Partners U.S. Universities and National Laboratories University of Texas at Austin National Renewable Energy Laboratory Washington State University Texas A & M University Colorado School of Mines Arizona State University University of Illinois, Chicago Industrial Partners First Solar Inc., USA 5N Plus Inc., Canada PPG Industries Direct Engineering LLC, USA Ion Edge Corporation, USA MBI Corporation, USA NSF Industrial advisory board International Collaborations University of Oxford, U.K. Amrita University, India Loughborough University, U.K. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia