Polymer-Based Solar Cells (Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon, USA 2008)

Alex Mayer received a BS in Physics and Applied Mathematics from North Carolina State University in 2001 and a PhD from Cornell University in 2006. His thesis was on real-time growth studies of the organic semiconductor pentacene with applications to transistors and solar cells. His postdoctoral work has focused on the morphological mechanisms behind charge transport in polymer-based solar cells using synchrotron x-rays.

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