Seminar: Dr. Nasser Karam

Seminar Title:
High Efficiency Multijunction Solar Cells for Low-Cost Energy Generation

Speaker:
Dr. Nasser H. Karam
Vice President, Advanced Technology Products
BOEING - SPECTROLAB, Inc.

Location: HNB100
Date & Time: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 2:00 PM

Dr. Karam and his Advanced Technology Products (ATP) team are world recognized in the development of advanced space solar cells for satellites, as well as terrestrial concentrating solar cells, and other optoelectronic devices.

For the last decade, his team has developed, demonstrated and held nearly all the world records for high efficiency concentrating multijunction PV solar cells under concentration. In 2001-2002, Dr. Karam and his ATP Team won the “R&D 100” and the “Scientific American 50” awards for contributions in the field of terrestrial energy generation and demonstration of concentrating multijunction terrestrial photovoltaic cell with 34% efficiency. In 2007, Dr. Karam’s group at Boeing Spectrolab demonstrated a world record of 40.7% efficient metamorphic
terrestrial solar cell under concentration; the team has been recognized with “R&D 100” award for this accomplishment. In 2009, his team asserted the US leadership as the current world record holder of the highest efficiency concentrator
solar cell at 41.6% under concentration. Spectrolab is currently in production of terrestrial concentrator solar cells with average efficiency of 38.5% at 500x concentration, and is gearing up to introduce a 40% efficient cell in 2011.

Today, Boeing - Spectrolab is in production with the most efficient space solar cell in the world at an average efficiency of 28.3% AM0 and recently introduced a 30% average AM0 efficiency space solar cell in 2011.

Host: PEEEPS (Phd Electrical Engineering ElectroPhysics Students organization) and CENT (Center for Energy Nanoscience and Technlogy)

Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Satsuki Takahashi