Solar Cell Faculty
Zhenan Bao: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor Bao’s research group uses chemical and chemical engineering approaches towards the fabrication of functional nano- and microstructures with novel electronic and photonic properties. Research activities involve organic and polymer synthesis, surface chemistry, nano- and micropatterning, bio-inspired patterning and assembly, and materials and device characterization.
Stacey Bent: Professor of Chemical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Materials Science & Engineering and of Chemistry
Professor Bent’s group performs research on the processing and surface reactivity of electronic and photonic materials. The research focuses on understanding and controlling surface chemistry and materials growth, and applying this knowledge to a range of problems in electronics, nanotechnology, alternative energy, and biomaterials. Current projects include organic functionalization of semiconductor surfaces, mechanisms and control of atomic layer deposition, coating of nanostructured materials, fuel cells, and inorganic solar cell fabrication.
James Harris: Professor of Electrical Engineering
Professor Harris’s group does research on the growth, characterization, nanofabrication and device implementation of unique compound semiconductor materials. Harris’s group has pioneered the development of low bandgap GaInNAsSb materials for efficient long wavelength telecom lasers on GaAs substrates. His group also uses carefully controlled molecular beam epitaxy combined with nanolithography to prepare artificially structured materials with atomic layer control and enhanced performance. Recent achievements include new materials that extend the wavelength range that can be covered by VCSELs on GaAs substrates and, in collaboration with Miller’s group, new quantum well materials for high performance electro-absorption modulators that are compatible with Si substrates.
Michael McGehee: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor McGehee’s research group focuses on finding ways to make efficient nanostructured solar cells at very low cost using organic, organic-inorganic hybrid and inorganic films. McGehee’s group uses self-assembly, block copolymer lithography and nanoimprinting to make the nanostructures and a variety of sophisticated diagnostic tools to determine the structure and study charge transport mechanisms. This fundamental information is used to model solar cells and determine what needs to be done to improve them.
Peter Peumans: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Professor Peumans’s group focuses on improving the efficiency and lifetime of organic solar cells based on small molecular weight pigment molecules. Through a variety of thin-film deposition and nanostructuring techniques, the group has developed new device architectures for efficient solar cells that can be manufactured in a roll-to-roll fashion. Peumans’s group is also doing research on solar cells fabricated on fibers, plasmon-enhanced solar cells employingnano-structured materials, and micro-concentrator solar cells.
Bruce Clemens: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Photon Science and, by courtesy, of Applied Physics
Prof. Clemens studies the growth, structure, magnetic properties, and mechanical properties of thin films and nanostructured materials. By controlling growth and atomic scale structure, he is able to tune and optimize properties. He is currently investigating materials for photovoltaics, electronic device, and hydrogen storage applications.
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