Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems
CEI member faculty created an interdisciplinary lab, the Research Training Testbed, and a hands-on course housed there, “Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems,” to train students across the scales of clean energy. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students get project-based training on materials for energy generation and storage, and the integration of renewables into energy systems.
Projects and Techniques
- Nanoparticle synthesis and characterization (CdSe quantum dots)
- Solar photochemistry – hydrogen fuel production
- Batteries – fabrication and testing of Li-ion coin cell with carbon electrodes
- Photovoltaics – third generation solar cell fabrication and characterization (organic-PVs and perovskites)
- Semiconductor properties – 2D material fabrication and testing
- Grid simulation