Energy & Power

Research in Energy and Power focuses on the use of solid-state materials and devices for harvesting, generating, and controlling energy in different forms, and for conversion of energy from one form to another. These activities are central to the development of new technologies for terrestrial and space-based solar photovoltaics, high-power electronics for the electric grid and high-frequency applications, energy harvesting for sensor networks, efficient and compact electronics for frequency conversion, electronics for wireless communications infrastructure, and conversion of renewable energy to chemical fuels. Current research in energy and power at the University of Texas at Austin includes development of wide-bandgap materials and devices; high-power electronic devices, components, and circuits; development of on-chip inductors; fuel cells using solid state nanomaterials; fundamental studies of thermal energy transport at the nanoscale; high-efficiency photovoltaic materials and devices; and materials, fundamental processes, and devices for conversion of solar energy to chemical fuels.

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