1945 - 2003
(bulk dates 1961 - 1986)
Dates: 1963-1989 (bulk dates 1971-1985)
Contents: Correspondence, reports, and proposals.
Arrangement:
Series III is divided into two topical
subseries: Government Agencies and Utility Companies and
other Organizations. The first, Government Agencies, is
further divided into ten categories. Folder numbering is
sequential for the entire series.
Description:
Series III contains files related to grant-funded research
projects and contract work carried out by Karl Böer through
the departments of Physics and Engineering as well as
through the Institute of Energy Conversion. The funding
agencies are varied and include the Department of Energy
(DOE), the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) at DOE,
the United States military, NASA, and private corporations.
The files date from the early 1960s and continue through the
mid-1980s. One preliminary file in the series lists Böer’s
sponsored research projects dating from 1963-1965.
The series documents Boer’s significant research in the properties of Cadmium Sulfide for conductivity and the theory of thin-film photovoltaics, both critical areas for the development of solar panels for energy conversion. Several of the projects supported by Utilities and other Organizations relate to the economics and delivery of solar energy.
III.A. Projects funded by Government Agencies: These files contain contract records, correspondence, financial reports, final copies of research proposals, final copies of quarterly and annual progress reports (for grants) and technical reports (for contracts). This subseries is divided into ten categories by funding organization: Air Force, Army DOE, NASA, NSF/RANN, Navy, Sandia National Labs, SERI, and miscellaneous other agencies. Within each of the ten categories the files are arranged according to project (when applicable). The ten categories are alphabetical, but within each category, the files are roughly chronological.
III.B. Utility Companies and other Organizations: The materials in this subseries are of the same nature as Series III.A. The subseries is organized alphabetically according to the name of the funding company
III. Grant/Contract Files and Research Proposals and Projects—Summary Outline
A. Government Agencies 1. Air Force Office of Scientific Research 2. Army Research Office 3. Department of Energy (DOE) 4. NASA 5. National Science Foundation (NSF) 6. National Science Foundation and Research Applied to National Needs (NSF/RANN) 7. Naval Research, Office of 8. Sandia National Laboratories 9. Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) 10. Miscellaneous Government Agencies B. Utility Companies and other Organizations
Box -- Folder -- Contents
Series III.A. Proposals and Projects
30 F1 Sponsored Research Projects (KWB)—1963-1965
Series III.A Government Agencies
III.A.1 Air Force Office of Scientific Research
F2 Air Force—CdS Solar Cells for Terrestrial Applications, 1972-1973
F3 Air Force—Surface & Interface Dipole Layers
III.A.2. Army Research Office
F4 Aberdeen—Characteristic Field Inhomogeneities in
Homogeneous Dielectrics in the Pre-breakdown
Range—Progress Reports, 1963-1967
F5 Aberdeen—Observation of Deep-Trap Modulation with
“Near” Band-Edge Light in Copper-Doped CdS Crystals
Aberdeen—Thermal and Photochemical Damage of II-VI
Photosensors, Especially CdS and CdSe
F6 Administrative Papers, 1963-1972
F7 Progress Reports, 1967-1969
F8 Proposals, 1967-1970
F9 Belvoir—CdS Solar Panels for Portable and Remote
Power—Proposal, 1972-1973
F10 Belvoir—Correspondence, 1967
F11 Belvoir—Influence of Infrared Irradiation on
Luminescence and Edge Absorption of CdS Controlled
by Characteristic Field Inhomogeneities in the Pre-
Breakdown Stage—Research Proposal, 1963-1964
F12 Belvoir—Solid-State Image Converter Using the
Franz-Keldysh Effect, 1967-1968
Durham—Characteristic Field Inhomogenities in
Homogenous Dielectrics in the Pre-Breakdown
Range—Technical Reports
F13 1
F14 2-10
F15 11-13
F16 14
F17 15-16
Durham—Field- and Current-Instabilities in
Semiconductors
F18 Proposals, 1969-1972
F19 Correspondence, 1964-1970
F20 Durham—Physics of Junctions re Binary Devices—Proposals, 1985-1988
F21 Durham—Semiconducting Glasses, Proposal 1971
F22 Durham—Surface Properties of CdS and Their
Influence on Electrical Conductance, External
Photoeffect, and Field Instabilities—Proposal and
Revised Budget, 1966-1969
F23 Monmouth—CdS Solar Panels for Portable and Remote Use, 1972-1973
F24 Triangle Park-- Mobility Influence in
Junctions—Funding Request, 1985
F25 Army—Technical Report Lists
III.A.3 Department of Energy (DOE)
Theory of Thin-Film Photovoltaics
31 F26 DOE—Theory of Thin-Film Photovoltaics, 1979
F27 Proposals, 1979-1980
F28 Contractor Review, 1979
F29 Conference, 1979
F30 Disposition of Documents, 1979-1980
F31 Finance Statement, 1979-1981
F32 Second Year Contract, 1980
F33 Monthly Reports, 1979-1980
F34 Eight-Month Report
F35 Final Report, 1980
F36 DOE/SERI—Heterojunction Interfaces, 1979
F37 DOE/SERI—Junction Recombination, 1979
III.A.4. NASA
F38 CIT & Jet Propulsion Lab—Contract and Correspondence, 1968
F39 Infrared Detection by Reconfiguration of High
Field Domains in CdS—Technical Report #11, 1972
F40 Phase Change Thermal Storage, 1972-1973
F41 Photoemf in Cadmium Sulfide—Final Report, 1971
F42 Photovoltaic Effect in Cadmium Sulphide—Progress
Reports, 1969-1970
F43 Photovoltaic Effect in Cadmium Sulphide—Final Report, 1970
F44 Sensitive Infrared Detection Using the Tyagi
Method, 1971-1972
F45 Solar Energy Conversion, 1971-1972
F46 Testing of CdS Solar Cell—Contract and
Correspondence, 1971-1972
F47 Theoretical Investigation of Recombination Centers
in Gallium Arsenide—Final Report, 1973
X-Ray and Electron Damage, and Photochemical Reactions in
CdS Single Crystals and Layers, and Annealing of These Defects—NSG 573
F48 Correspondence, 1965-1969
Progress Reports
F49 1964-1967
F50 1969-1970 (includes photographic negatives)
Technical Reports
F51 Lists
F52 1-3
F53 4-7
F54 8-9
F55 10-14
F56 15-16
III.A.5. National Science Foundation—(NSF)
32 F57 Advanced Solar Energy Collector Heating and Cooling Systems—
Category A-5
F58 Alternative Strategies and Methods for Conserving Energy, 1973
F59 Cooperative R & D Experiment for Stimulative R & D
in the Traditional Industries, 1973
F60 Correspondence (Including letters regarding NSF
audit of IEC)
F61 Data Acquisition of Solar One, 1973-1974
F62 Development of Cd2SnO4 Films for Use in Solar
Energy Conversion Devices, 1972
F63 Economies of Scale in Solar Heating and Cooling:
An Economic Analysis, 1974
F64 Field- and Current-Instabilities, 1970-1971
F65 Grant Information
F66 Internal Correspondence, Re: NSF reports
F67 Material Problems in Heterojunctions, 1974
F68 Mozaic Magazine Correspondence
F69 Non-Market Consumer Demand for Solar Energy
F70 Proposal Guidelines
F71 Site Visits, 1973 & 1974
F72 Solar Energy Collectors—Category A-1
F73 Solar Energy Conversion, 1971-1972
F74 Solar Energy Storage Subsystems—Category A-2
F75 Solar Heating, 1969 – 1970
F76 Technology Assessment of Terrestrial Solar Energy
Resource Development, 1973
III.A.6. NSF-Research Applied to National Needs (NSF-RANN)
Direct Solar Energy Conversion for Terrestrial Use Project
F77 Contracts & Grants, Report Instructions
F78 Contract Information
F79 Correspondence related to Direct Solar grant.
F80 Direct Solar Research Proposal—1972 (133 pps)
F81 Direct Solar Research Proposal—1972 (166 pps)
Direct Solar Energy Conversion for Terrestrial Use Project
F82 Direct Solar Research Proposal Addenda
F83 Direct Solar Grant Increase Request, 1973
Direct Solar Grant Continuation Requests
F84 1973-1974
F85 1974-1975
Direct Solar Progress Reports
F86 Annual & Quarterly Report—1972
F87 Quarterly Reports 3-4—1973
F88 Quarterly Reports 1-4—1974
33 F89 Quarterly Reports 1, 3-4—1975
F90 Direct Solar Monthly Progress Reports
F91 Direct Solar Monthly Financial Reports
F92 Direct Solar Special Progress Reports
Direct Solar Technical Reports
F93 Lists
F94 1973: 1-4
F95 5-8
F96 9
F97 10-15
F98 1974: 1-3
F99 1975: 1-4
F100 5
F101 6-7
F102 1976: 1
F103 Direct Solar Final Report—1975
F104 Direct Solar Final Report—1976
F105 Proposal—Use of Solar Energy for House Heating and Electric Power—1973
F106 Proposal—Solar Energy Space Cooling Subsystems
Series III.A.7 Naval Research, Office of (ONR)
F107 ONR—Electro-Optical Method for Investigation of
Field and Current Distributors in Semiconductors
and Layer-Like Field Distributors in
Photoconductors—Progress Reports, 1963-1970
F108 Distribution Lists for Reports; Visit Information
F109 Progress Report 1, 1963-1964
F110 Status Report 14-17, 1969-1970
Electro-Optical Method Technical Reports, 1966-1971
F111 1-8
F112 9
F113 10-13
34 F114 14-15
F115 16
F116 17-22
F117 23-30
F118 32
F119 33
F120 34-57
F121 Elector-Optical Method Technical Report Master Lists
F122 Electro-Optical Method Final Report, 1970
Electro-Optical Studies (continuation of Electro- Optical Method grant)
F123 Research Proposals 1971-1975
Electro-Optical Studies Tech. Reports, 1971-1973
F124 1-13
F125 14
F126 15
F127 16-20
F128 21
F129 28, 30, 32
F130 Electro-Optical Studies Status Report Lists, 1974
F131 Electro-Optical Studies Status Reports 1-21, 1974-1976
Various Other Projects
F132 The Physics of Junctions and the Influence of Boundaries
F133 Proposal—Carrier Transport in Semiconducting Devices
ONR—Correspondence
F134 1965-1972
F135 1974-1975
Series III.A.8 Sandia National Laboratories
F136 Carrier Transport Analysis in Junction
Devices—Proposal, 1987
F137 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell—Research Proposal, 1987
Crystalline Solar Cell Research
F138 Proposal, 1988
F139 Final Report, 1989
35 F140 Sil Solar—Finance Report, 1988
F141 Solar Cell Numerical Modeling
Series III.A.9. Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI)
F142 Kinetics of Current-Voltage Characteristics
F143 Operating Analysis of Solar Cells
Photovoltaics II
F144 No Cost Extension, 1980
F145 Effort Reports, 1979-1980
Finance Statement
F146 1983-1984
F147 1984-1985
F148 1985-1986
F149 1986-1987
F150 Monthly Cost Summary, 1979-1981
Polycrystalline Semiconductor Heterojunction Modelling
F151 Contract, 1985
F152 Proposals, 1983-1985
F153 Contract Management, 1980-1985
F154 Correspondence, 1980-1983
F155 Correspondence, 1980-1985
F156 Quarterly Technical Status Report
Technical Reports
F157 1981
F158 1983-1984
F159 1984-1985
F160 1985-1986
F161 Final Report, 1987
F162 Program Review at U Delaware, 1979
36 F163 Proposal—Operation Analysis of Solar Cells
Thin Film Photovoltaics
F164 Thin Film Correspondence, 1980 – 1984
F165 Tech. Status Report, 1980-1981
F166 Management Summary Report, 1983
F167 Theory of Thin Film Photovoltaics
F168 Heterojunction Interfaces, 1979
F169 Kinetics of Current-Voltage Characteristics, 1981
F170 Modeling of Solar Cells, 1985
F171 Design of Novel CdS/CuInSe2 Solar Cell Structure,
1987-1989
F172 SERI—Operation Analysis of Solar Cells, 1985
F173 Polycrys—Overview letter, 1986
Series III.A.10. Miscellaneous Government Agencies
F174 Advanced Research Project Agency (APRA)—Field-
and Current-Instabilities in Semiconductors
F175 APRA—Correspondence, 1967 – 1970
F176 Atomic Energy Commission—Solar Collector, 1974 –
1976
F177 Energy Research and Development Administration
(ERDA)—Monthly Progress Reports, 1976 – 1977
F178 HUD—Evaluation of a Solar Energized House
Performance and Analysis of its Environmental,
Economical, Social, and Legal Aspects, 1973
F179 National Bureau of Standards—System of Solar
Energy Conversion for Houses, 1972
F180 US Agency for International Development—Solar Rice
Dryer and Solar Cooker
Series III.B. Power Utilities and other Organizations
F181 Atlantic City Electric Company—Thermo-Electric
Testing of the Experimental Solar House and
Improvement of Solar Water Heaters, 1973
F182 Cyanamid—Development of Cd2SnO4 Films for Use in
Solar Energy Conversion Devices, 1972
F183 Edison Electric Institute—Solar Energy as Energy-
on-Demand for Peak-Energy Demand Relief to Power
Utilities, 1973-1973
F184 General Precision—Correspondence, 1966 – 1968
F185 Jet Propulsion Laboratories—Barrier Photovoltaic
Response, 1971-1972
F186 Jet Propulsion Laboratories—Large-Scale Energy Conversion, 1971-1972
F187 John Hopkins—Superflywheel Testing, 1973
F188 MAC on Power Engineering—Power-on-Demand From
Solar Energy, 1973
F189 MAC on Power Engineering—Control Circuits for
Solar-Electric Systems, 1974
Series III.B. Power Utilities and other
Organizations
36 F190 PA Power and Light—Thermal Testing of the Experimental House, 1973
F191 Philadelphia Electric Company—Techno-Economic
Evaluation of Cadmium Sulfide Solar Cells, 1973
F192 Public Service Electric and Gas—Energy
Conservation and Thermo-Electric Conversion
Testing of the Experimental Solar House, 1973
F193 Rockefeller Foundation—Study of Combined Solar-
Electric Power Utility Energy Supply for Houses,
1973
F194 Rockefeller Foundation—Study of Solar Energy
Utilization, 1973
F195 University of Delaware Research
Foundation—Terrestrial Solar Energy Conversion,
1974
F196 University of Delaware Research Foundation—Carrier
Transport in Non-Ideal pn-Junctions—1989 – 1992
F197 Unidentified Proposal—Harvesting Solar Energy
Processing of the Karl Wolfgang Böer Papers was supported by a grant from the Friends of the Center for the History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.
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