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Matt Law

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2006, Chemistry


B.A., Wesleyan University, 1999, Chemistry


B.A., Wesleyan University, 1999, Government

Phone: 949-824-5996
Fax: 949-824-8571
Email: matt.law@uci.edu

University of California
Department of Chemistry
2127 Natural Sciences II
Mail Code: 2025
Irvine, CA 92697

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Research
Interests
nanoscale materials and devices, solar energy conversion
   
URL Law Group Website
   
Academic
Distinctions
IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists, 2006

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator, 2005

ITRI Research Center Fellow, 2005 & 2006
   
Appointments Postdoctoral Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2006-2008
   
Research
Abstract
Nanomaterials offer great potential to deliver breakthroughs in the efficiency, cost and scalability of devices that produce electricity or fuels from sunlight. Our laboratory develops solar energy conversion and storage devices built from 0D, 1D and 2D nanoscale materials, integrating materials synthesis and fundamental opto-electronic characterization with device fabrication, testing, modeling and optimization.

We currently have projects on the following topics:

1. synthesis and assembly of semiconductor nanocrystals, nanorods and nanowires
2. surface chemistry of nanomaterials
3. quantum dot solar cells
4. nanorod photovoltaics
5. tandem water splitting devices
   
Publications Law, M., Beard, M. C., Choi, S., Luther, J. M., Hanna, M. C., Nozik, A. J.
Determining the internal quantum efficiency of PbSe nanocrystal solar cells with the aid of an optical model
Nano Letters 8, 3904-3910 (2008).
   
  Luther, J. M., Law, M., Song, Q., Reese, M. O., Beard, M. C., Ellingson, R. C., Nozik, A. J.
Schottky solar cells based on colloidal nanocrystal films
Nano Letters 8, 3488-3492 (2008).
   
  Law, M., Song, Q., Luther, J. M., Levi, D., Nozik, A. J. Structural, optical and electrical
properties of PbSe nanocrystal solids treated thermally or with simple amines. Journal of the
American Chemical Society 130, 5974-5985 (2008).
   
  Law, M., Luther, J. M., Song, Q., Beard, M. C., Nozik, A. J. Structural, optical and
electrical properties of self-assembled films of PbSe nanocrystals treated with
1,2-ethanedithiol. ACS Nano 2, 271-280 (2008).
   
  Law, M., Radenovic, A., Greene, L. E., Kuykendall, T., Liphardt, J., Yang, P. ZnO-Al2O3 and
ZnO-TiO2 core-shell nanowire dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Physical Chemistry B
110, 22652-22663 (2006).
   
  Law, M., Greene, L. E., Johnson, J. C., Saykally, R., Yang, P. Nanowire dye-sensitized solar
cells. Nature Materials 4, 455-459 (2005).
   
  Law, M., Sirbuly, D. J., Pauzauskie, P., Yan, H., Maslov, A. V., Knutsen, K., Ning, C.-Z.,
Saykally, R. J., Yang, P. Optical routing and sensing with nanowire assemblies.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 102, 7800-7805 (2005).
   
  Law, M., Sirbuly, D. J., Johnson, J. C., Goldberger, J., Saykally, R. J., Yang, P. Nanoribbon
waveguides for subwavelength photonics integration. Science 305, 1269-1273 (2004).
   
Research Center Irvine Center for Solar Energy
   
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Last updated 06/10/2009