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Professor Chris Van de Walle’s group elucidates recombination mechanisms in hybrid perovskites

Hybrid perovskites are a group of materials that combine organic molecules with an inorganic framework in a perovskite lattice structure…

Research

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An Additional Fund for Solar Power

With a measure signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week, the state of California has allocated an additional $800 million for…

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College of Engineering Dean Rod Alferness receives The Optical Society's highest award

Where would modern life be without the internet as we know it? When the technology became mainstream in the 1990s, demand for high-speed…

Awards and Accolades

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California to move to 100% Carbon-Free Electricity by 2045

California passed Senate Bill (SB) 100, requiring that 100% of the state’s electricity comes from carbon-free sources by 2045…

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IEE Partner Bloom Energy files for IPO

Read on to learn about the five things to know about the Silicon Valley clean-energy "unicorn" that is Bloom Energy.

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UCSB Faculty receive Department of Energy research grants to advance the future of energy

With energy demand growing rapidly and fossil-fuel combustion driving climate change, it is increasingly critical that we transform how…

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UCSB Faculty receive Department of Energy research grants to advance the future of energy

With energy demand growing rapidly and fossil-fuel combustion driving climate change, it is increasingly critical that we transform how…

In the News, Research

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UCSB Faculty receive Department of Energy research grants to advance the future of energy

With energy demand growing rapidly and fossil-fuel combustion driving climate change, it is increasingly critical that we transform how…

In the News, Research

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Newsletter: August 2018

IEE has released it's quarterly newsletter featuring news and research from April through July 2018. View the full newsletter at the…

Newsletter

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Rallying UC Campuses for Carbon Neutrality

Achieving the University of California’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2025, as proclaimed in its Carbon Neutrality Initiative, will…

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Engineering high-power hybrid battery-capacitor systems

Professor Galen Stucky and his team released their results on a new approach to making hybrid battery-capacitor systems using stacked…

Research

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Falling Costs will see Solar, Wind and Batteries Dominate Global Generation by 2050

Solar capacity is set for a 17-fold increase globally by 2050 owing to falling technology costs, particularly in battery energy storage…

General

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Photovoltaics efficiency technology takes top spot at 2018 New Venture Competition

Thanks to lightweight material and innovative and durable design along with a solid business plan, UC Santa Barbara student tech…

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Zegar Family Foundation gifts UCSB $1.04 million to address climate change through science

With a brilliance so stunning and species diversity so vast, coral reefs are perhaps the ocean’s most iconic ecosystem. Home to a…

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Mengya Tao wins grand prize for her presentation at UCSB's 6th annual Grad Slam

Getting into graduate school can be very competitive, but once there, the students find the competition can be, well, downright fun — at…

Awards and Accolades, Graduate