Directory Record for:

Craig A. Grimes

Title(s):

Professor of Electrical Engineering

Director, Center for Solar Nanomaterials

Department:

Electrical Engineering

College/Admin. Unit:

College of Engineering

Office Address:

217 Materials Research Laboratory Building

University Park, PA 16802

Office Phone:

(814) 865-9142

Office Fax:

(814) 865-2326

E-Mail Address:

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Web Page(s):

http://www.ee.psu.edu

http://www.ee.psu.edu/faculty/grimes/grimes1.html

Research Synopsis:

Areas of research include: (1) Heterojunction solar cells. (2) Solar hydrogen generation by water-splitting. (3) Photocatalysis. (4) Magnetism, rf, and acoustic-based remote query chemical and environmental sensors. (5) Biomedical measurement and instrumentation techniques.

Technologies Impacted by Research:

Energy. Solar energy. Solar fuels. Photocatalysis. Biomedical sensors. High surface area nanoporous materials. Instrumentation sensors.

Selected Publications:

C. A. Grimes, O. K. Varghese, and S. Ranjan. Light, Water, Hydrogen: The Solar Production of Hydrogen by Water Photoelectrolysis. Springer, Norwell, MA. 1st. Ed. November 2007.
G. K. Mor, K. Shankar, M. Paulose, O. K. Varghese, and C. A. Grimes, Use of Highly-Ordered TiO2 Nanotube-Arrays in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Nano Letters 6 (2006) 215-218.
X. Gao, W. Yang, P. Pang, S. Liao, Q. Cai, K. Zeng, C. A. Grimes, A Wireless, Magnetoelastic Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Glucose Concentrations In Urine Samples. Sensors and Actuators B 128 (2007) 161-167.