UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #564 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 564

Submission ID: 9091

Submission UUID: 024be3d3-bf1a-4cf0-aff5-b826290aa772

Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Thu, 08/24/2023 - 12:22 PM

Completed: Thu, 08/24/2023 - 01:51 PM

Changed: Sat, 09/09/2023 - 04:24 PM

Remote IP address: 217.180.196.24

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal

Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Simon Foo

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When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? Dr.

Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) sfoo@fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Project Keywords Organic solar cells, photovoltaics, renewable energy

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 4

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Chemistry, physics, engineering

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): In-person

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)

Overall Research Project Description Currently, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) utilize organic (natural and synthetic) dyes and inorganic (ruthenium) dyes as a sensitizer. Ruthenium dye is expensive, rare and not environment friendly, whereas organic dyes are cheap, abundant, and pose no environmental threat. In our research, we will explore the use of inorganic and natural dyes for enhancing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of DSSC, as well as ways to enhance the stability and longevity of such solar cells.

Research Tasks Literature review, solar cell fabrication in the lab, measurements and data analysis, paper/report writing

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Basic chemistry and physics (recommended), some circuit theory and electronics (recommended but not required)

Mentoring Philosophy Creating a friendly environment conducive to learning by experiments. Students are encouraged to use their creativity to come up with out of the box unique solutions.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): N/A

Please add any additional information here (if applicable): N/A

Roundtable times and Zoom links Thursday, September 7, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Friday, September 8, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Here is the link to my Zoom:
https://famu.zoom.us/j/95825853076

UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2023

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