PhD Dissertation Title: “Thermodynamics, Entropy, Information and the Efficiency of Solar Cells”
My main thesis topic was on the the thermodynamic analysis of future solar cell concepts. It included some elements of Information Theory as well.
This work was (almost) entirely theoretical, using some of the most fundamental of physical concepts. I analyzed several “3rd generation” solar cell designs in an attempt to uncover the most efficient ways of producing electricity from the solar spectrum.
A copy of my thesis can be found on the Publications page. The results of this work were 5 first-author papers, and one patent.
In particular, I looked at the concepts of down-conversion and carrier multiplication, as well as other spectral splitting methods.
By approaching the well-known problems of maximizing the power from solar irradiance from different perspectives, I hoped to find new ways of designing solar cells for future generations.
Due to the diversity of projects, I am not placing much further info here, since my Dissertation summarized them all. I may change this in the future.
