Dr. Arthur J. Nozik is a Senior Research Fellow at the U.S. DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Professor Adjoint in the Chemistry Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his BChE from Cornell University in 1959 and his PhD in Physical Chemistry from Yale University in 1967. Before joining NREL in 1978, then known as the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), he conducted research at the Allied Chemical Corporation and American Cyanamid Corporation. Dr. Nozik's research interests include size quantization effects in semiconductor quantum dots and quantum wells, and the applications of these nanostructures to solar photon conversion, photogenerated carrier relaxation dynamics in semiconductor structures, photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor-molecule interfaces, photoelectrochemical energy conversion, photocatalysis, optical, magnetic and electrical properties of solids, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. He has published over 160 papers and book chapters in these fields, and holds 11 U.S. patents. He has served on numerous scientific review and advisory panels and received several awards in solar energy research. Dr. Nozik has been a Senior Editor of The Journal of Physical Chemistry since 1993. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Chemical Society, the Electrochemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Materials Research Society, and the Society of Photo Optical Instrument Engineers.

Major Technical Contributions

1978-present, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Published more than 150 basic research papers in photoelectrochemistry, solid state physics, semiconductor nanoscience, and related interdisciplinary science.

Proposed and confirmed several new important concepts in photoelectrochemistry (hot carrier effects, size quantization effects, superlattice electrodes, quantum dot solar cells).

1974-1978, Materials Research Center, Allied Chemical Corporation, Morristown, NJ

Group leader, Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion

Established one of the first groups in the country in photoelectrochemical energy conversion

Published 15 papers in photoelectrochemical energy conversion; received 5 U.S. patents in the field

Invented photochemical diodes, a major new innovation in photoelectrochemical energy conversion (U.S. 4,094,751)

1967-1974, Central Research Division, American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, CT 06904

Conducted research on optical and electrical properties of semiconductors

Discovered new transparent conductor (Cd₂SnO₄); received 5 U.S. patents on material; NSF and Air Force Funding; developed applications in solar energy devices, and infra-red absorbers

Conducted research in heterogeneous catalysis

Introduced Mössbauer spectroscopy at Cyanamid; developed applications for hydrodesulfurization of petroleum

1961-1964, Central Research Division, American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, CT 06904

Conducted research on plasma jet chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis

Academic Experience and Education

1998-present — Professor Adjoint, University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Chemistry

1995 — Guest Lectureship, Gordon Lecture Series on Energy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

1982-1985 - Co-directed two M.S. theses at Colorado School of Mines

1977-1989 - Outside Member of Examination Committee for Ph.D. theses at University of Colorado, Brown University and universities in Australia, India, and Canada

1968-1974 - Lecturer, Graduate courses in Advanced Physical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT

1962-1964 - Instructor, physics and math courses, Southern Connecticut State College, Evening Division, New Haven, CT

9/64-9/67 – Yale University, Ph.D. (1967), Physical Chemistry Dissertation:  Mössbauer Resonance Studies of Ions in Ice

9/60-6/61 - Yale University, M.S. (1962), Physical Chemistry

9/53-2/56 - Cornell University, B.Ch.E. (1959), Chemical Engineering

Professional Activities

Chairman, Solar Electric Panel, U.S. DOE Office of Science Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization, Washington, DC, (April, 2005)

Chemical Sciences Board, U.S. DOE Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, (2005- )

Steering Committee, University of Colorado Initiative on Sustainable and Renewable Energy, 2005

Panel Member, U.S. DOE Office of Science Workshop on Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy, Washington, DC (May, 2003)

Panel Member, U.S. DOE Office of Science Workshop on Basic Research Needs to Assure a Secure Energy Future (Oct. 2002)

Panel member, EPRI Workshop on Advancement of Photovoltaic Technology, (Nov. 2002)

Organizing Panel, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Energy and Transportation (Jan. 2002)

Panel Member, Planning Workshop, Joint Los Alamos/Sandia National Lab Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (Sept. 2001)

Member, International Review Committee, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan (Aug. 2002)

Executive Committee, Physical Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society (2000-2003)

Chairman, 13th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Snowmass, CO (July 2000)

Member, International Review Committee for Program on Photoreaction Control and Photofunctional Materials, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research of Japan (1997-2001)

Co-chairman, Workshop on Dye Sensitization and Fast Electron Transfer Dynamics, 12th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Berlin (August 1998)

Organizer, Twenty-first DOE Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, Copper Mountain, CO (June 1997)

Co-organizer, 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Photoelectrochemistry, Estes Park, CO (May 1997)

Co-organizer, Workshop on Dye Sensitization of Semiconductors, Golden, CO (March 1997)

Organizer, Symposium on Photoeffects at Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces, ACS Meeting, New Orleans, LA (March 1996)

Chairman, DOE Workshop on Research Opportunities in Photochemical Sciences, Estes Park, CO (Feb. 1996)

Appointed a Senior Editor of The Journal of Physical Chemistry (Feb. 1993)

Member, DOE Scientific Review Committee, Chemical Sciences Program, Argonne National Laboratory (October 1993)

Member, International Organizing Committee, International Conferences on the Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (1992-1998)

Member, International Organizing Committee on First International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalysis, London, Ontario (1992)

Co-organizer, Symposium on Non-Linear Optics, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Toronto (1992)

Operating Agent, International Energy Agency Program on Hydrogen Production (1989-1990)

Co-organizer, U.S.-Israel Workshop on Photoconversion (1990)

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, NSF Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, University of Rochester (Feb. 1989)

Member, NSF Scientific Review Panel, NSF Materials Research Group Program, University of Texas at Austin (Feb. 1988)

Delegate, U.S. DOE Group for International Energy Agency Conference on Long Range Research Opportunities in Renewable Energy Technology; Organizer; U.S. National Pre-Meeting (1988)

Delegate, U.S. DOE Visiting Team for U.S.-Israel Scientific Cooperation Agreement (1988)

Member, Scientific Review Committee, DOE/OER Program in Chemical Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (1986); Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (1986)

Member, Scientific Review Panel for Chemical Biodynamics Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (1986)

Editorial Board, Journal of Solar Energy Materials

Chairman, Energy Technology Group, Electrochemical Society (1984)

Member, International Organizing Committee, International Conferences on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (1982-1988)

Member, ACS Subcommittee on Energy, Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs (1983-1988)

Chairman and Organizer, nine Photoelectrochemical Energy Symposia, American Chemical Society and Electrochemical Society

Member, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Electrochemical Society, AAAS, ISES, Materials Research Society

U.S./DOE Representative, International Energy Agency, Photoelectrolysis Programme (1980-86)

Organizer, U.S.-Japan Seminar on Cooperative Research on Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion (NSF-funded) (1983)

U.S. investigator, U.S.-Yugoslavia Joint Research Program in Photoconversion (1980-1992)

U.S. co-investigator, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (1986-1991)

Reviewer for J. Appl. Phys., Appl. Phys. Lett., J. Electrochem. Soc., Sol. Energy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Phys. Chem., J. Solid State Chem., Surf. Sci., Nature, Phys. Rev., Phys. Rev. Lett., Chem. Phys. Lett., Science, Langmuir, Chem. Mater., J. Chem. Phys., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.; proposal reviewer for DOE, NSF, ONR, ARO, National Research Council, ACS, Canadian Research Council, and Univ. Grants Office.

Recognition and Honors

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003); Research Award, Energy Technology Division, Electrochemical Society (2002); Distinguished Lecturer, Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture Series, Case Western Reserve University (2002); Fellow of the American Physical Society, Chemical Physics Division (1999); NREL Director's Award (1993); MRI Hubbard Award (NREL, 1992); American Western Universities - U.S. DOE Laboratory Distinguished Lectureship (1989-1990); MRI Van Morris Award (1985); SERI Outstanding Achievement Award (1984); Sigma Xi; Who's Who in the East; 180 invited talks 1976-98; 40 invited Plenary/Symposium Lectures.

Books

Photochemical and Photoelectrochemical Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion (edited with M.D. Archer), Vol. 4 of Photoconversion of Solar Energy, Imperial College Press, 2005

Surface Electron Transfer Processes (with R. J. D. Miller, G. McLendon, W. Schmickler, and F. Willig), VCH Publishers, 1995.

Photoelectrochemistry and Electrosynthesis on Semiconducting Materials, Electrochemical Society Symposium Series (edited with D. S. Ginley, N. Armstrong, K. Honda, A. Fujishima, T. Sakata, and T. Kawai), 1987.

Photoeffects at Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interfaces, ACS Symposium Series Vol. 146, 1981.

Photoelectrochemistry: Fundamental Processes and Measurement Technique, Electrochemical Society Symposium Series (edited with W. W. Wallace, S. K. Deb, and R. Wilson), 1982.

Patents

U.S. 4,634,641 Superlattice Photoelectrodes for Photoelectrochemical Cells (1987)

U.S. 4,167,461 Photoenhanced Reduction Process (1979)

U.S. 4,094,751 Photochemical Diodes (1978)

U.S. 4,090,933 Photoelectrolysis of Water by Solar Radiation (1978)

U.S. 4,011,149 Photoelectrolysis of Water by Solar Radiation (1977)

U.S. 3,987,780 Greenhouse Window for Solar Heat Absorbing Systems Derived from Cd₂SnO₄ (1976)

U.S. 3,957,029 Greenhouse Window for Solar Heat Absorbing Systems (1976)

U.S. 3,811,953 Light-Transmitting Electrically Conducting Cadmium Stannate (1974)

U.S. 3,815,036 Infrared Windows and Optical Coatings Derived from Cd₂SnO₄ (1974)

U.S. 3,773,914 Cadmium Stannate Yellow Pigment (1973)

U.S. 3,725,099 White Silicon Carbide Sosoloids (1973)

Publications

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