Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics
CAMP, the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics at Stanford University, is a research center led by Prof. Michael McGehee the goal of revolutionizing the global energy landscape by developing the science and technology for stable, efficient molecular photovoltaic cells that can compete with fossil fuels in cost per kilowatt-hour produced. While today’s best molecular solar cells have efficiencies up to 6.5% and last approximately 1 year in sunlight, our vision is to increase the efficiency to at least 15%, and make the cells stable for 10 years or more. Furthermore, developing manufacturing technologies and production of cells at very low-cost is also a high priority.
To achieve these goals, CAMP has a renowned team of 16 principal investigators (PIs) from Stanford, UC Berkeley, USC, GeorgiaTech and EPFL (see second page for a brief team description). The Center Director is Prof. Michael McGehee (Stanford). The management team further consists of Executive Director Consulting Prof. Alan Sellinger (Stanford), Deputy Director Prof. Peter Peumans (Stanford), Prof. Reiner Dauskardt (Stanford), Prof. Mark Thompson (USC), Prof. Michael Gr?tzel (EPFL), and Prof. Jean-Luc Br?das (Georgia Tech). An estimated 50 or more students and post-doctoral researchers will be engaged in the research activities at CAMP. CAMP is funded starting June 2008 by a 5-year $25M grant from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Global Research Partnership program.
CAMP’s activities will span polymer, small molecular and dye-sensitized molecular solar cells with research activities in molecular design through advanced quantum mechanical calculations, molecular synthesis, nanostructure engineering adn characterization, understanding and engineering carrier recombination, light management, transparent contacts, third generation cell concepts, and the engineering of durable molecular solar cells.
