Megan Phelan
Dr. Megan Phelan defended her PhD in Materials Science in 2022, where she researched luminescent solar concentrators for next-generation photovoltaic devices. She received a B.S. in Physics from Yale in 2015. She now works as an early stage climate-tech VC investor, where she helps promising lab-stage technologies transition to the market.
Selected Publications
AMORPHOUS SILICON CARBIDE HIGH CONTRAST GRATINGS AS HIGHLY EFFICIENT SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE VISIBLE REFLECTORS
Haley C. Bauser, Morgan D. Foley, Megan E. Phelan, William Weigand, David R. Needell, Zachary C. Holman, and Harry A. Atwater
Optica Publishing Group. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6034724.v2 (2022)
ROLE OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE ON EXCITON DYNAMICS AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN NIR EMISSIVE INAS/INP/ZNSE QUANTUM DOTS
Michael J. Enright, Dipti Jasrasaria, Mathilde M. Hanchard, David R. Needell, Megan E. Phelan, Daniel Weinberg, Brinn E. McDowell, Haw-Wen Hsiao, Hamidreza Akbari, Matthew Kottwitz, Maggie M. Potter, Joeson Wong, Jian-Min Zuo, Harry A. Atwater, Eran Rabani, and Ralph G. Nuzzo
The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2022, 126, 7576−7587 (2022)
SILICON HETEROJUNCTION MICROCELLS
Maggie M. Potter, Megan E. Phelan, Pradeep Balaji, Phillip Jahelka, Haley C. Bauser, Rebecca D. Glaudell, Cora M. Went, Michael J. Enright, David R. Needell, André Augusto, Harry A. Atwater, and Ralph G. Nuzzo
(2021)
SOLAR POWER WINDOWS: CONNECTING SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES TO MARKET SIGNALS
David R. Needell, Megan E. Phelan, Jason T. Hartlove, Harry A. Atwater
Energy 219 (2021) 119567 (2021)
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE OF A TANDEM INGAP/SI PHOTOVOLTAIC LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR
Megan Phelan, David R. Needell, Haley Bauser, Hanxiao Su, Michael Deceglie, San Theingi, Brent Koscher, Zach Nett, Colton R. Bukowsky, Ognjen Ilic, Paul Stradins, John Geisz, Ralph Nuzzo, A. Paul Alivisatos, Harry A. Atwater
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 223 (2021) 110945 (2021)