Sustainable Energy Seminar Series

press release: "Solar PV: Overview and Materials Options," by Mike Arnold, associate professor of materials science and engineering

The Earth is continuously bathing in over one-hundred-million-billion watts of sunlight – many times more than mankind’s energy demands. This talk will introduce harvesting of this irradiation using photovoltaic solar cells. The lecture will cover: (1) how a solar cell works at the level of atoms/electrons, (2) from what materials and how solar cells are made, (3) challenges that must be overcome to make them more economically viable, and (4) up and coming solar cell technologies.

Sustainable Energy Seminar Series

3:30-4:30 p.m., Wisconsin Energy Institute, Room 1115

The Wisconsin Energy Institute is helping facilitate a series of seminars focused on University of Wisconsin–Madison expertise in sustainable energy. The series will allow students and the public to explore sustainable energy solutions from the small to large, learn about the challenges facing sustainable energy and interact with experts from across campus. If you would like to receive email notifications for upcoming seminars, send an email to join-energy-seminar@lists.wisc.edu.