Research Interests
Making emerging photovoltaic materials more effective, cost-efficient and competitive for the energy market.
Selected Grants
Collaborative Research: DMREF: Data-Driven Prediction of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Structures
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2027REU SITE: Collaborative Research: Nanoscale Detectives -- Elucidating the Structure and Dynamics of Hybrid Perovskite Systems
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025Collaborative Research: Amorphous-Crystalline Switching in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Semiconductors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025Design and Validation of Defect-Resistant Multinary Chalcogenide Semiconductors for Energy Conversion
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2019 - 2025GOALI: Additive and Stoichiometry Engineering in Perovskites: Building Deeper Understanding of the Impact on Optoelectronic Properties for Energy Applications
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2024DMREF: Collaborative Research: HybriD3: Discovery, Design, Dissemination of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Semiconductor Materials for Optoelectronic Applications
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2023MRI: Acquisition of a Cryogen-Free Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS DynaCool)
EquipmentCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2021Melt Processing of Operationally-Stable Perovskite Photovoltaic Films and Devices
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2017 - 2020GOALI: Doping Control and Processes in Metal Halide Perovskites
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2020High-Performance Perovskite-Based Solar Cells
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2014 - 2019GAANN - Department of Chemistry
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Department of Education · 2015 - 2019Defect Engineering in Zinc-Blende-Type Absorbers
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2019External Relationships
- Chungnam National University -- half day visit and lecture March 2024
- First Solar Corporation
- International Business Machines Corp.
- Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) -- half day visit and lecture March 2024
- Pohang University of Science and Technology -- Honorarium for on-line lecture (this was in 2022... no activity or payments for this activity in 2023)
- Pohang University of Science and Technology -- Honorary Visiting Professor Appointment (Adjunct professorship)
- Science Press USA (on behalf of ScienceChina Press) -- Honoraria for on-line lecture associated with a Journal of Energy Chemistry mini-Workshop (this was in 2022... no activity or payments in 2023)
- Seoul National University -- half day visit and lecture March 2024
- University of Oklahoma (this was from 2022... no new activity or remunerations in 2023)
- Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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