... as Rsh ofthecell is in the order of MX.cm2 The short circuit current increases by a factor of three due to the decrease of Rs Contact and Sheet Resistances To identify the origin ofthe large ... regions as the annealing improves the contact ofthe Al shunts to both p- and n-regions ofthecell thus shorting thecell more effectively To overcome this problem, thecell was immersed in 42.5% H3PO4 ... possible solutions include reduction ofthe barrier height and thickness ofthequantum mechanical tunnelling barrier, modification ofthe composition ofthecell s absorber material, improved Si...
... for samples A and B The photo currents and open-circuit voltages of these samples with annealed QDs decrease The blueshift ofthesolar response spectra is probably due to the change of InAs composition, ... growth ofthe devices and COMcP carried out electronic characterization ofthe devices ETY and DMS conceived ofthe study, and participated in its design and coordination All authors read and approved ... C and D contain annealed QDs without and with AlAs capping, respectively In order to distinguish the difference of these four types of samples, they are summarized in Table The morphology of the...
... aspects of channelling andthe effects of subcompartmentation ofthe cycle were not explored Hence, the aims ofthe current work were to: (a) extend this model in the widely available and readily ... amounts of unlabelled urea cycle intermediates were added to the cells, in order to assess the influence of these added substrates on the rate of urea synthesis Model Written in Mathematica, the basic ... Simulating the effect ofthe addition of mM unlabelled arginine on the distribution of radioactivity in cytoplasmic intermediates ofthe urea cycle As the pattern of distribution of radioactivity...
... stability of organic solar cells, further research and development are needed in the theoretical understanding of device physics, the design and synthesis of new materials, the development of new ... Ncv is the e ective density of states for both electrons and holes, Vb is the built-in voltage ofthe cell, kB is the Boltzmann constant, and T is the temperature Since the exact values ofthe e ... donor/acceptor volume fractions The cross-sectional shape ofthe pillars, on the other hand, has no major in uence on the performance of this type ofsolar cells Based on these closed-form structure-property...
... detailed mathematical model further quantified the effects of geometry andthe presence of other solutes on the tortuosity ofthe extracellular space The work categorized the effects into geometric and ... single cell seeding density of 10 cells/ml and 20000 cells/ml The number of neurospheres formed was counted at the end of days of culture The number of neurospheres formed at the end of culture ... lack of ECM anchorage [48, 49] The results of single -cell analysis experiments are defined retrospectively by the progeny ofthe plated celland depends on the survival capacity ofthe isolated cell, ...
... was the electrical conductivity, R was the tested value of resistivity, S was the area ofthe effective measuring electrode, and h was the thickness ofthe samples It is found that the s of AZO ... to the high s ofthe flake-like AZO nanostructures Previous works had reported the s of un-doped and Al-doped ZnO whiskers synthesized via hydrothermal method The conductivities of un-doped and ... method The effects ofthe electrical property and morphology characteristics of flake-like AZO nanostructures on the performance ofthe IOSC devices were investigated It is found that the PCE of the...
... The IPCE peak height at 510 nm for the 10 wt.% TiO2/TNT cell is 53.3%, which is much higher than the values of 15.1% obtained for the 100 wt.% TNT celland 37.2% for thecell without TNT Furthermore, ... SEM image ofthe TiO2 electrode film (Figure 3b) was also captured The top part is the TiO2 electrode film The middle one is the FTO layer, andthe lowest one is the glass substrate The electrode ... easily inside the film, increasing the interfacial contact between the nanotubes, the dye, andthe electrolyte In addition, a high level of dye adsorption on TiO2 in the form of nanorods and nanotubes...
... dependent on the absorption range ofthe dye used as well as rate of recombination ofthe generated photoelectrons The integration ofthe IPCE spectrum gives the Jsc ofthe device The IPCE is often ... crystalline silicon solar cells Table 1.2 Comparison of various types ofsolar cells and their challenges[4, 30] acells with active area of at least cm2 Efficiency (%) SolarCell Type Cella Challenges ... represents the energy loss to internal resistance ofthecell iv Light to Power Conversion Efficiency (η) The efficiency ofthecell is defined as the ratio ofthe measured output power (Pm) to the...
... Figure 1-12 and FF is the fill factor which defines the ideality ofthesolarcell towards the maximum potential power able to be generated by thesolarcell Spectral mismatch calibration and correction ... group andthe drop-on-demand (DOD) group In the history of inkjet printing (IJP), the continuous group is the predecessor ofthe DOD group in the graphics industry Both continuous and drop-on-demand ... without the unwavering support of my thesis advisors Prof Chua Soo Jin and Prof Peter Ho I also wish to thank Prof Sam Li for kindly agreeing to be the chair of my thesis advisory committee and providing...
... ofthe SiOx film The solid diamonds are the mean value ofthe corresponding solarcell parameter For the ease of comparison ofthe four graphs, the Y-axis of each graph was scaled such that the ... of c-Si solar cells Using simulations with the device simulator PC1D, the impact of reduced surface recombination on the efficiency of c-Si solar cells is demonstrated Finally, the state -of- the- art ... characteristic ofthesolarcell In addition to the loss mechanisms that limit the efficiency potential of a c-Si solarcell to approximately 29%, other losses which further decrease the efficiency...
... the IS response of DSCs.[105, 125, 127] resistance ofthe substrate and CE, substrate and TiO2, transport resistance, andandand is the series stands for the interface impedance between is the ... shows the evolution ofthe photovoltaic characteristics of two cells upon aging, one containing the LI electrolyte andthe other containing the TF electrolyte Due to the presence of M Li in the ... that most ofthe materials in DSCs are photoelectrochemically stable and assume thecell is well sealed, the ‐ 46 ‐ Chapter degradation of PCE and variation of , and FF must stem from the instability...
... bold) The heading designates the type of load parameter varied andthe range of variation relative to the normal value ofthe reference state The last four columns show the percentage ofthe total ... sufciently well for changes ofthe external concentrations of glucose and lactate The reason is that the metabolism of this cell is controlled by the demand for energy and redox equivalents, and not ... excel In these calculations, the random variation ofthe concentrations of reactants preserved the conservation rules ofthe system, e.g constancy ofthe total concentration of adenine and pyridine...
... source of equilibrium disturbance due to the thermal interaction between the body andthe fluid The reason for this process is that there are thermal interactions between the body andthe medium The ... (~, ~) are the components ofthe fluid velocity along the (5, y)-axes, T is the fluid temperature, ~ is the pressure, kI is the thermal conductivity ofthe fluid and P r is the Prandtl number ... to the theory of hydrostatic equilibrium This leads to the process ofthe redistribution ofthe density which takes on the character of a continuous mutual substitution of fluid elements The...
... while the negative will go to the most remote part ofthe system consisting ofthe metal ofthethe wire andthe ground, i.e the negative be on the disc, electroscope, will go to the ground andthe ... V" andthe all E when the second conductor has the charge the other conductors are without charge then ; , and P all when the E conductor has the charge lt the second the charge and all the other ... linear dimension of either ofthe bodies, the repulsion between them is proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square ofthe distance between them This law...
... reliability study ofthe Barthel Index, the Rivermead Mobility Index, the Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale andthe Frenchay Activities Index in stroke patients Disability and rehabilitation ... and EQ-5D items the frequency of each possible response was computed to identify whether responses were distributed across the range of possible scores or whether they were at either end ofthe ... For 11 out of 15 items ofthe FAI, kappa was >0.80 and was between 0.60 and 0.80 for the remaining items Similarly kappa for each ofthe EQ-5D domain items were either between 0.60 and 0.80 (3/5)...
... levels of CHD severity with sex, the scales ofthe SAQ and CCS angina severity class and a smaller relationship with age and ETT The variation seen in the relationship between the EQ-5D indexand these ... sensitivity ofthe EQ-5D index at the upper end ofthe range will need to be kept in mind when studying patients early in the course of cardiac disease and patients post-treatment EQ-5D indexand age The ... capacity and objective assessment of patients with diseases ofthe heart classification systems The table outlines the definitions ofthe different classification levels ofthe CCS and NYHA classifications...
... assumes that the EQ-5D covers all important aspects ofthe latent health construct that the ISI is intended to measure Hence, the strength ofthe mapping function is underpinned by the degree of overlap ... responsiveness ofthe estimates could not be assessed in the present study It is therefore unclear whether themathematical links reported in this study would vary over time Fifth, the current study ... stronger impact on utility than others It was beyond the scope ofthe present analysis to capture a more detailed quantification of these effects Rather, an approximation ofthe EQ-5D utility values...
... climate are the main sources ofthe final error In addition, the low presence of some tree species in the source data set negatively influenced the accuracy ofthe results Theoretically, the standard ... the current relative utilization of wood-production function ofthe forests Methodologically, theindex is based upon mathematical models of forest growth (stand growth tables), proportions of ... on the meta-analysis of worldwide relevant and statistically well- founded published findings ofthe growth of 46 tree species in pure and mixed stands It was found that height growth rates of...
... reflectance ofthe canopy andthe understorey is presented in figure The increase in the canopy PAR reflectance at the beginning and at the end ofthe day is due to the interception ofthe top ofthe ... terms ofthe radiation balance in the PAR above and below the canopy for clear weather (day 193) as a function ofthe hour ofthe day The transmission ofthe incident PAR varies with thesolar ... studied the relationship between the PAR andthesolar radiation These studies tend to show that the ratio between the PAR andthesolar radiation depends on solar elevation, sky conditions and dewpoint...
... investigators ofthe ARIC study and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views ofthe ARIC study or the NHLBI The coauthors had full access to all ofthe data in the study and take responsibility ... of follow-up was used as the underlying time metric For deaths, the exit date was the date of death reported on the death certificate and, for survivors, the exit date was the date on which the ... designed the study, performed and interpreted the data analysis, and drafted the manuscript DED interpreted the data analysis and revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final...