Recent Research Highlights
Double Power Output for GaAs Solar Cells Embedded in Luminescent Waveguides
(Ralph Nuzzo and John Rogers Groups, UIUC) April 2013
Enabling New Classes of Templated Materials
Through Mesoporous Carbon Colloidal Crystals
(Paul Braun Group, UIUC) March 2013
Magnetic Alignment of High-Aspect Ratio Microwires into Vertical Arrays
(Nate Lewis Group, Caltech) February 2013
Angle Restriction for High Single Junction Efficiency
(Harry Atwater Group, Caltech and Albert Polman, FOM-AMOLF) January 2013
New Electromagnetic Theory of Ultra-Thin Solar Cells
(Xiang Zhang Group, LBNL) October/November 2012
"Paintable" Polymer Photonic Crystals
(Harry Atwater and Bob Grubbs Groups, Caltech) September 2012
Dielectric Optical Antennas for Solar Absorption Enhancement
(Paul Alivisatos Group, LBNL) July/August 2012
Slap, Stick, & Peel: Soft Triangular Stamps for Nanotexturing
(Ralph Nuzzo and Paul Braun Groups, UIUC & Paul Alivisatos Group, LBNL) June 2012
Planar and 3D Printing of Conductive Inks
(Jennifer Lewis Group, UIUC) May 2012
Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics
(Harry Atwater, Caltech & Albert Polman, FOM-AMOLF) February 2012
Solar cell light trapping beyond the ray optic limit
(Harry Atwater group, Caltech) December 2011
Broadband polarization independent light absorption using ultrathin plasmonic super absorbers
(Harry Atwater group, Caltech) October 2011
Three-dimensionally architectured optoelectronics
(Paul Braun & John Rogers groups, UIUC) September 2011
Photovoltaic performance of ultra-small PbSe quantum dots
(Paul Alivisatos group, LBNL & Harry Atwater group, Caltech) August 2011
Complete theory of down-conversion, and a comparison with carrier multiplication
(Xiang Zhang group, LBNL) July 2011
Transfer of preformed 3D photonoc crystals onto dye sensitized solar cells
(Paul Braun group, UIUC) June 2011
The physics of high-efficiency solar cells
(Eli Yablonovitch group, LBNL) May 2011
Luminescent waveguide concentrator photovoltaics
(John Rogers & Ralph Nuzzo groups, UIUC) April 2011.
Dielectric nanospheres for photovoltaics
(Harry Atwater group, Caltech) March 2011
Transparent conductive oxide microelectrodes
(Jennifer Lewis group, UIUC) February 2011
