PHaSE

Director(s):

Thomas P. Russell and Paul M. Lahti

Lead Institution:

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Years:

2009-2014

Mission:

To carry out fundamental photovoltaic-oriented research on the use of organic-based polymers and related materials to maximize efficiency in the collection and harvesting of energy over a broad frequency range of the solar spectrum.

Research Topics:

solar (photovoltaic), charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)

Materials Studied:

MATERIALS: organic semiconductor, polymer, optoelectronic and metamaterial

INTERFACES: organic/semiconductor, organic/oxide, organic/organic, organic/metal, solid/solid

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 3D

Experimental and Theoretical Methods:

X-ray diffraction and scattering, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy, surface science, neutron diffraction and scattering, density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), quantum mechanics, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling