Solar

More than a dozen laboratories at Stanford conduct cutting-edge research on photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Several labs are using carbon nanotubes, polymer hydrogels and other novel materials, including perovskites, to improve the efficiency of conventional silicon solar cells. Others are exploring nanotechnologies - such as light-trapping, plasmonics and upconversion - to enhance performance. Additional research areas include organic PVs, thermophotovoltaics, "stick-and-peel" solar cells and PV reliability.

Researchers in Solar

• Inês Azevedo
• Zhenan Bao
• Stacey Bent
• Mark Brongersma
• Matteo Cargnello
• Bruce Clemens
• Yi Cui
• Reinhold Dauskardt
• Thomas Devereaux
• Jennifer Dionne
• Shanhui Fan
• Curtis Frank
• Gerald Fuller
• James Harris
• Hemamala Karunadasa
• Aaron Lindenberg
• Paul McIntyre
• Piero Pianetta
• Eric Pop
• Friedrich Prinz
• Evan Reed
• David Reis
• Alberto Salleo
• Krishna Saraswat
• Debbie Senesky
• Bob Sinclair
• Andrew Spakowitz
• Daniel Stack
• Michael Toney
• H.-S. Philip Wong
• Xiaolin Zheng

Related Centers & Programs

• Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
• SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis (SUNCAT)
• TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy (TomKat)