Research Sponsorship

11/2023 - ongoing PI; First Solar, Inc; Fabrication and spectroscopy of downconverters based on semiconductor nanoparticles.
12/2022-01/2026 PI; DOE-BES; DE-SC0016872; $427,359.00; Semiconductor nanoshell quantum dots for energy conversion applications 

08/2022-08/2026

PI;  NSF; ECCS 2208834;  $364,697.00;  Solution-processed laser diodes utilizing colloidal quantum wells.
09/2024 – 03/2026 PI; DOE (thru NREL), Prime Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308; $150,000; Development of low-cost photon down-conversion nanomaterials for high-efficiency CdTe photovoltaic devices.
10/2024 – 10/2026 co-PI; DOE Hydrogen Shot (thru SRNL), Prime Contract No. LDRD-2025-00126; $93,200; Project Title: Engineered Colloidal Hetero-nanocrystals for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production.
03/2022-08/2024 co-PI; NASA; Flow/Thru University of Texas at Dallas (80NSSC22CA029); $40,000.00; On-Demand Single-Photon Sources for Correlated Calibration of Single-Photon Detectors.
    12/2019-12/2022                             
PI; DOE-BES; DE-SC0016872; $427,335.00; Semiconductor nanoshell quantum dots for energy conversion applications
07/2017-07/2021
PI; NSF DMR SSMC. DMR-1710063; $350,788; Reaction limited synthesis of atomically-defined semiconductor nanocrystals
12/2016-12/2019
PI; DOE-BES; DE-SC0016872; $427,335.00; Solution-processed photovoltaic devices utilizing semiconductor excitonic nanoshells (SENS)
 09/2015-09/2019
PI; NSF; CHE-1465052; $374,000; Energy funneling in plasmonic nanocrystal composites for photocatalytic production of solar fuels
09/2015-09/2019
PI; NSF; CBET-1510503; $358,550; UNS: Exploring the feasibility of plasmonic nanocrystal solar cells utilizing strongly confined radiation
 08/2012-08/2016
PI; NSF; CBET-1236355;  $302,512;  Low-temperature assembly of all-inorganic solar cells from nanocrystal inks
 08/2011-08/2015
PI; NSF Chem. Catalysis; CHE-1112227; $375,000; Development of nanocomposite inorganic materials for photocatalytic production of solar fuels 
 06/2009-06/2013
co-PI; NIH ARRA; $203,820. Self-luminant Microarrays and Reader for Rapid Diagnostics. (PI: Pavel Anzenbacher, Chemistry) 

 

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