Journal covers, talks, videos and mission moments.
Inventor award for U.S. Patent 12,698,557, “Solar heating for thin film evaporation and directional solidification”, issued August 4, 2026. Listed in the Blue Origin Patent Library.
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The cover image is based on the Energy Advances Paper “Low-intensity low-temperature analysis of perovskite solar cells for deep space applications” by T. Colenbrander et al. This represents a Spacecraft with high…
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The cover image is based on the EU PVSEC “Paper Photovoltaic operation in the lower atmosphere and at the surface of Venus” by Jonathan Grandidier et al. Artist’s concept of a photovoltaic‐powered lander at the…
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Solar Spectrum and Intensity Analysis Under Venus Atmosphere Conditions for Photovoltaics Operation Saturday 1st June 2019.
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Cassini End Of Mission (Final 7 Minutes Till Loss Of Signal) Friday 15th September 2017.
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Cassini’s First Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings Wednesday 26th April 2017.
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“Solar cell efficiency enhancement via light trapping in printable resonant dielectric nanosphere arrays” Phys. Status Solidi A 210(2), 255–260 (2013) was featured in the special edition “Best of pss 2014” with front…
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Resonant dielectric structures are a promising platform for addressing the key challenge of light trapping in thin-film solar cells. Grandidier et al. (pp. 255—260) experimentally and theoretically demonstrate…
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Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement via Light Trapping in Resonant Dielectric Sphere Arrays Thursday 8th November 2012.
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Polymer-Metal Plasmonic Waveguides: passive and active components for integrated photonics Thursday 25th October 2012. 45 min.
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“Merging Plasmonics with Silicon Photonics CMOS compatible plasmonics for Network-on-Chip applications” for the workshop “WS01 Plasmonics for Optical Interconnects: Challenges and Opportunities” – September 16th 2012.
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SPIE Green Photonics Award for Renewable Energy Generation: Fusion and Photovoltaics, Photonics West, January 24, 2012.
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Nanosphere coatings can boost the efficiency of thin film solar cells
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Light Matters: Winner of the “Life at the Frontiers of Energy Research” Video Contest A visual journey through the science and research conducted at the “The Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion” Energy…
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Journal cover. A novel approach to increasing light absorption in thin-film solar cells: redirecting incident sunlight into the cell via coupling to the whispering gallery modes of dielectric spheres on top of the…
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Feature article (p. 26) by Lori Oliwenstein.
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Caltech scientists look at the outside instead of the solar cell's inside and find the next way to increase efficiency.
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Simulation of the electric field in a solar cell enhanced by the resonance of a dielectric nanosphere.
Open →Book edited by S. Enoch and N. Bonod (Springer Series in Optical Sciences 167). Contributed chapter “Imaging Surface Plasmons” by A. Bouhelier, G. Colas des Francs and J. Grandidier, pp. 225–268.
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Editions universitaires européennes 2010 J. Grandidier On sale on Amazon.com
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Guide plasmonique polymère-métal: composants passifs et actifs pour la photonique intégrée Thursday 10th December 2009. 45 min.
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