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Personal Profile
For his dissertation work, Dr. Blackburn worked primarily at NLR with Dr. Arthur Nozik, studying ultra-fast relaxation and charge-transfer processes occurring in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and QD interfaces. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Michael Heben at NLR, focusing on the applications of low-dimensional carbon in hydrogen storage and photovoltaics. He is a Senior Scientist and Group Manager at NLR, leading projects on a variety of fundamental and applied research topics. His work focuses on low-dimensional carbon and includes the synthesis, purification, separation, and characterization of single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene. An overarching goal of his research is to produce highly pure, well-characterized, single-walled carbon nanotube and graphene samples that are rationally tailored for integration into renewable energy applications such as photovoltaics, thermoelectric devices, batteries, solar fuel generation, and fuel cells.
Research Interests
Charge separation and transport in nanoscale systems
Steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy of nanoscale systems
Solar photochemistry
Thermoelectric energy conversion
Synthesis, purification, separation, and characterization of single-walled carbon nanotubes
Synthesis, characterization, and device integration of graphen
Hydrogen storage
Photovoltaic materials and technologies
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor, Chemistry, Wake Forest University
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Big Advances at the Nano Scale in the Nanocarbons Division
Blackburn, J. & Heller, D., 2025, In: Electrochemical Society Interface. 34, 4, p. 55-57 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Chiral Heterostructures
Beard, M. (Inventor), Blackburn, J. (Inventor), Hao, J. (Inventor) & Lu, H. (Inventor), 2025, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Patent No. 12,289,941 B2, 29 Apr 2025Research output: Patent
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Circularly Polarized Light-Induced Microwave Conductivity Measurement: Rapid Screening Technique of Electronic Conductivity in Chiral Molecular Materials
Koo, Y. H., Tsutsui, Y., Omoto, M., Yomogida, Y., Yanagi, K., Kato, Y., Hermosilla-Palacios, M. A., Blackburn, J. & Seki, S., 2025, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16, 13, p. 3232-3239 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interlayer Exciton Polarons in Mesoscopic V2O5 for Broadband Optoelectronic Synapses: Article No. e10479
Phan, T. L., Li, J., Acharya, S., Giem, A., Haque, M. A., Sagar, S., Pashov, D., Laricchia, S., Miller, E., Smeaton, M., Jungjohann, K., Banerjee, S., Luther, J., Guo, J., Ferguson, A., Blackburn, J. & Wheeler, L., 2025, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interligand Coupling Drives Fast Triplet Energy Transfer Routes in PbS/Tetracene Quantum Dot Hybrids
Feingold, B., Pompetti, N., Martinez, M., Aubry, T., Blackburn, J., Reid, O., Beard, M. & Johnson, J., 2025, In: ACS Nano. 19, 46, p. 40245-40257 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus Citations
Awards and Honors
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NREL Distinguished Member of Research Staff
Zhu, K. (Recipient), Vidal, J. (Recipient), Tao, L. (Recipient), Tan, J. (Recipient), Smith, W. (Recipient), Schaidle, J. (Recipient), Reese, M. (Recipient), Parilla, P. (Recipient), Palmintier, B. (Recipient), Musial, W. (Recipient), Moriarty, P. (Recipient), Mann, M. (Recipient), Mai, T. (Recipient), Luther, J. (Recipient), Laurens, L. (Recipient), King, J. (Recipient), Johnston, S. (Recipient), Jackson, R. (Recipient), Hodge, B.-M. (Recipient), Heath, G. (Recipient), Hale, E. (Recipient), Habas, S. (Recipient), Gruchalla, K. (Recipient), Gevorgian, V. (Recipient), Geisz, J. (Recipient), Fleming, P. (Recipient), Farrell, J. (Recipient), Ding, F. (Recipient), Denholm, P. (Recipient), Ciesielski, P. (Recipient), Churchfield, M. (Recipient), Bomble, Y. (Recipient) & Blackburn, J. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Honorary award