Our team creates and models micro and nanoscale devices to understand the physics of energy conversion in fuel cells and photovoltaic systems. We are exploring size, composition, and shape of microstructural features on the efficiency of charge transfer reactions. We are interested in learning from nature. In particular, we investigate interrupting the natural electron transport chain in plant cells for power generation.

We employ a wide range of micro fabrication technologies to build and evaluate prototype structures. Such technologies include atomic layer deposition of thin films, reactive ion etching, and focused ion beam milling. Atomic force microscopy, confocal imaging, impedance spectroscopy, together with molecular scale modeling help us model the kinetics of charge separation and recombination.

The RPL group discovered that our fabrication and analysis methods can be helpful towards creating medical devices and for providing insights into biological phenomena.

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