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麻豆影院 State's College of Arts and Sciences Holds Third Annual Symposium on Advances in Organic Photovoltaics

Researchers from across the region will converge in 麻豆影院 to present their latest findings on organic photovoltaic materials for flexible solar cells

麻豆影院 will host its third annual Symposium on Advances in Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs) on April 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Moulton Hall Ballroom on the 麻豆影院 Campus.

Photo of Zhenan BaoOPVs are specialized, carbon-based semiconducting materials used in solar cells, flexible electronics and organic lighting. Unlike typical inorganic solar cells that are silicon or thin-film-based, OPVs are flexible and have the potential to be produced at much lower costs than conventional solar cells through environmentally friendly processes such as jet-printing, spray painting, dip-coating and roll-to-roll manufacturing.

鈥淭his research area fits well with the university鈥檚 long-term focus on sustainability,鈥 said James Blank, Ph.D., interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 State. 鈥淭he symposium provides us an opportunity to exchange ideas with regional and international leaders in this field.鈥

The symposium will feature eight presentations and is free and open to the public. Registration is required. A poster session and reception will follow the presentations starting at 4:50 p.m.

The symposium鈥檚 morning keynote speaker is Zhenan Bao, Ph.D., professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University. Her presentation, 鈥淢olecular Design and Solution Shearing to Manipulate Molecular Packing, Morphology and Electronic Properties of Organic Semiconductors,鈥 will shed light on polymer and small molecule semiconducting materials as alternatives to inorganic semiconductors in applications where low-cost, flexible or transparent substrates, and large area format is required. Prior to joining Stanford in 2004, she was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies from 1995-2004.

The afternoon keynote speakers are Peter F. Green, Ph.D. and Lars M眉ller-Meskamp, Ph.D. Green is the Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Professor of Engineering and Chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is also the director of the Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion (CSTEC), a Department of Energy-sponsored Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC). He will discuss 鈥淢orphological Design, Transport Processes and Device Performance of Organic Solar Cells.鈥

M眉ller-Meskamp heads a research group for alternative transparent electrodes and encapsulation for organic optoelectronic devices at the Institut f眉r Angewandte Photophysik, Technische Universit盲t Dresden (IAPP). The topic of his presentation is 鈥淎lternative Transparent Electrode Technologies and Encapsulation for Organic Photovoltaics.鈥

麻豆影院 State鈥檚 initiative on OPVs started in 2009 by Satyendra Kumar, Ph.D., a professor in the university鈥檚 Department of Physics, in collaboration with a group of faculty members from the departments of Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Chemical Physics, and the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology. They developed a proposal under the Coordinated Research Hiring Initiative to create three new faculty positions; two of these positions have already been filled. There are now a dozen or so 麻豆影院 State researchers across different disciplines actively researching these cost-effective renewable energy technologies.

The symposium also features invited presentations from highly respected professionals, including Paul Lane, Ph.D., of the Naval Research Laboratory; Quan Li, Ph.D., senior research fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute at 麻豆影院 State; Bj枚rn L眉ssem, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, 麻豆影院 State; Kenneth D. Singer, Ph.D., professor of physics, Case Western Reserve University; and Wei You, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The event is sponsored by 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, Liquid Crystal Institute, Department of Physics, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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Zhenan Bao, Ph.D., professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University, is the morning keynote speaker at 麻豆影院鈥檚 third annual Symposium on Advances in Organic Photovoltaics on April 16.

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POSTED: Monday, April 3, 2017 04:03 PM
Updated: Monday, August 3, 2020 11:36 AM