RPEMSC
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Director(s):
James Yardley
Lead Institution:
Columbia University
Years:
2009-2014
Mission:
To develop the enabling science needed to realize breakthroughs in the efficient conversion of sunlight into electricity in nanometer sized thin films.
Research Topics:
solar (photovoltaic), electrodes - solar, charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, optics, synthesis (novel materials)
Materials Studied:
MATERIALS: semiconductor, organic semiconductor, metal, polymer, optoelectronic and metamaterial, transparent conductor
INTERFACES: metal/semiconductor
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods:
electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, lithography, surface science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), quantum mechanics, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling
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Partner Institutions:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Columbia University
- Purdue University