Dear group,
I was yesterday at a dinner with Dan Arvizu, the director of NREL.
(National Renewable Energy Labs). Carlos Amador went to his talk. Arvizu
mentioned that the THIRD GENERATION of Photovoltaics was going to
exploit "new quantum effects" and nanostructures. He said his lab was
working on that. So at least we are on the right track!
Here is the link to our wiki page:
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Image:Clean_tech_ja…
At this point Alan Heeger's (nobel prize) lectures might be interesting
as well (thanks Alejandro for the link!)
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Solar_Cells
Dan Arvizu's presentation on clean energy technology. Very similar to
what he gave here at Harvard. Dan Arvizu is the director of the National
Renewable Energy Lab. See pages 18 and 21. They are about the "third
generation" solar cells that harness new quantum effects and
nanostructures.
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Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617)384-8188
Group URL:
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu