lunch

1:20 PM

Plenary

2:30 PM

108

High Performance Nanowire Photovoltaic Materials
Usha Philipose, Ph.D, University of North Texas

2:50 PM

109

Metal-Organic Arogels: a New Clas of Aerogel Materials Formed by Coordinated Metal Clusters with Organic Ligands
Qiang Wei, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Hyunjeong Kim, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Dali Yang, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Robert P Currier, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Hongwu Xu, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Yusheng Zhao, Los Alamos National Laboratory

3:10 PM

110

Triarylamine-Based Conducting Polymer Electrodes for Supercapacitors
Mark E. Roberts, Sandia National Laboratories; David R. Wheeler, Sandia National Laboratories; Bonnie B. McKenzie, Sandia National Laboratories; Bruce C. Bunker, Sandia National Laboratories

3:30 PM

Coffee

3:50 PM

111

InxGa1-Xn for Energy Generation Using Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Technologies
Bed N. Pantha, Texas Tech University; Jing Li, Texas Tech University; Jingyu Lin, Texas Tech University; Hongxing Jiang, Texas Tech University

4:10 PM

112

Inhibition of Urinary Calculi- A Detailed Scientific Study
Jayesh R. Govani, The University of Texas at El Paso; Felicia S. Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso; William G. Durrer, The University of Texas at El Paso; Layra E. Reza, The University of Texas at El Paso; Luis A. Pinales, The University of Texas at El Paso

4:30 PM

Plenary

8:20 AM

98

Transition Metal Sulfide Catalytic Materials: 100 Years of Science and Application
Russell Chianelli, University of Texas at El Paso

8:50 AM

99

Atom-by-Atom Metrology of Nanostructured Catalysts
Domingo A. Ferrer, The University of Texas at Austin