Peter N. Saeta
Professor (1995)
PhD Harvard
Ultrafast physics, semiconductors, photovoltaics, energy and environment
- Office
- Keck 1231
- Phone
- 909-607-3939 (office)
909-621-8024 (department)
909-621-8887 (fax) - saeta@g.hmc.edu
- Page
- http://www.physics.hmc.edu/~saeta/
Photovoltaics are the fastest-growing renewable energy source over the last three years and have the potential to supply a significant fraction of our electricity needs. Conventional silicon cells are made of thick crystals because silicon is a weak absorber in the infrared and much of the visible. Thin solar cells require less energy and material to make and may lead more swiftly to widespread deployment of photovoltaics.
A challenge facing thin cells is to maximize the absorption of the solar spectrum. We explore the enhancements to absorption in thin-film cells made possible by metallic nanoparticles and other structures designed to scatter incident radiation into guided modes propagating parallel to the cell's surface.
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Recent Publications
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, Dallon E. Asnes, , , , , , and Real-Time Anticipation and Prevention of Hot Spots by Monitoring the Dynamic Conductance of Photovoltaic Panels IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 12 (2022) 1051-1057.
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, , , , , , Timothy S. Carpenter, Helgi I. Ingólfsson, and W. F. Drew Bennett Simulations of Asymmetric Membranes Illustrate Cooperative Leaflet Coupling and Lipid Adaptability Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 8 (2020) 575.
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