Experience

Solarmer Energy, Inc.

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Researcher

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  Responsible for OPV manufacturing process development from bench-top through pilot-line into mass productionDeveloped a novel hybrid manufacturing process by combining both wet coating and vacuum deposition to achieve low-cost, high-speed roll-to-roll (R2R) process and high device performanceAchieved best flexible OPV single cell efficiency of 7.6% (1.6 cm2) Achieved best flexible OPV module efficiency of 7.2% (7 cells in series)Delivered fully R2R processed 20-meter long OPV module productImproved lifetime of flexible OPV from a few weeks to 4 years (still ongoing) Show less

• Senior Researcher

  • Feb 2010 - Sep 2012

  Accomplished bench-top fabrication of flexible OPV by all solution coating processConducted ink formulation for coating/printing multiple layers from solutionIdentified materials and developed lamination process for encapsulating flexible OPV Provided technical support to application development and pilot-line manufacturing



Konarka Technologies

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern & Joint Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2010

  Developed hole transport materials and coatings for organic solar cells Studied flexible, solution-processible, transparent electrodes Conducted ink formulation, device fabrication, encapsulation and lifetime study Developed hole transport materials and coatings for organic solar cells Studied flexible, solution-processible, transparent electrodes Conducted ink formulation, device fabrication, encapsulation and lifetime study



Center for Advanced Materials at UMass Lowell

• Lowell, MA

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2002 - Jun 2007

  Studied photocatalyzed solid-state polymerization of diacetylene by metal oxide semiconductors Investigated polydiacetylene/TiO2 nanocomposite for solar cell application Studied photocatalyzed solid-state polymerization of diacetylene by metal oxide semiconductors Investigated polydiacetylene/TiO2 nanocomposite for solar cell application