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Acronymns
ACRONYMS | Meaning |
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a-Si:H | hydrogenated amorphous silicon |
AM | air mass |
AMOLED | Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Displays |
AO | All-Optical |
AOS | All-Optical Switching |
AOSP | All-Optical Signal Processing |
ASF | Anderson, Schultz, and Flory |
ATR | Attenuated Total Reflectance |
BOS | balance of system |
CB | conduction band |
CHP | combined heat and power |
COP | coefficient of performance |
CPV | concentrated photovoltaic |
dc | direct current |
DFT | Density functional theory |
DFWM | degenerate four wave mixing |
DNI | direct normal irradiation |
ECL | Electrogenerated chemiluminescence |
EFG | edge-defined film-fed growth |
EFISH | Electric-field induced second-harmonic generation |
EIA | Energy Information Administration |
EO | Electrooptic |
EPV | electrochemical photovoltaic |
ETL | Electron Injection/Transport Layer |
FRET | Forster Resonance Energy Transfer see FRET |
HCPV | high-concentration photovoltaic |
HHV | higher heating value |
HRS | Hyper Rayleigh Scattering |
HTL | Hole Transport Layer |
IR | infrared |
ITO | indium tin oxide |
IZO | Indium Zinc Oxide |
LAP | Laser Assisted Poling |
LC | Liquid crystal |
LE | Luminous Efficiency |
LH1/LH2 | light-harvesting pigment/protein complexes |
MBE | molecular beam epitaxy |
MEG | multiple exciton generation |
MESP | minimum ethanol selling price |
MOCVD | metalorganic chemical vapor deposition |
MZI | Mach-Zehnder Interferometer |
NAE | National Academy of Engineering |
Nd:Yag | Neodymium doped Ytrium aluminum garnet- a type of laser |
NHE | normal hydrogen electrode |
NIL | nanoimprint lithography |
NIR | Near Infrared |
NLO | Non-linear optics |
NRC | National Research Council |
OEC | oxygen-evolving complex |
OFET | Organic field effect transistor |
OLED | organic light emitting diode |
OTDM | optical time division multiplexing |
OPV | organic photovoltaic (solar cell) |
PCET | proton-coupled electron transfer |
PC | Photonic crystal |
PCBM | Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester- A C60 Fullerene derivative used in heterojunctions |
PCM | phase change storage material |
PEC | photoelectrochemical |
PEDOT:PSS | Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)poly(styrenesulfonate) Organic_Heterojunctions_in_Solar_Cells |
PEM | proton exchange membrane |
PET | Polyethylene terephthalate |
PMMA | Polymethylmethacrylate |
PPV or P3HT | Polyphenylvinylene |
PRD | priority research directions |
PT | polythiophene |
PV | photovoltaic |
R&D | research and development |
RC | reaction center |
SAML | Self-assembled monolayers |
SHG | Second Harmonic Generation |
SLO | Spatial Light Modulation |
TCO | transparent conducting oxide |
TCNL | Thermochemical Nanolithography |
TFT | Thin-Film Transistor |
THG | Third Harmonic Generation |
TM | Transverse Mode |
TMS | theoretical modeling and simulation |
TPA | (Or 2PA) Two Photon Absorption |
TPF | Two Photon Fluoresence |
TPV | thermophotovoltaic |
UPS | Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy |
U.S. | United States |
UV | ultraviolet |
WOLED | White organic light-emitting diode |
XAFS | X-ray absorption fine-structure (spectroscopy) |
XPS | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
ZT | thermoelectric figure of merit |
DOE | Department of Energy |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
NSDL | National Science Digital Library aka National STEM Distributed Learning |