Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization

BASIC RESEARCH NEEDS FOR SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION

Report on the Basic Energy Sciences Workshop

on

Solar Energy Utilization

Chair: Nathan S. Lewis, California Institute of Technology
Co-chair: George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory

Panel Chairs:
Solar Electric Arthur J. Nozik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Solar Fuels Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University
Cross-cutting Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Office of
Basic Energy
Sciences Contact: Harriet Kung, Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy

Special Assistance
Technical: Jeffrey Tsao, Sandia National Laboratories
Elaine Chandler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Wladek Walukiewicz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark Spitler, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Randy Ellingson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ralph Overend, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jeffrey Mazer, Solar Energy Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy
Mary Gress, Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
James Horwitz, Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy

Administrative: Christie Ashton, Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
Brian Herndon, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Leslie Shapard, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Publication: Renée M. Nault, Argonne National Laboratory

This report is available on the web at http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/files/SEU_rpt.pdf.