Fellow of the AAAS (2007) Associate Fellow of the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (2005) Colorado School of Mines "Wall of Fame" Award (2003) College of Science and Engineering Distinguished Professorship (1998) College of Science and Engineering Student Board Outstanding Instructor Award (1991) Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (l983-l985) Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Program (1982-1985) Nobel Laureate Signature Award for a Graduate Student in Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) (1980) National Science Foundation National Needs Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Caltech (l978-l979)

Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry/Nanoscience & Materials Chemistry/Energy & Catalysis

Reducing the cost of solar energy conversion devices stands as a critical goal. Students in the Gladfelter group are working on two major projects aimed at this important application. In one project they seek to understand the mechanism of charge separation in dye-sensitized solar cells by studying the early events following excitation of dye molecules attached to individual ZnO nanocrystals such at those shown in the transmission electron micrograph below.

Warner, E. J.; Cramer, C. J.; Gladfelter, W. L., "Atomic layer deposition of zinc oxide: Understanding the reactions of ozone with diethylzinc" Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology, A (2013), 31, 041504/1-041504/7

Yuan, H.; Luo, B.; Yu, D.; Cheng, A.; Campbell, S.A.; Gladfelter, W.L. “Atomic layer deposition of Al-doped ZnO films using ozone as the oxygen source: A comparison of two methods to deliver aluminum” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology, A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films (2012), 30(1), 01A138-01A138-8

Yuan, H.; Luo, B.; Campbell, S. A.; Gladfelter, W. L. "Atomic Layer Deposition of p-type Phosphorus-doped Zinc Oxide Using Diethylzinc, Ozone and Trimethylphosphite", Electrochem. and Solid-State Lett., 2011, 14, H181-H183.

Luo, B.; Gladfelter, W. L. "Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metals: W, Al, Cu and Ru" in Chemical Vapor Deposition, Jones, A. C.; Hitchman, M. L., Eds. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2009, 320-356.

Zhong, L.; D., W. L.; Zhang, Z.; Campbell, S.A.; Gladfelter, W.L. “Atomic layer deposition, characterization, and dielectric properties of HfO2/SiO2 nanolaminates and comparisons with their homogeneous mixtures” Chemical Vapor Deposition (2006), 12(2-3), 143-150.

Zhong, L.; Chen, F.; Campbell, S.A.; Gladfelter, W.L. “Nanolaminates of Zirconia and Silica Using Atomic Layer Deposition” Chemistry of Materials (2004), 16(6), 1098-1103