News

Dr. Yoon presented the recent development of a wireless PV health monitoring system at the ECE Junior Seminar. This work has been primarily led by Aaron Coon (undergrad senior). Currently, we have a couple of openings for undergrad students. Please check out the information on the tap “Openings” (here).

We are excited about a new research project developing radiation-hard perovskite devices for medical systems and space applications. This work will be performed in collaboration with Prof. Connor Bischak (Chemistry), Prof. Glenn Sjoden (Nuclear Engineering), and Prof. Geoffrey Nelson (Radiation Oncology).

https://1u4u.utah.edu/funded_projects/funded_project_view.php?view_project_id=23

We congratulate Etee on passing her PhD candidacy exam. She has made excellent progress in developing high-efficiency CdTe-based solar cells by adapting unique nanofabrication approaches. Many congratulations! Well-done.

Dr. Yoon’s proposal has been selected for a new grant as part of the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium (CTAC). This project will be performed in close collaboration with the CATC research teams, including the National Renewable Research Laboratory (NREL), First Solar, the University of Toledo (PVIC), and many others. We are thrilled to work on this project.

Two EMC papers have been submitted by Etee and Ashif. Look forward to giving presentations at the Electronic Materials Conference (https://www.mrs.org/65th-emc).

Two PVSC manuscripts have been submitted.

• CdTe solar cells (collaboration: First Solar)
• Nanoscale optoelectronic measurements of polycrystalline thin-film semiconductors

Yu-Lin and Ashif’s manuscript has been submitted for a journal publication. This paper describes the impact of the Ar-ion beam on the subsurface of metal-halide perovskites.

We are grateful to have talented group members who are also generous and kind in helping each other. We look forward to seeing the growth of our team next year. (left to clockwise: Etee, Dr. Yoon, Josh, Ashif, Ashraful, and Aaron)

Our recent results on CdTe solar cells (group-V, Cu-doped CST absorbers) were shared at the 6th CdTe workshop. Etee Kawna Roy primarily leads this work. The microcontact approach complements diverse group efforts in the CTAC (Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium; https://www.usa-cdte.org/). We thank our collaborator (First Solar, NREL) for sharing the high-quality CdTe samples.

https://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~cdte-workshop/