Dr. Morgan Putnam

Alumni - Industry and Private Sector

Micro- and Nanowires, Photovoltaics



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


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

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

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

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

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