Type-II Nanorod Heterostructures for Solar Harvesting Applications

用于太阳能收集应用的 II 型纳米棒异质结构

• 批准号: 0937032
• 负责人: Abraham Wolcott
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0937032&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Type; II; Nanorod; Heterostructures; Solar

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The Division of Chemistry supports Abraham Wolcott of the University of Texas at Austin as an American Competitiveness in Chemistry Fellow. Dr. Wolcott will investigate the preparation, assembly and properties of one-dimensional type II CdSe/ZnTe semiconductor nanorods and their possible use in photovoltaic devices. Dr. Wolcott will synthesize the nanorods, align them vertically on a substrate and probe their photophysical properties with ultrafast spectroscopy techniques. Ultimately, Dr. Wolcott will use these materials to build solar cells. Dr. Wolcott will work in collaboration with scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In his plan for broadening participation, Dr. Wolcott will work with middle and high school students in the Austin metro area in hands-on projects designed to teach students about solar energy.Research like that of Dr. Wolcott is aimed at developing more efficient ways of producing solar energy -- a renewable energy source. The efforts at broadening participation being pursued by Dr. Wolcott are aimed at increasing the participation of young people from underrepresented groups in the sciences.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助。化学部支持德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的亚伯拉罕沃尔科特作为美国竞争力化学研究员。 沃尔科特博士将研究一维II型CdSe/ZnTe半导体纳米棒的制备、组装和性能，以及它们在光伏器件中的可能用途。 沃尔科特博士将合成纳米棒，在基底上垂直排列，并用超快光谱技术探测它们的物理性质。 最终，沃尔科特博士将使用这些材料来制造太阳能电池。 沃尔科特博士将与劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室和国家可再生能源实验室的科学家合作。 在他扩大参与的计划中，沃尔科特博士将与奥斯汀市区的初中和高中学生一起开展旨在向学生传授太阳能知识的实践项目。像沃尔科特博士这样的研究旨在开发更有效的方法来生产太阳能--一种可再生能源。 沃尔科特博士为扩大参与所作的努力旨在提高科学界代表性不足群体的青年人的参与。