Green Technology

Pitt receives funding from Faculty Early Career Development awards by the National Science Foundation that will support a number of research initiatives. One research project will look at improving the harvest of electricity from solar cells using composite nanomaterials. ...

... "Jung-Kun Lee intends to produce advanced versions of the technology used in solar panels and flat-panel displays, aiming for more efficient solar-power cells and optoelectronic devices. His $400,000 project will focus on the next generation of transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) - the essential technology in solar panels and flat panel displays - that would allow for increased control and energy harvesting of light. Lee will look at molding metallic nanoparticles into novel nanocomposites-materials with multiple nanoscale dimensions that would increase the concentration of electron carriers without sacrificing their mobility. This will lead to more efficient transport of electricity. " ...

Via University of Pittsburgh: Emerging Research in Sustainable Technology