Acronyms

Acronymns

ACRONYMS	Meaning
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
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
DNI	direct normal irradiation
ECL	Electrogenerated chemiluminescence
EFG	edge-defined film-fed growth
EIA	Energy Information Administration
EO	Electro-optic
EPV	electrochemical photovoltaic
ETL	Electron Injection/Transport Layer
HCPV	high-concentration photovoltaic
HHV	higher heating value
HRS	Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering
IR	infrared
ITO	indium tin oxide
IZO	Indium Zinc Oxide
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
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
PCM	phase change storage material
PEC	photoelectrochemical
PEM	proton exchange membrane
PET	Polyethylene terephthalate
PMMA	Polymethylmethacrylate
PPV	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	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