Engineering the materials and devices that turn light into energy, radiation into information, and quantum phenomena into technology.
Directed by Dr. Deidra R. Hodges, Ph.D., Lab Director & Principal Investigator
QEEI works across the full stack of optoelectronic and semiconductor devices, from the crystals and thin films up to the systems that use them.
We are building expertise in the materials, fabrication, and characterization of superconducting qubits and quantum-sensing devices, connecting semiconductor processing know-how to the demands of quantum information.
Room-temperature cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) gamma- and X-ray detectors, developed with Brookhaven National Laboratory's nonproliferation group, alongside work on TRISO nuclear fuel materials. We fabricate, polish, and characterize CZT crystals and analyze detector spectra and transport.
Machine learning and deep learning accelerate the design and performance prediction of imaging devices, with methods extending toward sensing and diagnostics for medical applications.
Low-cost perovskite thin-film solar cells for flexible electronics, with power-conversion efficiencies exceeding 21%. We also pursue perovskite-silicon tandems and lead-free perovskites, targeting efficient, inexpensive, solution-processed devices.
Visited the Dept. of Bioengineering at Imperial and Prof. Henry Snaith's Photovoltaic & Optoelectronic Device Group at Oxford's Clarendon Laboratory.
Current and past user of QAS, XPD and SRX beamlines for XAS, XPD, XANES and XRF, probing perovskites at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials.
Participation in NREL's HOPE program, connecting the lab's students to national renewable-energy research.
Toured El Paso Electric's newest Community Solar facility and Stanton Tower Solar System with Applied Photovoltaics students.
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