PHaSE
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Director(s):
Thomas P. Russell and Paul M. Lahti
Lead Institution:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Years:
2009-2014
Mission:
To carry out fundamental photovoltaic-oriented research on the use of organic-based polymers and related materials to maximize efficiency in the collection and harvesting of energy over a broad frequency range of the solar spectrum.
Research Topics:
solar (photovoltaic), charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)
Materials Studied:
MATERIALS: organic semiconductor, polymer, optoelectronic and metamaterial
INTERFACES: organic/semiconductor, organic/oxide, organic/organic, organic/metal, solid/solid
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods:
X-ray diffraction and scattering, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy, surface science, neutron diffraction and scattering, density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), quantum mechanics, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling
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Partner Institutions:
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Pennsylvania State University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- University of Pittsburgh