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News · Aug 18, 2017
The University of Texas at El Paso
Partnering to Develop Photovoltaic Research
The University of Texas at El Paso and the University of California, Santa Barbara have joined forces to create a research and education program that, according to UTEP, “will combine materials science and engineering research to develop new materials for photovoltaic applications, or solar panels.”
Highlight · Apr 5, 2017
Integrated 3D printing with in-situ functionalization of piezoelectric nanocomposites
Yirong Lin (University of Texas at El Paso)
Our research supported by the NSF PREM project studied the synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of advanced materials for sensing, energy harvesting, and storage.
Our integrated 3D printing with in-situ functionalization of piezoelectric nanocomposite enabled us design nanocomposit
Highlight · Apr 5, 2017
New Fullerene Derivatives for Electron Transporting Materials in Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells
Luis A. Echegoyen (University of Texas at El Paso)
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs), have shown a remarkable increase in photoconversion efficiency (PCE), from 3.8% in 2009, to 22.1% in 2016. The good electron transporting and solution processable properties of most fullerene derivatives make them the most popular electron transporting mater
Highlight · Jul 6, 2016
Development of chemical and biological sensors: Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Multispectral Imaging Nanostructures
Students: Melissa Kerr, Faculty Advisor: Fei Yan
How? Synthesizing and isolation of ultra-small gold nanoparticles with a specific shape or structure. We have developed a facile approach for shape-controlled synthesis of gold nanoparticles using KBr and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) as the reducing agent.
Highlight · Jul 6, 2016
What happens to photogenerated charges in semiconductor nanowires?
Students: Mizrain Ramirez, Kleyser Agueda Lopez, Malik Ko Faculty Advisor: M. Wu
How? We use optical microscopy to determine the dynamics of photo-generated charges in individual semiconductor nanowire hetero-structures.
Highlight · Sep 11, 2015
Investigation of Indium Free Transparent Conducting Oxides for Application in Photovoltaics
Dr. Ramana Chintalapalle Research Group
Transparent conducting oxide play a key role in photovoltaic (PV) devices. There has been much recent interest in finding alternative indium (In) free TCOs and even better performing alternative candidates to substitute for standard ITO. The driving factors are: scarcity, unintended inter
Highlight · Sep 11, 2015
Synthesis of Fullerene Derivatives for Potential Applications in OPV Devices
Dr. Luis Echegoyen's Research Group
We have separated Sc3N@D5h-C80 from Sc3N@C68 based on their chemical reactivity differences using the p-toluenesulfonyl tosyl hydrazone of phenyl butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). We also performed for the first time the synthesis and characterization of five PCBM methano
News · Sep 4, 2015
Investing in diversity - Material science partnership awards broaden participation, strengthen research
With an eye toward improving material science through increased diverse perspectives, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded six Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) awards this year, in its fifth such competition since 2004.
Highlight · Aug 5, 2015
Humacao PREM visits Rural Schools
Idalia Ramos, UPR-Humacao
In March-April 2015, approximately 50 PREM students, faculty and other volunteers visited six rural schools in the towns of Yabucoa and San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. The activities included short talks and hands-on demonstrations from the Nanodays (NISENet) kits and others developed by our pro
Highlight · Aug 5, 2015
Bubble formation in chloroform at negative pressures
Melissa López and José O. Sotero-Esteva, UPR-Humacao
The aim of this project if to detect and characterize nucleation sites when a local cavity starts to form, in particular to detect cavitation sites in molecular dynamics simulations of liquid chloroform with and without carbon nanotubes.
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