Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project brings together a partnership of academia and industry with funding from ExxonMobil, GE, Schlumberger and Toyota to explore
fundamental research into green technologies that will have a direct impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Stanford professors are exploring material science enablers for more efficient and effective organic photocells. …
Stanford chemical engineering professor Stacey Bent is researching solar cell
designs using nano-scale organic materials that boost the power conversion efficiency. …
… “Bent’s students tried several different organic molecules in an attempt to learn which ones would most increase the efficiency … But she found that the exact molecule didn’t matter – just having a single organic layer less than a nanometer thick was enough to triple the efficiency of the solar cells.â€� …
e-waste is a growing problem. When tossed into a landfill they can cause water and soil pollution. Several Stanford University students have tackled the problem by developing a prototype laptop that is modular so it is easily “de-manufactured”. The process is fast and can facilitate recycling the constituent components.
generation by trapping light promoting absorption and boosting power conversion. …
… “It was only when Yu began investigating the behavior of light inside a material of deep subwavelength-scale – substantially smaller than the wavelength of the light – that it became evident to him that light could be confined for a longer time, increasing energy absorption beyond the conventional limit at the macroscale. ” …