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Myles A. Steiner is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on engineering and physics and astronomy. Within these areas, Steiner's work is particularly concentrated on electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their scholarly contributions reflect a deep engagement in topics such as solar cell performance optimization, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, and semiconductor quantum structures and devices. Additional areas of focus include thermal radiation and cooling technologies, advanced thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Among recent publications featuring Myles A. Steiner as an author or coauthor are:

  • High Efficiency Inverted GaAs and GaInP/GaAs Solar Cells With Strain-Balanced GaInAs/GaAsP Quantum Wells, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Six-junction III-V solar cells with 47.1% conversion efficiency under 143 Suns concentration, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40%, 2022, Nature
  • Triple-junction solar cells with 39.5% terrestrial and 34.2% space efficiency enabled by thick quantum well superlattices, 2022, Joule
  • Addressing the Stability Gap in Photoelectrochemistry: Molybdenum Disulfide Protective Catalysts for Tandem III-V Unassisted Solar Water Splitting, 2020, ACS Energy Letters

Steiner frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Ryan M. France
  • James L. Young
  • Emily L. Warren
  • Eric J. Tervo
  • John F. Geisz

The scientist's work appears regularly in several publication venues, with multiple papers contributed to these outlets:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • Joule
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Myles A. Steiner's research encompasses a multidisciplinary approach intersecting engineering and physical sciences, with a strong emphasis on improving solar cell technologies and related energy conversion systems. This profile indicates a sustained scholarly activity in addressing advanced materials and device performance in renewable energy technologies.

Best Publications

  • Six-junction III–V solar cells with 47.1% conversion efficiency under 143 Suns concentration

    John F. Geisz;Kevin L. Schulte;Myles A. Steiner

  • Raising the one-sun conversion efficiency of III-V/Si solar cells to 32.8% for two junctions and 35.9% for three junctions

    Stephanie Essig;Christophe Allebé;Timothy Remo;John F. Geisz

  • Direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion via inverted metamorphic multi-junction semiconductor architectures

    James L. Young;Myles A. Steiner;Henning Döscher;Henning Döscher

  • Optical enhancement of the open-circuit voltage in high quality GaAs solar cells

    M. A. Steiner;J. F. Geisz;I. García;D. J. Friedman

  • Enhanced external radiative efficiency for 20.8 efficient single-junction GaInP solar cells

    J. F. Geisz;M. A. Steiner;I. García;S. R. Kurtz

  • Thermophotovoltaic Efficiency of 40

    Alina LaPotin;Kevin L. Schulte;Myles A. Steiner;Kyle Buznitsky

  • Very high efficiency solar cell modules

    Allen Barnett;Douglas Kirkpatrick;Christiana Honsberg;Duncan Moore

  • Ultraefficient thermophotovoltaic power conversion by band-edge spectral filtering.

    Zunaid Omair;Zunaid Omair;Gregg Scranton;Gregg Scranton;Luis M Pazos-Outón;T Patrick Xiao;T Patrick Xiao

  • Triple-junction solar cells with 39.5% terrestrial and 34.2% space efficiency enabled by thick quantum well superlattices

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  • Building a Six-Junction Inverted Metamorphic Concentrator Solar Cell

    John F. Geisz;Myles A. Steiner;Nikhil Jain;Kevin L. Schulte

  • Realization of GaInP/Si Dual-Junction Solar Cells With 29.8% 1-Sun Efficiency

    Stephanie Essig;Myles A. Steiner;Christophe Allebe;John F. Geisz

  • Approach to a superconductor-to-Bose-insulator transition in disordered films

    Myles A. Steiner;Nicholas P. Breznay;Aharon Kapitulnik

  • Thermal energy grid storage using multi-junction photovoltaics

    Caleb Amy;Hamid Reza Seyf;Myles A. Steiner;Daniel J. Friedman

  • Superconductivity in the insulating phase above the field-tuned superconductor–insulator transition in disordered indium oxide films

    Myles Steiner;Aharon Kapitulnik

  • Compact spectrum splitting photovoltaic module with high efficiency

    James D. McCambridge;Myles A. Steiner;Blair L. Unger;Keith A. Emery

  • Non-linear luminescent coupling in series-connected multijunction solar cells

    Myles A. Steiner;John F. Geisz

  • A comparison of theoretical efficiencies of multi-junction concentrator solar cells

    Sarah Kurtz;Daryl Myers;W. E. McMahon;John Geisz

  • Quadruple-Junction Inverted Metamorphic Concentrator Devices

    John F. Geisz;Iván García;Myles A. Steiner

  • Measuring IV Curves and Subcell Photocurrents in the Presence of Luminescent Coupling

    Myles A. Steiner;John F. Geisz;Tom E. Moriarty

  • Effects of Internal Luminescence and Internal Optics on $V_{f oc}$ and $J_{f sc}$ of III--V Solar Cells

    Myles A. Steiner;John F. Geisz;Ivan Garcia;Daniel J. Friedman

  • Progress Towards a 30% Efficient GaInP/Si Tandem Solar Cell

    Stephanie Essig;Scott Ward;Myles A. Steiner;Daniel J. Friedman

  • Generalized Optoelectronic Model of Series-Connected Multijunction Solar Cells

    John F. Geisz;Myles A. Steiner;Ivan Garcia

  • Design Flexibility of Ultrahigh Efficiency Four-Junction Inverted Metamorphic Solar Cells

    John F. Geisz;Ivan Garcia;Myles A. Steiner

  • Milestones Toward 50% Efficient Solar Cell Modules

    Allen Barnett;Douglas Kirkpatrick;Christiana Honsberg;Duncan Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Geisz
John F. Geisz National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Daniel J. Friedman
Daniel J. Friedman National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sarah Kurtz
Sarah Kurtz University of California, Merced
Aharon Kapitulnik
Aharon Kapitulnik Stanford University
Andrew G. Norman
Andrew G. Norman National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch University of California, Berkeley
David L. Young
David L. Young National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Minjoo Larry Lee
Minjoo Larry Lee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Darius Kuciauskas
Darius Kuciauskas National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Eric S. Toberer
Eric S. Toberer Colorado School of Mines

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