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David C. Miller
Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Publications - 161
Citations - 8482
David C. Miller is an academic researcher from National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Photovoltaic system & Thin film. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 159 publications receiving 7512 citations. Previous affiliations of David C. Miller include North Carolina State University & Hoffmann-La Roche.
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Deformation and Failure of Small-scale Structures
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Correlation of advanced accelerated stress testing with polyamide-based photovoltaic backsheet field-failures
Michael Owen-Bellini,David C. Miller,Laura T. Schelhas,Stephanie L. Moffitt,Donald R. Jenket,Ashley M. Maes,James Y. Hartley,Todd Karin,Peter Hacke +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between different stress testing protocols and the field-aged samples was made to validate relevance of the advanced stress tests, and it was shown that the changes induced through combined-accelerated stress testing (C-AST) were most representative of changes induced by the field.
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Thermally induced change in deformation of multimorph MEMS structures
TL;DR: In this article, the process used to increase deformation of a multimorph MEMS structure is described, and characterized according to the part's geometry, and the implications of the so-called heat treatment mechanism are discussed in terms of MEMS device reliability, manufacture and packaging, as well as design.
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Galvanically coupled gold/silicon-on-insulator microstructures in hydrofluoric acid electrolytes: finite element simulation and morphological analysis of electrochemical corrosion
TL;DR: In this paper, a finite element method (FEM) enabled simulation is used to model the galvanic corrosion process on Si microsystems exposed to hydrofluoric acid (HF)-based solutions, where a galvanic couple is formed between the Si and metallic overlayers (cathode), such as gold (Au).
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Moving toward quantifying reliability - the next step in a rapidly maturing PV industry
Sarah Kurtz,T. Sample,John H. Wohlgemuth,Wei Zhou,Nick Bosco,Joerg Althaus,Nancy H. Phillips,Michael G. Deceglie,Chris Flueckiger,Peter Hacke,David C. Miller,Michael D. Kempe,Masaaki Yamamichi,Michio Kondo +13 more
TL;DR: Current needs for new tests, some challenges for defining those tests, and some of the key efforts toward development of international standards are summarized, emphasizing that meaningful quantification of reliability must be done in the context of a specific product with design parameters defined through a quality management system.