Block Grant R42EB006360

This $185,304 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) supports research by St. Mary's College of Maryland to develop low-cost, printable metal contacts to enable the fabrication of fully printed, all-inorganic cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) devices. The project aims to identify printable anode and cathode metals to achieve high-efficiency printed solar cells at a fraction of the cost of conventional PV. Key activities...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $305,000 to Elektrum Technologies, Inc. to develop an additive manufacturing process for producing low-cost, flexible, and transparent conductive electrodes. The goal is to create a more cost-effective alternative to indium tin oxide, which is a brittle material currently used in many optoelectronic applications. The Phase I project will focus on two key...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Brimrose Technology Corporation a $1,349,577 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop cadmium magnesium telluride for picosecond response x-ray optical laser photodetectors. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security. Under this award...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $105,194 EAGER (EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) grant to the University of Pittsburgh to develop a novel semiconductor-metal-semiconductor (S-M-S) multilayer film as an interconnect for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. The project aims to design an interconnect with high electrical conductivity and optical transparency to enhance the performance of these tandem solar...

This $524,480 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at New York University (NYU) on developing novel semiconductor crystal materials and manufacturing processes for advanced optoelectronic applications. The key focus is on understanding how to fabricate "twisted" organic semiconductor crystals that can spontaneously form into aligned networks, enabling them to outperform single crystal materials in properties like...

This $137,399 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at North Carolina State University to develop a novel solid phase epitaxy process for highly doped p-type junctions in gallium nitride. The goal is to enable high current and high voltage power devices for more efficient power electronic systems. The research will involve molecular dynamic and process simulation, ion implantation, optimization of solid phase epitaxy annealing, fabrication of diode structures, and...

This $410,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University to develop new approaches for electrical contacts to two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides. The research team will test hypotheses about the role of metal deposition techniques, use of semimetals, and junction formation in reducing contact resistance. They will perform experiments to isolate the effects of key...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop a novel lamination approach for halide perovskite semiconductors that enables new device architectures and material combinations for applications like solar cells, LEDs, and other optoelectronic devices. The research aims to understand, model, and control the process-structure-property relationships during halide perovskite semiconductor manufacturing...

Chemelectronics LLC was awarded a $199,061 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop engineering of polycrystalline perovskite for low-cost pixelated x-ray imager. The project aims to deliver products and services focused on engineering polycrystalline perovskite materials for use in pixelated x-ray imaging detectors through February 13, 2023. This award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which...

The Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...