A Tiny Tool with Great Potential
CEI Grad Fellows Esfahani, Eshghinejad, CEI Faculty Adler and Li, and collaborators describe a new nanoscale probe that could produce big improvements in batteries and fuels cells. ...
CEI researchers illuminate ways to heal defects in solar cells
In a paper out this week in Nature Communications, CEI Associate Director David Ginger, CEI Fellow Dane deQuilettes, and their collaborators show that light exposure can help heal defects in certain types of solar cells. How? It’s all about the ions. ...
Job Posting: CEI Education and Training Fellow Position
Part of the Clean Energy Institute’s mission is to create future innovators in clean energy by expanding the STEM workforce, increasing research capacity, and improving public understanding of clean energy science. The Institute is currently accepting applications for a new RA position to support its outreach and education programs in these areas. ...
Connected Campuses to Test Transactive Energy
A first-of-its-kind partnership in Washington state seeks to develop and demonstrate the technologies to cost effectively balance energy use among buildings, campuses, and cities in multiple regions of the state. ...
CEI Job Opening: Assistant Director of Program Operations
The Assistant Director of Program Operations is responsible for directing day-to-day operations of the Clean Energy Institute’s testbed facilities, with primary responsibilities in the areas of facility management, business development and financial management, and staff supervision. ...
UW experts call Paris climate agreement ‘bold,’ ‘encouraging’
The Paris Climate Agreement — combined with the Mission Innovation and Breakthrough Energy Coalition pledges to invest billions of new dollars in clean energy — is a signal that the world is committed to accelerating the development of scalable clean energy innovations. ...
Faculty and Students Present Battery Research on Capitol Hill
A team of CEI graduate fellows and researchers from professor Venkat Subramanian's laboratory were one of six groups invited to exhibit at an ARPA-E sponsored Congressional Showcase attended by elected officials and staff members. ...
#NationWISE Seattle: Solar Industry Offers Abundance of Opportunities for Women
More than 60 people gathered in Seattle as part of a 17 city simultaneous workshop to discuss leadership roles for women in solar and renewable energy. ...
Researchers “stack” 2D Ultrathin Semiconductors to Prolong Electronic Life
A team from UW physics professor Xiaodong Xu's lab have created ultrathin semiconductor heterostructures for new technological applications, including photovoltaics and other electronics such as miniature and foldable devices. ...
CEI Graduate Fellow Earns MIT Pappalardo Fellowship in Physics
Sanfeng Wu, a Ph.D. candidate in Physics working with faculty member Xiaodong Xu, has been appointed an MIT Pappalardo Fellow in Physics for 2016 – 2019 ...
Research Update: Joining links for more sustainable solar energy
Researchers in Christine Luscombe’s lab at the UW Clean Energy Institute have set themselves a high bar: they want to make solar energy using greener ingredients. ...