CSTEC

Director(s):

Peter F. Green

Lead Institution:

University of Michigan

Years:

2009-2014

Mission:

To study complex material structures on the nanoscale to identify key features for their potential use as materials to convert solar energy and heat to electricity.

Research Topics:

solar (photovoltaic), solar (thermal), phonons, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric, electrodes - solar, defects, charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, optics, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)

Materials Studied:

MATERIALS: semiconductor, organic semiconductor, wide band-gap semiconductor, oxide, polymer, optoelectronic and metamaterial, transparent conductor

INTERFACES: organic/semiconductor, organic/oxide, organic/organic, organic/metal, metal/semiconductor, metal/oxide, semiconductor/semiconductor, gas/liquid, solid/solid

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D, nanocomposites

Experimental and Theoretical Methods:

X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray imaging, X-ray spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy, lithography, surface science, neutron diffraction and scattering, laser diagnostics, ultrafast physics, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, finite element method, multiscale modeling