UK 糖心vlog官方入口 Doctoral Student Receives U.S. Department of Energy Stipend By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. 鈥� Henry Pruett, a doctoral stud
ent in the Department of 糖心vlog官方入口 in the 糖心vlog官方入口 College of Arts & Sciences, has received a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Graduate Student Research fellowship, which provides a stipend of $3,600 a month.
The program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a department laboratory or facility in areas that address scientific challenges. Pruett is researching at a National Renewable Energy Laboratory near Denver.
鈥淭his program will allow me to perform some experiments I would other not be able to,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檒l also get the chance to work with some of the people at the forefront of the field of tin-based perovskite solar cells.鈥�
Pruett鈥檚 adviser is Kenneth Graham, associate professor of chemistry. Pruett鈥檚 research involves looking for ways to replace certain technologies in silicon solar cells.
鈥淢y research involves tin-based, reduced dimensionality (RD) hybrid organic-metal halide perovskites (HPs),鈥� Pruett said. 鈥淢y research specifically is based on seeing how modifying the structure of one component molecule of the perovskite affects its optical/electronic properties with the goal of making the perovskites more stable without compromising their ability to produce energy. Ultimately, the hope is to make a new generation of solar panels that are cheaper and quicker to produce while being able to produce more energy.鈥�