Matthew Reese

Research Scientist National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Biography

​Dr. Matthew Reese received his B.S. from Caltech and his Ph.D. from Yale University.  He has been researching photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for 13 years, where he is a senior scientist in the Thin Film Material Science & Processing group.  Reese has expertise in the fabrication and characterization of a variety of thin-film material sets including CdTe, organic PV, and perovskites.  He interests include understanding interfacial roles and morphology in thin film devices, lightweight/flexible packaging solutions, nano- and micro-structured materials for energy applications, and reliability mechanisms that can be addressed with a material and/or cell level understanding. To aid these efforts, he also has a keen interest in developing new measurement tools and methods.  He has co-authored over 60 papers and has six issued patents.

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High Specific Power Photovoltaics: Increasing Markets by Decreasing Package Weight
02:00 PM

We will discuss how high specific power (power-to-weight ratio) PV may generate value beyond the typical “value triad” of efficiency, cost, and reliability that dominates the utility market and how this value might be generated in a largely technology agnostic manner. By examining historical market trends in PV and comparing these to potential markets together with their requirements, we can establish pathways for new technologies to emerge with immediate impact in protected markets to gain experience before transitioning to the highly competitive utility-scale market. We will examine the driving factors to achieve high specific power including cell efficiency, packaging, and interconnect contributions. Tradeoffs and design considerations that researchers must consider will be discussed.

Matthew Reese

Research Scientist National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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