People
Director
Christiana Honsberg (Bio)
- Solar cell efficiency limits
- Ultra-high efficiency solar cells
- Silicon solar cells
- Education pedagogy
Researchers
Stuart Bowden (Bio)
- Crystalline silicon solar cells
- Silicon heterojunction solar cells
Bill Dauksher
- Silicon-based solar cells
- Process development, optimization, and control
- Materials characterization
- Tool installation and qualification
Nikolai Faleev
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy of III-V Compounds, Quantum Wells and Quantum Dots Structures;
- Material Characterization of Epitaxial Structures, focused on High Resolution XRD, TEM and AFM;
- Crystalline Defects in Epitaxial Structures: types, density and spatial distribution, correlations with growth conditions. Effect of crystalline defects on physical properties of epitaxial structures. Prediction of crystal perfection; optimization of grown conditions and design of device structures.
Clarence Tracy
- materials and processes for silicon solar cells
- group IV nanowire devices and processing
- silicon nanoelectronics
Post-Doctural Researchers
Kunal Ghosh
- Intermediate-band solar cells
- Heterojunctions
Graduate Students
JeaYoung Choi
- Silicon Quantum Dots
Stanislau Herasimenka (homepage)
- Crystalline silicon solar cells
Yeongho Kim
- MBE growth of advanced solar cells.
James Lebeau
- Laser Wafering
Jongwon Lee
- Silicon nano-structured solar cells
Katherine Nelson
- PV instructional and curricular tool development
- Motivational Psychology and Engineering Education
Jaewon Oh
- Solar Cell and Module Characterization and Reliability
Vivek Sharma
- Crystalline silicon solar cells
- Silicon nitride surface passivation
Tim Reblitz
- Crystalline silicon solar cells
Joshua Williams
- III-Nitride growth and characterization
Visiting Scholars 2012
Nicole Kotulak
Derek (Deming) Zhang
Undergraduate Students (FURI, Honors & Senior Design)
Tasnuva Rahman
Chikara Kakizawa
Sebastian Husein
Yan Chen
Natasa Vulic
Graduated Undergraduate Students
Kevin LaRosa, Clay Ozaki-Train, Billy Gardiner, Akash Khare, Jacob Marshall, Michelle Martinez, Derek Lam, Alejandra Casillas, Matthew Buresh, John Wallstrom.
Alumni
Keun-Yong Ban (Microlink III-V Solar cells)
Som Dahal (stealth photovoltaic startup, New York)
Jeremy Wendte (Installing solar in Bangladesh)
Bhumika Chhabra (Micron Technologies Solar Division)
Michael A. Awaah (Visiting Scientist Summer 2011)
Affiliated Researchers
We work with many researchers nationally and internationally through the QESST ERC (www.qesst.org)