RED BANK, N.J., Feb. 6,
2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Som N. Dahal, an electrical engineer
with particular expertise in quantum dot nanostructures and silicon
solar cell fabrication has joined Natcore Technology Inc.
(TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) as a Senior Research Scientist. He is based
at Natcore's R&D Center in Rochester,
NY.
Dr. Dahal had most recently been Staff Engineer/Scientist at
Idalia Solar Technologies in Stony Brook,
NY. There and in the solar power laboratories of the
University of Delaware and Arizona State University, he gained extensive
experience on material development, device modeling and
characterization of III-V nanostructures and silicon solar cells
including the laboratory setup and successful design, fabrication
and characterization of high efficiency crystalline silicon solar
cells.
Dr. Dahal's initial technical efforts at Natcore will be focused
on two programs:
- The realization of a manufacturable quantum dot solar cell.
Scientists have made significant progress working on this project
at Rice University under Natcore
co-founder Prof. Andrew Barron. Now
Natcore feels a full-time scientist will be required in order to
develop a workable prototype.
- The use of lasers to replace the high-temperature diffusion
furnace in solar cell production. This will significantly reduce
energy- related cost and enhance solar cell performance. Natcore
expects to take delivery of its laser equipment in March.
Dr. Dahal is the author or co-author of four refereed journal
articles and seven conference publications, nearly all of which are
based on quantum dots. He has been an invited presenter at meetings
of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference.
Dr. Dahal earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the Fulton
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at
Arizona State University, where his
Research Advisor was Dr. Christiana
Honsberg, Director of the Quantum Energy and Sustainable
Solar Technologies Center (QESST). QESST is an NSF–DOE funded
center. Dr. Dahal earned his MSc in Physics from Tribhuvan
University in Katmandu, Nepal.
With an enrollment of 144,000, Tribhuvan is one of the largest
universities in the world.
"We need a full-time scientist to work on these two crucial
projects," says Chuck Provini,
Natcore's president and CEO. "We cannot rely on part-time
post-doctoral students to take us to our goals. We were fortunate
to find Som. He's the perfect man for this job."
Dr. Dahal lives with his wife and two daughters in Pittsford, NY.
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SOURCE Natcore Technology