{"88701":{"#nid":"88701","#data":{"type":"event","title":"(12-0127) Prof. Yasuhiro Tachibana, RMIT University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Yasuhiro Tachibana, RMIT University\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESemiconductor Quantum Dots for Solar Light Energy Conversion\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPhysical Chemistry Seminar Series\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESolar light energy conversion devices such as photovoltaics have been recognized as an alternative or ultimate energy source to fulfill our increasing energy demand. Current solar cell technologies have been developed mainly with silicon, however there still remains great improvement with their efficiency and cost, in order to replace fossil energy, i.e. oil or coals. Solar cells to fulfill such requirements are categorized as next generation solar cells. The fundamental approaches to develop next generation solar cells are (i) to introduce economically viable materials and fabrication methods, and (ii) to design the cell structure on nanometer scales for efficiency improvement.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this seminar, our recent developments for semiconductor quantum dots and solar cells based on their hybrid structures, particularly semiconductor quantum dot sensitized films, will be introduced. Transient absorption spectrometers were employed to monitor the kinetic changes under different experimental conditions. Following comparison between the kinetic data and the solar cell efficiency, the key structural parameters will be addressed for improvement of solar cell performance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:melsayed@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EProf. Mostafa El-Sayed\u003C\/a\u003E (404-894-0292).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Yasuhiro Tachibana, RMIT University\n\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESemiconductor Quantum Dots for Solar Light Energy Conversion\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\n\nPhysical Chemistry Seminar Series\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Yasuhiro Tachibana, RMIT University"}],"uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2011-12-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:50:53","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-01-27T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-01-27T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-01-27T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-01-27 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-01-27 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-01-27 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1809","name":"physical chemistry"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShirley Tomes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=st81\u0022\u003EContact Shirley Tomes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0591\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}