“…Imagine applying solar cells to your roof as a paintable coating: that is the promise of organic solar cells...”
CISSEM Principal Investigator Dominic McGrath and CISSEM graduate student Edgardo Hernandez – both members of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UA – are featured in the Arizona Daily Star Special Section “World-Class Research in Tucson: A Science City” published on December 10th.
Congratulations to CISSEM Principal Investigator Christine Luscombe on her promotion to Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Prof. Luscombe's research for CISSEM includes studying surface-grafted, thin polythiophene brushes grown directly on metal oxide contact surfaces.
Professor Luscombe's University of Washington Faculty Profile
CISSEM EFRC researchers gathered at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado on August 26-27 for the annual center-wide research conference “Interface-to-Face 2” (ITF2). ITF2 was planned to showcase to CISSEM graduate students and post-doctoral research associates the stimulating environment and exceptional research facilities at a premier national research laboratory. The conference brought together approximately forty graduate students, postdocs, and scientists along with CISSEM’s sixteen PIs to spend valuable face-to-face time discussing research progress, exploring further scientific interactions within CISSEM’s program, and visiting the unique Process Development and Integration Laboratory at NREL.
Welcome to the Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials. We are an EFRC program established in 2009, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. CISSEM is comprised of a great team of scientists, engineers, and staff located at major universities and research centers in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, New Jersey, and Washington. An integral part of our mission is to inspire, recruit, and train future energy scientists and leaders in the basic science of solar electric energy conversion. Our research is focused on the basic science underpinning the development of new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion technologies, with a specific focus on understanding and controlling critical regions called “interfaces” on nanometer length scales. The chemical composition and energetics of these interfaces significantly affect the overall efficiency and lifetime of these new solar cells, which contribute to our nation’s development of economical, terawatt-level solar energy sources for the 21st century.
Neal R. Armstrong
