We have cracked the 3,000 years of computing time! Thanks to all the great CEP2 supporters. Our research wouldn't be possible without you!
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat/viewProject.do?projectShortName=cep2

Last week, Prof. Yi Cui from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford University visited Harvard and gave two talks, one on ‘Nanomaterials Design for Energy Transformation and Storage’ and the other on ‘Energy and Environment Nanomaterials’. The CEP team was obviously very interested in learning about his work.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/cui_group/

We should mention that the Aspuru-Guzik Group has a contribution running in the ‘Life at the Frontiers of Energy Research Video Contest’. It’s called ‘Excited about Excitons’ – feel free to vote for it
http://www.energyfrontier.us/emvideo/modal/13...video/youtube/rlNxpaoUwhQ

Prof. Jean-Luc Bredas visited the Boston area to give a talk titled ‘Electronic and Optical Processes in Organic Semiconductors: The Case of Organic Solar Cells’ as part of the shared Harvard/MIT/BU theoretical chemistry seminar series. He is one of the pioneers and big names in the theoretical work on organic photovoltaics and electronics in all its different facets.
We had very interesting conversations with him and very much enjoyed his stay.
http://www.bredators.gatech.edu/

Mitsubishi Chemical announced that they produced a 9.2% carbon-based solar cell after they had already claimed an 8.5% record in in March. It still has to be certified by NREL, but it is a very exciting development. There is still a long way to go before OPVs will be viable for mainstream applications though, so there is still plenty of work to do for CEP2 .
http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/06/mitsubis...le-solar-cells-next-year/