Matt LawAssistant Professor, Chemistry |
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Research Interests |
nanoscale materials and devices, solar energy conversion | |
| URL | Law Group Website | |
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Academic Distinctions |
IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists, 2006 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator, 2005 ITRI Research Center Fellow, 2005 & 2006 |
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| Appointments | Postdoctoral Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2006-2008 | |
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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 |
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| 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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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Law, M., Greene, L. E., Johnson, J. C., Saykally, R., Yang, P. Nanowire dye-sensitized solar cells. Nature Materials 4, 455-459 (2005). |
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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). |
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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). |
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| Research Center | Irvine Center for Solar Energy | |
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5535 | |
| Last updated | 06/10/2009 | |