Faculty Member
John E. Anthony
College: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Chemistry
Designation: Hubbard Professor of Chemistry
Research: Flexible thin-film electronics, energy, photovoltaics (solar cells), thermoelectrics, high-efficiency solid state lighting
Courses: CHE 199-001 Res Experience in Chemistry; CHE 232-003 Organic Chemistry II; CHE 395-001 Independent Work in Chemistry; CHE 776-003 Grad seminar organic chemistry; CHE 780-001 Individual Work in Chemistry; CHE 790-001 Research in Chemistry
Collaborative activities: Dye-sensitized solar cell work with Craig Grimes, Penn State; Thin-film photovoltaics research with George Malliaras, Cornell; Flexible displays research with Tom Jackson, Penn State; Low-cost RFID research with NIST; Organic solar cell research with Gui Bazan / Thuc Quyen, UC Santa Barbara; Thin-film electronics research with the Holst Centre, Netherlands
Current activities: Teaching basic graduate organic chemistry courses
Expertise: Organic synthesis, thin-film electronics fabrication, device characterization
Industrial contacts: Motorola - research into fluorescent-light powered photovoltaics
Merck Chemicals, Ltd. - collaborate on the discovery of new p-type materials for organic solar cells
Solvay - currently negotiating a contract for research into new acceptor materials for solar cells
Manufacture and sell solar cell materials through my startup, Outrider Technologies
Keywords: Aromatic, molecules, electronic, synthesis, analysis, structure-property relationships, organic, transistors, solar cells, electricity, high-efficiency lighting
Location: 27 Chemistry-Physics Building 40506-0055
Phone: (859) 257-8844
Fax: (859) 323-1069
Email address: anthony@uky.edu
Web site: http://chem.as.uky.edu/users/anthony
