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The ANSER Center is a
U.S. DOE Energy Frontier
Research Center.

NEWS ARCHIVES

Dreyfus Foundation names Assistant Research Professor Dick Co recipient of 2010 Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry

November 17, 2010 -- Dick Co, an Assistant Research Professor in the Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, is the recipient of the 2010 Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. More...

Prof. Mark Hersam on WBEZ 91.5

October 15, 2010 -- On October 11, 2010, WBEZ 91.5's Eight Forty-Eight featured Mark Hersam, ANSER Member and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, in a discussion about graphene and new applications for the material. Listen now.

November ANSER Seminar

October 15, 2010 -- Join us for a discussion with Prof. Peter F. Green of the University of Michigan for an overview of the Michigan Energy Frontier Research Center on Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion. The seminar will occur on November 4, at 3:00 pm in room 4003 of Ryan Hall. Download seminar flyer
(PDF).

Footage of the 2010 ANSER Symposium

October 15, 2010 -- On May 6-7, 2010, Northwestern University hosted the 3rd Annual Solar Energy Symposium, Solar Fuels for the Future, co-sponsored by the ANSER Center, ISEN and One Book One Northwestern. Fraser Armstrong presented the keynote address on the evening of May 6, followed by a daylong series of presentations on May 7 focused on the latest research in the area of solar energy. Browse photos of the Symposium on ANSER’s Flickr page. Watch the seminars.

Save the Date: ANSER Solar Energy Symposium, May 6-7, 2010

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Fiebig Joins the ANSER Center as Director of Operations

January 4, 2010 - More...

Nature's Blueprint for Going Green

September 11, 2009 - Solar power may be the answer to our society's dependence on fossil fuels. Michael Wasielewski and his team of researchers in the Weinberg College's Department of Chemistry are looking at nature’s model for converting sunlight into usable energy—photosynthesis—to design the basis for new and innovative solar cells. More...

Our Solar Future

September 11, 2009 - For solar power to emerge as our renewable energy solution, the price must be right. How are researchers working to make solar energy less expensive and more widespread? More...

NU EFRC to be part of ANSER

April 29, 2009 - Professor Michael Wasielewski will lead the EFRC that will be part of the existing Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, a center that is one of several ever-strengthening links between Northwestern and Argonne. More…

Radial Electron Collection in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

February 24, 2009 - A promising new dye-sensitized solar cell photoanode design in which electrons radially diffuse through the wall of semiconducting tubes and are efficiently collected at an adjacent, concentric ITO tube has been experimentally realized. More…

Start-Up Solarmer Eyes Solar-Cell Advance

January 26, 2009 - Solarmer Energy is using technology from UCLA and the University of Chicago to develop polymer-based solar cells that are more efficient at converting sunlight to electricity. More…

Method Sorts Out Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Problem

December 15, 2008 - It’s hard to study something with any rigor if the subject can’t be produced uniformly and efficiently. Researchers who study double-walled carbon nanotubes -- nanomaterials with promising technological applications -- find themselves in just this predicament. More… Cover image...

Study: Coating Hikes Solar Cell Function

February 26, 2008 - U.S. scientists have developed an anode coating strategy that significantly enhances the efficiency of solar energy power conversion. More…

The Sun Also Rises in NU Energy Research Centers

Fall 2007 - Why is there talk of an energy crisis, some ask, when enough sunlight falls on the earth's surface each day to more than meet our energy needs? More…