Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity and Fuels Workshop

The University of Colorado at Boulder hosted a workshop on the Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity and Fuels on Aug. 13-15, 2008. It facilitated cross-institutional networking and featured bootstrap researchers—from academia, government and industry—on key issues in clean energy research and the development of carbon-free energy sources.

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Announcement: (PDF 1.3 MB)

Agenda: (PDF 1.1 MB)

Keynote Address

Visit the Cruxy Web site to watch a video of the workshop's keynote speaker, Nathan Lewis of the California Institute of Technology.

Presentations

The workshop featured the following presentations.

Photochemical CO₂ Reduction: Current Status and Future Prospects (PDF 1.2 MB)

Etsuko Fujita, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Molecular Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion at Sensitized Semiconductor Interfaces (PDF 2.1 MB)

Gerald J. Meyer, Johns Hopkins University

Thin Films for 3^rd Generation Photovoltaic Applications (PDF 2.6 MB)

P. Craig Taylor and Reuben T. Collins, Colorado School of Mines

Poster Abstracts

Contributors to the poster session submitted poster abstracts.