CAMP, the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics at Stanford University, is a research center led by Profs. Michael McGehee, Alan Sellinger and Reiner Dauskardt with the goal of revolutionizing the global energy landscape by developing the science and technology for stable, efficient molecular photovoltaic cells that can compete with fossil fuels in cost per kilowatt-hour produced. While today’s best molecular solar cells have efficiencies up to 8.5% and last approximately 2 years in sunlight, our vision is to increase the efficiency to at least 15%, and make the cells stable for 10 years or more. Furthermore, developing manufacturing technologies and production of cells at very low-cost is also a high priority.

To achieve these goals, CAMP has a renowned team of 15 principal investigators (PIs) from Stanford, UC Berkeley, USC, Georgia Tech and EPFL (see second page for a brief team description). The Center Director is Prof. Michael McGehee (Stanford). The management team further consists of Executive Director Consulting Prof. Alan Sellinger (Stanford), Deputy Director Prof. Reiner Dauskardt (Stanford), Prof. Mark Thompson (USC), Prof. Michael Grätzel (EPFL), and Prof. Jean-Luc Brédas (Georgia Tech). An estimated 60 or more students and post-doctoral researchers are engaged in the research activities at CAMP. CAMP is funded starting in June2008 by a 5-year $25M grant from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Global Research Partnership program.

CAMP's activities span polymer, small molecular and dye-sensitized molecular solar cells with research activities in molecular design through advanced quantum mechanical calculations, molecular synthesis, nanostructure engineering and characterization, understanding and engineering carrier recombination, light management, transparent contacts, and the engineering of durable molecular solar cells.

CAMP’s activities will span polymer, small molecular and dye-sensitized molecular solar cells with research activities in molecular design through advanced quantum mechanical calculations, molecular synthesis, nanostructure engineering and characterization, understanding and engineering carrier recombination, light management, transparent contacts, third generation cell concepts, and the engineering of durable molecular solar cells.