The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, under Professor Tom Meyer’s leadership, was selected to receive a prestigious five year Energy Frontiers Research Center (EFRC) grant.  One of only 46 EFRCs funded by the Department of Energy and President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the “Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics EFRC” at Carolina will focus on innovative interdisciplinary research, including the synthesis of new molecular catalysts and light absorbers and integration into nanoscale architectures for improved generation of fuels and electricity from sunlight.  The Carolina led EFRC will involve over 20 faculty and include collaborations with scientists at Duke University, University of Florida, North Carolina Central University, and North Carolina State University.  The center will support a mix of about 30 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. It will become a central part of the newly formed Solar Energy Research Center (SERC).

The EFRC will be housed initially within the Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology (IAM) at Carolina.

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