Faculty Seminar Series – Vikram Dalal

When

April 7, 2014    
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm

Where

3043 ECpE Building Addition
Coover Hall, Ames, Iowa, 50011

Event Type

Title: Photovoltaic Energy Conversion: Status and Future Technologies

Speaker: Vikram Dalal, Whitney Professor

Abstract: Photovoltaic energy conversion has now become a major power generation technology with a total installed capacity of ~ 100 GW . Crystalline Si technology dominates today, but there is need to further reduce cost particularly for applications in developing countries.  In some of the countries in Africa, only 2% of the population has access to grid connected electricity. The provision of inexpensive solar power is a life-changing technology for them. In this talk, I will discuss the material and device physics of some of the newer PV materials and technologies, particularly organic and hybrid inorganic/organic materials  which promise to drastically lower the cost of PV power . 

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