| National Renewable Energy Lab |

Rumbles-Reid Group

| University of Colorado Boulder |

A Glimpse into NREL

The Rumbles Group and NREL

The National Renewable Energy Lab

The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) is a Department of Energy (DOE) lab located 20 miles south of Boulder in Golden, CO. The lab is entirely dedicated to the investigation and development of renewable technologies from hydrogen splitting to solar energy harvesting. With a $491.8 million business volume for the 2019 fiscal year, NREL is at the center of renewable discovery and innovation.

Graduate Students in the Rumbles-Reid Group

The research focus of the Rumbles-Reid group sits at the intersection of chemistry and physics; with past graduate students having emphases in organic systems, and physical chemistry. Members of the Rumbles-Reid Group complete their thesis work at the National Renewable Energy Lab alongside hundreds of Ph.D. scientists. With access to multiple lab spaces and countless instrumentation, completing graduate work in the Rumbles-Reid Group makes for a unique experience. Prospective graduate students interested in joining the Rumbles-Reid group should reach out to current graduate students, or directly to the group PIs.

Research in the Rumbles-Reid Group

Microwave Spectroscopy

We use a wide variety of spectroscopic techniques to study photochemical energy conversion processes in our group, however microwave conductivity deserves special attention, as it is a unique tool in which we have world-leading expertise. Microwave conductivity is an ideal tool for anyone wishing to:

Resolve the dynamics of mobile charges in a semiconducting material with high sensitivity and nanosecond time resolution.
Measure the equilibrium conductivity and dielectric constant of a bulk material.
Study the above processes/properties in samples that are incompatible with device fabrication: solutions, powders, discontinuous films, etc.
Rapidly screen material formulations for potential photovoltaic performance.

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