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13/06/2008 Nobel Laureate Unveils Secrets of "Plastic" Solar Cells
Prof Alan Heeger, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2000
Prof Alan Heeger, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2000, today (Friday) unveiled to a packed lecture hall at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology the secrets of "plastic solar cells" with the world's highest energy efficiency rating for such cells made with organic materials.
This was part of a series of Distinguished Lectures hosted by the University's Institute of Advanced Study.
"I am excited to have led a research team that created a new low-cost 'tandem' organic solar cell with 6.5% efficiency, the highest record for solar cells made
with organic materials. This technology is now under active development toward commercialization, and is expected to have significant contribution to meeting the energy needs of our planet in the future," said Professor Heeger.
Prof Alan Heeger, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2000, unveils to a packed lecture hall at HKUST the secrets of "plastic" solar cells.
Prof Heeger is currently Professor of Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Director of the Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids. Together with two other professors, Prof Heeger won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to the discovery and development of conductive polymers.
Prof Heeger is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
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