Elisa Bisi Lin
Texas
Elisa Bisi Lin, 18, of Plano, submitted an environmental science project to the
Intel Science Talent Search. She spent two years conducting research to improve
organic solar cells and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) by incorporating
multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) at the electrodes of both devices. Elisa's
hybrid solar cells showed an 80% improvement in the maximum amount of current
they could deliver and a 15% increase in efficiency. By introducing transparent
MWNT sheets into the architecture, she also created the first inverse OLEDs.
These emit stable display-quality lighting and should be able to be produced
simply, efficiently and with a three-fold increase in resolution. The recipient
of numerous academic awards, Elisa plays in the marching band at Plano West
Senior High School. She volunteers at Teen Court as an attorney for juveniles
with Class C misdemeanors and has worked extensively with autistic children to
improve their cognitive and social skills. Elisa is also president of Science
Pals, which she created to demonstrate fun and safe science to children with
autism. The daughter of Lisan and Amy Lin, she hopes to attend MIT, Rice or
University of Texas, Austin and prepare for a career in research.
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