Megan is a PhD student in the Materials Science option and joined the Atwater group in September 2017. She graduated from Yale in 2015 with a B.S. in Physics, and her current interests are in high-efficiency photovoltaic devices. Her previous research experience includes capacitance-voltage profiling of III-V photovoltaics, as well as a brief stint at CERN researching Z—>tt decays. Outside of the lab, Megan can be found swimming, running, cooking, and playing water polo.
Available Publications
Amorphous silicon carbide high contrast gratings as highly efficient spectrally selective visible reflectors
Haley C. Bauser, Morgan D. Foley, Megan E. Phelan, William Weigand, David R. Needell, Zachary C. Holman, and Harry A. Atwater
Optica Publishing Group. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6034724.v2 (2022)
Role of Atomic Structure on Exciton Dynamics and Photoluminescence in NIR Emissive InAs/InP/ZnSe Quantum Dots
Michael J. Enright, Dipti Jasrasaria, Mathilde M. Hanchard, David R. Needell, Megan E. Phelan, Daniel Weinberg, Brinn E. McDowell, Haw-Wen Hsiao, Hamidreza Akbari, Matthew Kottwitz, Maggie M. Potter, Joeson Wong, Jian-Min Zuo, Harry A. Atwater, Eran Rabani, and Ralph G. Nuzzo
The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2022, 126, 7576−7587 (2022)
Silicon Heterojunction Microcells
Maggie M. Potter, Megan E. Phelan, Pradeep Balaji, Phillip Jahelka, Haley C. Bauser, Rebecca D. Glaudell, Cora M. Went, Michael J. Enright, David R. Needell, André Augusto, Harry A. Atwater, and Ralph G. Nuzzo
(2021)
- Photovoltaics
Solar power windows: Connecting scientific advances to market signals
David R. Needell, Megan E. Phelan, Jason T. Hartlove, Harry A. Atwater
Energy 219 (2021) 119567 (2021)
- Photovoltaics
Outdoor performance of a tandem InGaP/Si photovoltaic luminescent solar concentrator
Megan Phelan, David R. Needell, Haley Bauser, Hanxiao Su, Michael Deceglie, San Theingi, Brent Koscher, Zach Nett, Colton R. Bukowsky, Ognjen Ilic, Paul Stradins, John Geisz, Ralph Nuzzo, A. Paul Alivisatos, Harry A. Atwater
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 223 (2021) 110945 (2021)
- Photovoltaics