Jeremy gives invited talk at TMS conference
Jeremy presented recent work from the group at the 2015 TMS meeting in Orlando, FL. Thanks to Jung-Kun Lee and Behrang Hamadani for the invitation!
2014 Most Accessed Article in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Our paper entitled “Silver nanowire transparent conducting paper-based electrode with high optical haze” has been selected as a Most Accessed Article for 2014 and as such it has been included in the Most Accessed Articles 2014 web collection for the Journal which can be viewed here.
Joe Garrett selected for the Thomas Mason Interdisciplinary Physics Fellowship
Congratulations to Joe Garrett, who was selected for the summer Thomas Mason Interdisciplinary Physics Fellowship to work on a collaboration with the Leite lab. Great job, Joe!
Papers published on radiation pressure experiments and new anti-reflection coatings
Dakang’s latest experiment measuring the radiation pressure on a micro-cantilever is published in Applied Physics Letters, and Dongheon’s work on paper-based anti-reflection coatings on Si solar cells is published in the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. Good work! Papers can be found on the publications page.
Joe Garrett receives APS travel award
Congratulations to Joe for receiving the APS Forum on Graduate Student Affairs Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research. Great job!
Students receive Goldhaber Travel Awards
Congratulations to Joe Garrett, Dakang Ma, and David Somers who each received the Goldhaber Travel Award to present their works at the 2105 APS March meeting in San Antonio, Texas, and to Yunlu Xu, Tao Gong, Joe Murray, and Dongheon Ha who also received Goldhaber Awards to present their work at the SPIE DSS meeting in Baltimore, MD. Great work!
Jeremy gives invited talk at the EMN Meeting on Photovoltaics
Thanks to Holly Wang, Zhiming Wang,and Wei David Wei for the invitation!
Tao’s hot carrier work published in Nano Letters
Tao’s recent experimental work shows how transparent conducting oxides can be used to effectively collect hot carriers. The work is published in Nano Letters.
Dongheon selected as 2015 Future Faculty Programs Fellow
Congratulation to Dongheon for being selected as a 2015 Future Faculty Programs Fellow. More information about the program can be found here.
Jeremy gives invited talk at OSA Incubator workshop
Jeremy gives an invited talk entitled, “Nanoscale Optics and the Shockley-Queisser Limit” at the OSA Incubator on the Fundamental Limits of Optical Energy Conversion. Thanks to Svetlana, Vivian, Jurgen, Alex, and Jonathan for putting together an excellent workshop!
Prof. Munday receives George Corcoran Award
Prof. Munday is the recipient of the 2013-2014 George Corcoran Memorial Award for faculty. This award is presented to a young Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty member who has shown exemplary contributions to teaching and educational leadership at the University of Maryland.
Jeremy gives invited talk at PIERS
Jeremy gives an invited talk at PIERS in Guangzhou, China entitled “PhotonicArchitectures for Beating Light Trapping and Efficiency Limits in Solar Cells.” Thanks to Chris Giebink for the invitation and excellent session!
New paper featured as inside Cover for Advanced Energy Materials
Dongheon’s recent work using paper-based anti-reflection coatings is published in Advanced Energy Materials and is featured on the inside cover. See press release here. Congratulations, Dongheon!
Carlos Biaou wins Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
Undergraduate researcher Carlos Biaou wins Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship. Carlos will begin graduate studies at UC Berkeley in the Fall. Congratulations!
SPIE Newsroom article describes our work
Our work on photonic structuring of solar cells is featured in the SPIE Newsroom. The article describes our recent work on light trapping, anti-reflection coatings, and bandgap modification for solar cells.
David Somers wins IREAP Best Graduate Student Speaker Award
David Somers is the winner of the Best Graduate Student Speaker Award from the IREAP student seminar series for Spring 2014. His talk was entitled “Measuring Casimir Torque with Liquid Crystals.” Congratulations!
Yunlu’s poster receives honorable mention
Yunlu’s poster entitled “Light trapping in a polymer solar cell by tailored quantum dot emission” receives honorable mention at the 2014 UMD Optics Society poster competition. Congratulations!
Nature Photonics article features paper-based anti-reflection coatings
Two recent articles were published describing our collaborative work on paper-based anti-reflection coatings (Nano Letters and Advanced Energy Materials). This work was featured in a news and views article for Nature Photonics.