Building a Solar Power Industry In Arizona: Solar Research and Development Programs

1. Building a Solar Power Industry In Arizona: Solar Research and Development Programs Stephen M. Goodnick

2. College of Design DelWebb School of Construction Solar Power Laboratory / Center for Advanced PV Center for Renewable Energy Electrochemistry Supply Chain Management Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory Sustainable Materials and Renewable Technologies Center for Bio-Energy and Photosynthesis ASU’s Core Renewable Energy Competencies Shifting Today’s Energy Infrastructure Developing Transforming Technologies Power Systems Engineering Research Center Decision Theater Decision Center for a Desert City Enabling Sustainable Policies and Practices Center for Science Policy Outcomes Phoenix Urban Research Lab (PURL) use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

3. Arizona Institute for Renewable Energy (AIRE) Solar Power Lab / Advanced Photovoltaics Center Center for Renewable Energy Electrochemisty Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory Center for Bio-Energy and Photosynthesis Capabilities and Infrastructure Flexible Display Photovoltaics Test Laboratory School of Materials ASU Nanofab use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

4. SolarASU – Cross-Disciplinary Systems Approach Policy, Supply Chain, Transition Decision Theater, Carey School Business Mgmt, AZTE Solid State Electronics & Science Over 50 laboratories and $100M in characterization and fabrication facilities Flexible Display Center Advanced design and prototyping PSERC national center Electric grid and interfaces modeling and design TUV/PTL PV module certification and qualification College of Design BIPV Sustainable building design AZTE IP Licensing Tech Transfer Global Institute of Sustainability, College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, College of Design , Biodesign Institute use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

5. High Efficiency/Low Cost Photovoltaics Christiana Honsberg Multiple Spectrum Solar Cells photon up/down conversion Controlled and vacuum environment materials and device development, and testing facilities. Printing facility: Inkjet, screen printing, blade coating, stamp printing… Ghassan Jabbour Multiple Energy Level Solar Cells Multiple quasi-Fermi levels via additional energy levels or bands  extracted photon energy ≠ Eg Wall-to-wall power Solar cells printed like wallpaper. Nature,6 November 2001 (Jabbour et al.) use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

6. TÜV Rheinland Photovoltaic Testing Lab Providing quality products for the world’s markets. • Joint venture between TÜV Rheinland, ASU, and the APS STAR facility • TÜV/PTL performs photovoltaic module qualification testing and related activities. It is one of three such unique facilities in the world testing modules from manufacturers around the world.  Its staff is experienced in the analysis and full testing sequence of commercial Si solar cell technologies required by IEC 61215, IEC 61626, IEEE 1262, and UL 1703. • TÜV/PTL clients/partners span the globe, from the USA, Canada and Mexico to countries in Europe, South America, Asia and, of course, Australia. The modules they submit for qualification testing encompass all technologies both in marketplace and under development use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

7. Tubes in the Desert • Photosynthetic Microbes vs. Plants • superior energy conversion yield • independent of arable land • low water usage • facile genetic engineering • CO2 from power plants can be used • wide range of possible products/high purity • rapid growth (short generation time) • no limitation on seasonal growth • efficient recycling of nutrients Biofuels and Chemical Feedstocks from Cyanobacteria use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

8. Algae-Based Biofuels Research and Development Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, ASU Polytechnic Campus use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

9. RLoad Fuel System Fuel Cell Power Conditioning Application Liquid H+ Reservoir dc-dc Conversion & Controllers Gas Anode Liquid / Gas Separator Gas Generation Air Cathode H+ Ru Catalyzed 2 NaBH 4 Membrane H 2 in 1M NaOH H Return NaBO - + 2 R Load Actual Fuel Cell System H2 generation via catalytic NaBH4 hydrolysis Ru catalyst NaBH4 + 4 H2O  4 H2 + NaB(OH)4 • Room temperature fuel cell • Fuel cell system is > 4x life, cost competitive with batteries • H2 storage solution is safe: nontoxic, nonflammable • Ideal for portable applications; close proximity to people! Fuel storage with pump & gas/liquid separator H2 generator Fuel cell Room Temperature Hydrogen-Air Fuel Cell System Don Gervasio use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

10. ASU’s College of Design: Sustainability and Energy in the Built Environment (SEBE) • SEBE leads research efforts in climate responsive design, resource/energy efficient building and community development strategies. • carbon modeling • post occupancy evaluations • solar design and construction • affordability and energy efficient design • “Going Beyond LEED” – alternatives and improvements to the system • application of new materials/technologies at unit, building and community scales • simulation and energy systems analysis use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

11. Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) • PSERC’s comprehensive research program spans markets, transmission and distribution technologies, and systems to find opportunities for advancing high performance electric power systems through innovative and collaborative research. • Markets Research • Transmission and DistributionResearch • Systems Research • Over 30 industry members and 13 university partners use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness

12. Energy Policy: Decision Theater • Currently deploying system dynamics and agent-based tools to model complex water and energy systems • Provides combination of visualization, simulation, and collaboration to inform energy policy issues use inspired · transdisciplinary · intellectual fusion · social embeddedness