Pilar Espinet-González received her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain, in 2005 and her Ph.D. in solar energy from the Solar Energy Institute (IES) – Technical University of Madrid (UPM) in 2012. Her research and dissertation were focused on the modeling, characterization, and reliability of concentrator multijunction solar cells. As a postdoc in the Atwater Group she explored the development of concentrator photovoltaic systems for terrestrial and space applications.
She is currently a senior research scientist at Aerospace Corportation.
Available Publications
Ultra-lightweight mirrors with high solar reflectivity and high infrared emissivity for sun-facing radiative thermal management in space
Samuel Loke, Ali Naqavi, Emily Warmann, Pilar Espinet-Gonzalez, Nina Vaidya, Michael Kelzenberg, and Harry A. Atwater
Opt. Express 30(10) 17259-17269 (2022) (2022)
Nanowire Solar Cells: A New Radiation Hard PV Technology for Space Applications
Pilar Espinet-Gonzalez, Enrique Barrigón, Yang Chen, Gaute Otnes, Giuliano Vescovi, Colin Mann, John V. Lloyd, Don Walker, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Ingvar A° berg, Magnus Borgström, Lars Samuelson, and Harry A. Atwater
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS, VOL. 10, NO. 2, MARCH 2020 (2020)
- Nanophotonic Materials and Devices Space Solar Power
An ultralight concentrator photovoltaic system for space solar power harvesting
Emily C. Warmanna, Pilar Espinet-Gonzaleza, Nina Vaidya, Samuel Loke, Ali Naqavi, Tatiana Vinogradova, Michael Kelzenberg, Christophe Leclerc, Eleftherios Gdoutos, Sergio Pellegrino, and Harry A. Atwater
Acta Astronautica (2020)
- Photovoltaics Space Solar Power
Development of Lattice-Mismatched GaInAsP for Radiation Hardness
Ryan M. France , Pilar Espinet-Gonzalez , Brian B. Haidet, Kunal Mukherjee, Harvey L. Guthrey , Harry A. Atwater , and Don Walker
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS, VOL. 10, NO. 1, JANUARY 2020 (2020)
- Solar Fuels
Radiation Tolerant Nanowire Array Solar Cells
Pilar Espinet-Gonzalez, Enrique Barrigón, Gaute Otnes, Giuliano Vescovi, Colin Mann, Ryan M. France, Alex J. Welch, Matthew S. Hunt, Don Walker, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Ingvar Åberg, Magnus T. Borgström, Lars Samuelson, and Harry A. Atwater
ACS Nano (2019)