Overview
Personal Profile
Teresa Barnes is the principal investigator and director of the DuraMAT Consortium for module materials research.
Barnes worked in PV at NLR for 14 years, including work on thin-film PV, flexible devices, and transparent contacts, before focusing on reliability research in 2016.
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Bachelor, Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Defining the 50-Year Module: Luck, Design, or Both?
Jordan, D., Ovaitt, S., Mirletz, H., Mirletz, B. & Barnes, T., 2026, 1 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Poster
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Historical and Future Learning for the New Era of Multi-Terawatt Photovoltaics
Alberi, K., Peters, I. M., Verlinden, P., Philipps, S., Koike, A., Barnes, T., Berry, J., Bertoni, M., Breyer, C., Burnham, L., Case, C., Chen, Y., De Wolf, S., Egan, R., Frotzheim, A., Gatz, S., Gloeckler, M., Goldschmidt, J. C., Gordon, I. & Haegel, N. & 45 others, , 2026, In: Nature Energy. 11, p. 38-46 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Growing Panes: Investigating the PV Technology Trends Behind Frequent Early Failures in Modern Glass-Glass Modules
Palmiotti, E., Springer, M., Zuboy, J., Silverman, T., Braid, J., Jordan, D., Rabade, S., Walker, A. & Barnes, T., 2025, 41 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Growing Panes: Investigating the PV Technology Trends Behind Frequent Early Failures in Modern Glass-Glass Modules
Palmiotti, E., Springer, M., Zuboy, J., Silverman, T., Braid, J., Jordan, D., Rabade, S. & Barnes, T., 2025, In: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 15, 2, p. 297-308 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Powering Circularity Through Data Reporting and Collection
Mirletz, H., Ovaitt, S. & Barnes, T., 2025, 7 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
Awards and Honors
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NREL Distinguished Member of Research Staff Recipients
Alberi, K. (Recipient), Baring-Gould, E. (Recipient), Barnes, T. (Recipient), Bernstein, A. (Recipient), Dinh, H. (Recipient), Harrison, K. (Recipient), King, P. (Recipient), Macknick, J. (Recipient), Muratori, M. (Recipient), Neale, N. (Recipient), Pesaran, A. (Recipient), Salvachua Rodriguez, D. (Recipient), Smith, K. (Recipient) & Stout, S. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Honorary award