Dr. Putnam received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Caltech in 2010. In 2019, Dr. Putnam joined REsurety as their VP of Solar Analytics. REsurety helps a number of entities to manage financial risks associated with the variability of renewable energy production.
Before joining REsurety, he was a Renewable Energy Consultant at Clean Power Research where worked on the development of a distributed energy resource planning tool for utilities. Dr. Putnam co-founded Caelux Corporation based upon his doctoral research. Dr. Putnam is interested in startups, business development, renewables, material science and the environment.
Available Publications
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Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Using Si Microwire Arrays
Shannon W Boettcher, Emily L Warren, Morgan C Putnam, Elizabeth A Santori, Daniel Turner-Evans, Michael D Kelzenberg, Michael G Walter, James R McKone, Bruce S Brunschwig, Harry A Atwater, Nathan S Lewis
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011)
- Micro- and Nanowires
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High-Performance Si Microwire Photovoltaics
Michael D Kelzenberg, Daniel B Turner-Evans, Morgan C Putnam, Shannon W Boettcher, Ryan M Briggs, Jae Yeon Baek, Nathan S Lewis, Harry A Atwater
Energy & Environmental Science (2011)
- Photovoltaics
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Enhanced absorption and carrier collection in Si wire arrays for photovoltaic applications
Michael D Kelzenberg, Shannon W Boettcher, Jan A Petykiewicz, Daniel B Turner-Evans, Morgan C Putnam, Emily L Warren, Joshua M Spurgeon, Ryan M Briggs, Nathan S Lewis, Harry A Atwater
Nature materials (2010)
- Micro- and Nanowires
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Energy-conversion properties of vapor-liquid-solid–grown silicon wire-array photocathodes
Shannon W Boettcher, Joshua M Spurgeon, Morgan C Putnam, Emily L Warren, Daniel B Turner-Evans, Michael D Kelzenberg, James R Maiolo, Harry A Atwater, Nathan S Lewis
Science (2010)
- Photovoltaics
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Si microwire-array solar cells
Morgan C Putnam, Shannon W Boettcher, Michael D Kelzenberg, Daniel B Turner-Evans, Joshua M Spurgeon, Emily L Warren, Ryan M Briggs, Nathan S Lewis, Harry A Atwater
Energy & Environmental Science (2010)
- Micro- and Nanowires