Writing in PNAS, the researchers showed that extremely thin films of molybdenum disulfide display unprecedented charge carrier properties that could someday drastically improve solar technologies.
A team led by Eugene Chen in the Department of Chemistry will work on design and discovery of next-generation polymers.
CSU is a founding partner in a $110 million U.S. Department of Energy research network, the National Alliance for Water Innovation, focused on treatment and reuse technologies for wastewater, seawater and other untapped sources.
CSU biologist Kristen Ruegg is working with UCLA researchers to study which bird species are most impacted by the solar industry.
A CSU team is leading an effort to make cadmium-telluride solar cells even more efficient by focusing on a classic engineering bottleneck in their design.
The sixth annual event, formerly known as the Natural Gas Symposium, will take place Sept. 28-29 in the Lory Student Center.
Neilson is a solid-state chemist who seeks to understand and control the formation of materials, along with their structures and properties – materials by design.