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About the Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion

The mission and goals of the Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) are described on this page.

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Spring/summer 2009 issue of CRSP Update, a newsletter describing research performed by the Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion. (PDF 684 KB) Download Adobe Reader.

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Mission

The mission of the CRSP, a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, is to conduct basic and applied research that will result in scientific and technological revolutions in solar energy conversion. The scientific advances generated in CRSP will underpin future renewable energy technologies, commonly called "third-generation solar photon conversion," that exhibit highly efficient and low-cost production of both fuels and electricity via direct solar-conversion processes. The long-term objective of the CRSP is to produce solar electricity and solar fuels at costs competitive with their production from coal.

The primary areas of CRSP research include:

Goals

The CRSP Executive Board has established the following six goals:

  1. Establish a collaborative research environment among the four Collaboratory Institutions—National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Colorado School of Mines—and Affiliate Research Institutions.

  2. Provide a collaborative and participatory interface between the members and the Collaboratory Institutions for performing precompetitive research (Shared Research).

  3. Provide a streamlined, tailored interface between the members and the Collaboratory Institutions to develop and implement member-specific proprietary research projects (Sponsored Research).

  4. Conduct basic research on novel approaches to solar photon conversion funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal agencies.

  5. Provide training and educational opportunities for students and scientists.

  6. Publish and disseminate the results of the shared and proprietary research projects developed through CRSP.

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