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Featured Publications

Image showing electrons and holes in metal halide perovskite layers

Complementary Interface Formation Toward High-Efficiency All-Back-Contact Perovskite Solar Cells, Cell Reports Physical Science (2021)

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Steady-State Off-Design Modeling of the Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Recompression Cycle for Concentrating Solar Power Applications With Two-Tank Sensible-Heat Storage, Solar Energy (2020)

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Solar Photovoltaic Module Recycling: A Survey of U.S. Policies and Initiatives, NREL Technical Report (2021)

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