PhD student awarded first place at MRS symposium

David Rokke, a PhD student in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, was awarded first place for his research poster, presented at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting & Exhibit, part of the Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics Symposium. The virtual event took place April 17 to April 23, and he was recognized at the awards ceremony on June 7.
David Rokke
David Rokke

David Rokke, a PhD student in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, was awarded first place for his research poster, presented at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting & Exhibit, part of the Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics Symposium. The virtual event took place April 17 to April 23, and he was recognized at the awards ceremony on June 7.

Rokke's winning poster was titled, "Silver Indium Diselenide - A High Mobility, Low-Defect Chalcopyrite Material with Potential for Thin-Film Photovoltaics. He is a student of Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, and also is a member of Agrawal's Solar Energy Research Group. Rokke's doctoral research focuses on the design and optimization of molecular precursor inks for the fabrication of high-efficiency Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenium (CIGS) solar cells.

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Writer: Ashvini Malshe, malshea@purdue.edu

Source: Rakesh Agrawal, agrawalr@purdue.edu