166
40th IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
(916-P37)
A Statistical Analysis on the Cell Parameters
Responsible for Power Degradation of Fielded PV
Modules in a Hot-Dry Climate.
Suryanarayana Vasantha
Janakeerama, Jaspreet Singh, Joseph Kuitche, Jaya
Krishna Mallineni, GovindaSamy TamizhMani.
Arizona State
University- Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory, Mesa, AZ,
USA.
(917-P38)
Arc Fault Signal Detection - Fourier
Transformation vs. Wavelet Decomposition Techniques
using Synthesized Data.
Zhan Wang
1
, Stephen
McConnell
1
, Robert S. Balog
1
, Jay Johnson
2
.
1
Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX, USA,
2
Sandia National
Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
(918-P39)
Failure and Degradation Modes and Rates
of PV Modules in a Hot-Dry Climate: Results after 16
years of field exposure.
Karan Rao Yedidi, Sai Tatapudi,
Jaya Krishna Mallineni, Brett Knisely, Joseph Kuitche,
Govindasamy Tamizhmani.
ASU, Mesa, AZ, USA.
Special Event
12:00 - 1:30 PM
MR 501
Women in PV Luncheon
Area 1 - Orals
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Ballroom 1AB
Two-step Photon Absorption Concepts and Implementation
Chair(s): Gergely Zimanyi, Alexandre Freundlich
1:30
(919) Spectrally resolved interband and
intraband transitions by two-step photon
absorption in InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot solar
cells
Ryo Tamaki, Yasushi Shoji, Yoshitaka Okada,
Kenjiro Miyano
Research Center for Advanced Science and
Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo,
Tokyo, Japan
2:00
(920) New Nanostructured Materials for Efficient
Photon Upconversion
Diane G. Sellers
1
, Steve Polly
2
, Yujun Zhong
1
, Eric
Chen
1
, Seth Hubbard
2
, Joshua M.O. Zide
1
, Matthew
F. Doty
1
1
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA,
2
NanoPower Research Labs, Rochester Institute of
Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
2:15
(921) Analysis and Design of Core-Shell
Upconverting Nanostructures (CSUNs)
Mark A. Wistey, Victor Patel, Meng Qi, William A.
O’Brien, Joseph L. Loof, Anthony J. Erdman, Chad
Stephenson
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
