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Miniaturization effects of solar cell: Microsystems Enabled Photovoltaics
Wednesday January 21, 2015
| 5:00 pm
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Presenter: | Jose Luis Cruz-Campa, Optoelectronic devices researcher, Sandia National Laboratories |
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| Series: | Sigma Xi Public Talk | |
| Abstract: | If solar energy is ever going to become a mainstream power source, the technologies for harnessing sunlight must become cheaper than all other forms of energy, be easy and quick to install, and work more safely, reliably and durably than present-day grid power. This presentation will be an overview a new class of photovoltaics with potentially novel applications and benefits such as dramatic reductions in cost, weight, and material usage. These solar cells take advantage of scaling effects using microsystem tools to improve functionality and performance. Materials such as silicon, gallium arsenide, and CdTe have been researched. | |
| Host: | Harjit Ahluwalia | |
| Location: | Room C, UNM Conference Center | |
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