Below are some selected publications and presentations.
A more comprehensive list can be found at Google Scholar, or this random page from my CV.
Direct radiation pressure measurements for lightsail membranes
Lior Michaeli, Ramon Gao, Michael D Kelzenberg, Claudio U Hail, Adrien Merkt, John E Sader, and Harry A Atwater
Nature Photonics, vol. 19, pp. 369–377, 2025.
Dynamically stable radiation pressure propulsion of flexible lightsails for interstellar exploration
Ramon Gao, Michael D Kelzenberg, and Harry A Atwater
Nature Communications, vol. 15, pp. 4203, 2024.
Results of the Alba mission
Michael D Kelzenberg, Phillip Jahelka, Richard G Madonna, and Harry A Atwater
IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2024.
Low-intensity low-temperature analysis of perovskite solar cells for deep space applications
Tyler Colenbrander, Jun Peng, Yiliang Wu, Michael Kelzenberg, Jing-Shun Huang, Clara MacFarland, Dennis Thorbourn, Robert Kowalczyk, Wousik Kim, John Brophy, Anh Dinh Bui, Dang-Thuan Nguyen, Hieu T Nguyen, Harry A Atwater, Thomas P White, Jonathan Grandidier
Energy Advances, vol. 2, pp. 298–307 , 2023.
Alba: Testing Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies in Low-Earth Orbit
Michael D Kelzenberg, Phillip Jahelka, Richard G Madonna, Harry A Atwater
IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2023.
Optical characterization of silicon nitride metagrating-based lightsails for self-stabilization
Ramon Gao, Michael D Kelzenberg, Yonghwi Kim, Ognjen Ilic, Harry A Atwater
ACS Photonics, vol. 9, pp. 1965–1972 , 2022.
Power for Interstellar Lightsails
Mason Peck, Kevin Parkin, Harry Atwater, Bruce Draine, Gerald Jackson, Geoffrey Landis, Philip Lubin, Michael Kelzenberg, Philip Mauskopf, James Schalkwyk, and Sonya Smith
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, 2022.
A lightweight tile structure integrating photovoltaic conversion and RF power transfer for space solar power applications
Eleftherios Gdoutos, Christophe Leclerc, Fabien Royer, Michael D Kelzenberg, Emily C Warmann, Pilar Espinet-Gonzalez, Nina Vaidya, Florian Bohn, Behrooz Abiri, Mohammed R Hashemi, Matan Gal-Katziri, Austin Fikes, Harry Atwater, Ali Hajimiri, and Sergio Pellegrino
AIAA Spacecraft Structures Conference, 2018.
Effects of electron and proton radiation on perovskite solar cells for space solar power application
Jing-Shun Huang, Michael D Kelzenberg, Pilar Espinet-González, Colin Mann, Don Walker, Ali Naqavi, Nina Vaidya, Emily Warmann, and Harry A Atwater
IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2017.
High-performance Si microwire photovoltaics
M. D. Kelzenberg, D. B. Turner-Evans, M. C. Putnam, S. W. Boettcher, R. M. Briggs, J. Y. Baek, N. S. Lewis and H. A. Atwater
Energy & Environmental Science, vol. 4, pp. 866–871, 2011.
Enhanced absorption and carrier collection in Si wire arrays for photovoltaic applications
M. D. Kelzenberg, S. W. Boettcher, J. A. Petykiewicz, D. B. Turner-Evans, M. C. Putnam, E. L. Warren, J. M. Spurgeon, R. M. Briggs, N. S. Lewis, and H. A. Atwater.
Nature Materials, vol. 9, pp. 239–244, 2010.
Predicted efficiency of Si wire array solar cells
M. D. Kelzenberg, M. C. Putnam, D. B. Turner-Evans, N. S. Lewis, and H. A. Atwater.
Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (Philidelphia, PA), 2009.
Photovoltaic Measurements in Single-Nanowire Silicon Solar Cells
M. D. Kelzenberg, D. B. Turner-Evans, B. M. Kayes, M. A. Filler, M. C. Putnam, N. S. Lewis, and H. A. Atwater.
Nano Letters, vol. 8, pp. 710–714, 2008.
Single-nanowire Si solar cells
M. D. Kelzenberg, D. B. Turner-Evans, B. M. Kayes, M. A. Filler, M. C. Putnam, N. S. Lewis, and H. A. Atwater.
Proceedings of the Thirty-third IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (San Diego, CA), 2008.
