Director(s):
Thomas J. Meyer
Lead Institution:
University of North Carolina
Mission:
To integrate academic and translational research to study light/matter interactions and chemical processes for the efficient production of solar fuels.
Research Topics:
catalysis (homogeneous), catalysis (heterogeneous), solar (photovoltaic), solar (fuels), photosynthesis (natural and artificial), hydrogen and fuel cells, electrodes - solar, charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)
Materials Studied:
MATERIALS: semiconductor, organic semiconductor, wide band-gap semiconductor, metal, oxide, polymer, porous, optoelectronic and metamaterial, transparent conductor
INTERFACES: organic/semiconductor, organic/oxide, organic/metal, metal/semiconductor, metal/oxide, semiconductor/semiconductor, liquid/solid, solid/solid
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D, nanocomposites
Experimental and Theoretical Methods:
surface science, ultrafast physics, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling
Partner Institutions:
- University of Colorado
- Duke University
- University of Florida
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- National Renewable Technology Laboratory
- University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill
- North Carolina Central University
- Research Triangle Institute
BES Staff Contacts:
Jeffrey L. Krause and
Gail McLean