Acronymns
| ACRONYMS
|
Meaning
|
| a-Si:H
|
hydrogenated amorphous silicon
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| AM
|
air mass
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| AMOLED
|
Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Displays
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| AO
|
All-Optical
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| AOS
|
All-Optical Switching
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| ASF
|
Anderson, Schultz, and Flory
|
| BOS
|
balance of system
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| CB
|
conduction band
|
| CHP
|
combined heat and power
|
| COP
|
coefficient of performance
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| CPV
|
concentrated photovoltaic
|
| dc
|
direct current
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| DFT
|
direct normal irradiation
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| DNI
|
Density functional theory
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| ECL
|
Electrogenerated chemiluminescence
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| EFG
|
edge-defined film-fed growth
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| EIA
|
Energy Information Administration
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| EO
|
Electro-optic
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| EPV
|
electrochemical photovoltaic
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| ETL
|
Electron Injection/Transport Layer
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| HCPV
|
high-concentration photovoltaic
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| HHV
|
higher heating value
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| HRS
|
Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering
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| IR
|
infrared
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| ITO
|
Indium Tin Oxide
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| IZO
|
Indium Zinc Oxide
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| LC
|
Liquid crystal
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| LE
|
Luminous Efficiency
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| LH1/LH2
|
light-harvesting pigment/protein complexes
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| MBE
|
molecular beam epitaxy
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| MEG
|
multiple exciton generation
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| MESP
|
minimum ethanol selling price
|
| MOCVD
|
metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
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| NAE
|
National Academy of Engineering
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| NHE
|
normal hydrogen electrode
|
| NIR
|
Near Infrared
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| NLO
|
Non-linear optics
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| NRC
|
National Research Council
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| OEC
|
oxygen-evolving complex
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| OFET
|
Organic field effect transistor
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| OLED
|
organic light emitting diode
|
| OPV
|
organic photovoltaic (solar cell)
|
| PCET
|
proton-coupled electron transfer
|
| PC
|
Photonic crystal
|
| PCM
|
phase change storage material
|
| PEC
|
photoelectrochemical
|
| PEM
|
proton exchange membrane
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| PMMA
|
Polymethylmethacrylate
|
| PRD
|
priority research directions
|
| PV
|
photovoltaic
|
| R&D
|
research and development
|
| RC
|
reaction center
|
| SAML
|
Self-assembled monolayers
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| SLO
|
Spatial Light Modulation
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| TCO
|
transparent conducting oxide
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| TCNL
|
Thermochemical Nanolithography
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| TFT
|
Thin-Film Transistor
|
| TM
|
Transverse Mode
|
| TMS
|
theoretical modeling and simulation
|
| TPV
|
thermophotovoltaic
|
| UPS
|
Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy
|
| U.S.
|
United States
|
| UV
|
ultraviolet
|
| WOLED
|
White organic light-emitting diode
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| XAFS
|
X-ray absorption fine-structure (spectroscopy)
|
| XPS
|
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
|
| ZT
|
thermoelectric figure of merit
|
Agencies, Programs and Institutions
| ACRONYMS
|
Meaning
|
| DOE
|
Department of Energy
|
|IPCC
|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
|-
|NSDL
|National Science Digital Library aka National STEM Distributed Learning
|}
Common Variables and Constants
| μ
|
dipole moment (mu)
|
| α
|
linear polarizability (alpha)
|
| r33
|
electro-optic activity (chi 33)(FM= 1000 pm/V)
|
| χ3
|
third order hyperpolarizability (alpha)(FM= 6-7 x 10-21(m/V)2)
|
Units
|
°C
|
degree(s) Celsius
|
| $/kW
|
dollar(s) per kilowatt
|
| μm
|
micrometer(s)
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| μs
|
microsecond(s)
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| Å
|
angstrom(s)
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| amp
|
ampere(s)
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| as
|
attaseconds- one quintillionth of a second
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| Bbl
|
billion barrels
|
| cm
|
centimeter(s)
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| cm/min
|
centimeter(s) per minute
|
| eV
|
electron volt(s)
|
| fs
|
femtosecond(s)
|
| gal
|
gallon(s)
|
| Gha
|
gigahectare(s)
|
| GJ
|
gigajoule(s)
|
| Gtons
|
gigatons (109 tons = 1 billion tons)
|
| GW
|
gigawatt(s) (109 W = 1 billion watts)
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| kg
|
kilogram(s)
|
| kWh
|
kilowatt hour(s)
|
| kWth
|
kilowatt(s) (thermal)
|
| K
|
Kelvin
|
| L
|
liter(s)
|
| MHz
|
megahertz
|
| mm
|
millimeter(s)
|
| MW
|
megawatt(s) (106 W = 1 million watts)
|
| MWe
|
megawatt(s) (electric)
|
| MWth
|
megawatt(s) (thermal)
|
| MW/yr
|
megawatt(s) per year
|
| nm
|
nanometer(s)
|
| nm/s
|
nanometer(s) per second
|
| ps
|
picosecond(s)
|
| psi
|
pound(s) per square inch
|
| s
|
second(s)
|
| TW
|
terawatt(s) (1012 W = 1 trillion watts)
|
| W
|
watt(s)
|
| Wp
|
peak watt(s)
|
| yr
|
year(s)
|