Arthur J. Nozik

Arthur J. Nozik is a Research Professor, Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and a Fellow, Emeritus at the CU-NREL Joint Institute for Renewable and Sustainable Energy (RASEI), both at the University of Colorado (CU), Boulder; he is also a Senior Research Fellow, Emeritus at the U.S DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden CO. From 2007-2012, Nozik was Director of the Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics under the Colorado Collaboratory for Renewable Energy, and from 2007-2012 Associate Director of a Joint Los Alamos National Lab/NREL Energy Frontier Research Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion.  

Nozik's research interests include size quantization and hot carrier effects in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and nanostructures, including multiple exciton generation (MEG) from a single photon; the applications of unique quantum effects in nanostructures to advanced approaches for greatly enhanced solar photon conversion efficiencies to electricity and solar fuels; photogenerated carrier relaxation dynamics in various semiconductor structures; photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor-molecule interfaces; photoelectrochemical energy conversion, photocatalysis; optical, magnetic and electrical properties of solids; and Mössbauer spectroscopy. He has published over 241 papers (h-factor = 101 with 52,000 citations) and book chapters in these fields, written or edited 6 books, holds 11 U.S. patents, and has delivered over 387 invited talks at universities, conferences, and symposia. 

Nozik has managed a large group of scientists engaged in basic and applied research on the direct photoconversion of light into solar fuels, chemicals, and electricity, and on the optical and electronic properties and applications of nanostructures. He has been awarded 11 U.S. patents and has received many national and international honors and awards.

He received his BChE from Cornell University in 1959 and his PhD in Physical Chemistry from Yale University in 1967.