Advanced Nanostructured Solar Cells

Dr Erik Garnett, Postdoctoral Scholar - Materials Science dept

Stanford University

United States

This presentation was given at Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics USA 2010 on Dec 02, 2010.

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Presentation Summary

Nanostructures provide extreme light trapping
Radial junctions allow for short minority carrier diffusion lengths and thus lower quality (cheaper) materials to be used
Surface passivation provides a significant challenge for implementing nanostructures in photovoltaics
Nanostructured inorganic/organic hybrid tandem solar cells are promising for low-cost, high-efficiency devices

Speaker Biography (Erik Garnett)

Erik Garnett received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2004 and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Materials Science department at Stanford University working jointly for Professors Mark Brongersma, Yi Cui, and Mike McGehee to develop advanced nanostructured solar cells.

Company Profile (Stanford University)

Stanford University is located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. Almost 7000 undergraduates and 8000 graduate students are engaged in studies over roughly 60 majors and myriads of research projects.