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Page 1: Possible Sr. Projects from Michael Scarpulla Neil E. Cotter ECE Department UNIVERSITY OF UTAH necotter@ece.utah.edu

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Possible Sr. Projectsfrom

Michael Scarpulla

Neil E. Cotter

ECE DepartmentUNIVERSITY OF [email protected]

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Simulations and calculations

of

light trapping in

nanostructured

ultra-thin Si solar cells

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Matlab simulation of thin film

growth - interaction of

deposited atoms with

dislocation stress fields (we

have the dislocation part

already)

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Fixing / re-engineering /

building a pulsed power

supply for a high-powered

laser to give tunable ns

pulses

Page 5: Possible Sr. Projects from Michael Scarpulla Neil E. Cotter ECE Department UNIVERSITY OF UTAH necotter@ece.utah.edu

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Matlab simulation of 1D laser-

solid interactions - we have

this partially done, need to

integrate optical model with

heat flow routine

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COMSOL simulations of 3D

laser interactions with

polycrystalline

semiconductors

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COMSOL simulations of

plasmonic phase-change

oscillators

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Building a system and

protocols for measuring

resistivity vs. temperature for

thin film solar materials

(hardware + Labview)

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Building a photoluminescence

system (hardware + Labview)

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Data analysis for admittance

spectroscopy

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Simulation of operation of

thin film solar cells

incorporating Cu2ZnSnS4

(electrostatics, CV, I-V)

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Other hardware + Labview

integration projects to

implement optoelectronic

characterization techniques

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Simulations of semiconductor

band structures and

vibrational modes (solving

Schrodinger equation for 3D

crystals using modern ab-

initio packages

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Characterize solar cells on

the AM1.5 and IQE and then

follow up with detailed

electrical studies aiming to

elucidate defect states

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Thermal Evaporator

Building up, testing, and

using a thermal evaporator to

deposit thin layers of sulfur

and selenium for improving

the quality of Cu2ZnSnS4

solar cells - could use 2

students.

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