Bio

My research projects investigate the reliability of conventional silicon PV modules and new-generation perovskite modules, which is important as we make the shift to renewables and away from fossil fuels! The conventional silicon PV reliability project is in collaboration with NREL and Sandia National Labs, with the following techniques used: adhesion testing, DSC, FTIR, Soxhlet extraction (gel content), gel permeation chromatography, rheometer-DMA, TGA, nanoindentation, tensile testing, and computational fracture mechanics modeling. I also help out with the modeling side for the perovskite reliability projects.

Education & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (2025)
  • M.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (2022)
  • B.S., University of California, Berkeley, Chemical Engineering (2019)

Contact

  • Academic
    aliu1997@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Materials Science and Engineering Position: Graduate
    University - Student Department: Mechanical Engineering Position: Graduate

Additional Info

Projects

  • Reliability of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems and Materials, Stanford University

    Location

    Stanford, CA

2023-24 Courses

All Publications

  • Investigating the Crosslinking, Degradation, and Adhesion Behavior of Photovoltaic Encapsulants Under Thermal Accelerated Aging IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS Liu, K., Miller, D. C., Bosco, N., Newkirk, J. M., Sakamoto, T., Dauskardt, R. H. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2024.3496512

    View details for Web of Science ID 001381472100001

  • Mechanical Design Guidelines to Inhibit Fracture in Perovskite Solar Cells SOLAR RRL Colburn, T., Liu, K., Carbone, A., Elsafty, O., Dauskardt, R. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1002/solr.202400321

    View details for Web of Science ID 001279823700001

  • Predicting encapsulant delamination in photovoltaic modules bridging photochemical reaction kinetics and fracture mechanics PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS Liu, K., Thornton, P., D'hooge, D. R., Dauskardt, R. H. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1002/pip.3771

    View details for Web of Science ID 001131535500001

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0549-7293