Nano-texturing of multicrystalline silicon
Jack James Tyson, University of Southampton
Crystalline silicon is currently the dominant photovoltaics technology, accounting for over 90% of the global PV market. Of this, multicrystalline ...... (read more)
Modelling Ion Motion and Hysteresis in Perovskites
Laurence Bennett, University of Southampton
Organolead halide perovskite solar cells have shown dramatic increases in efficiency to around 20% since their inception in 2012. Nevertheless ...... (read more)
Long-range energy transfer in singlet fission materials
David Bossanyi, University of Sheffield
Despite their early promise and intrinsic sustainability (low embodied energy, efficient use of abundant and non-toxic materials), organic photovoltaics still ...... (read more)
Pushing to 20% efficient solution grown CIGS thin film solar cells
Liam Welch, University of Loughborough
Successful deposition of thin film solar cells, such as CdTe and CIGS, have historically been limited to devices grown using ...... (read more)
Understanding the Role of the Electron Selective Contact in Perovskite Solar Cells
Matthew Pilot, University of Bath
Perovskite solar cells (PSC) have generated excitement in the field of emerging photovoltaics due to their high efficiencies, easy manufacturability ...... (read more)
Upscaling Vapour Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells
Elisabeth Duijnstee, University of Oxford
Metal halide Perovskite solar cells have emerged as promising semiconductor devices for next generation photovoltaics. Remarkably, the power conversion efficiency ...... (read more)
Vapour Deposition of Perovskite Solar Cells
Juliane Borchert, University of Oxford
Increasing world needs for electrical power have intensified research into materials suitable for cheap and efficient solar cells. To the ...... (read more)
Singlet Exciton Fission based Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Tomi Baikie, University of Cambridge
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) comprise a transparent plastic film doped with luminophores that absorb and remit light. The light is ...... (read more)
Understanding degradation mechanisms in perovskite based PV devices
Claire Greenland, University of Sheffield
Stability of performance is probably the most critical factor in determining the potential for commercialisation of a new PV technology. ...... (read more)
Micro-structural defects in thin film photovoltaic devices
Thomas Fiducia, University of Loughborough
The efficiency of thin-film PV is limited by atomic-scale defects in the material (grain boundaries, planar defects, point defects etc). ...... (read more)
Recombination in solution-processed photovoltaics studied by magnetic field effects
Edward Booker, University of Cambridge
Encapsulation technologies for thin-film photovoltaic devices
Joel Smith, University of Sheffield
This project will develop a range of encapsulation materials and techniques for both polymer:fullerene and perovskite PV devices. A range ...... (read more)
Mesoscale simulations of polymer based organic photovoltaics, OPV
Alexander Smith, University of Bath
While the focus on energy level tuning in OPV materials has afforded large gains in device performance, strategies based on ...... (read more)
Pyrolysis of solution-processed CZTS for upscale
Lewis Wright, University of Loughborough
Current methods for making solar panels are either expensive, slow, energy intensive, toxic, or every combination of all four. Lewis' ...... (read more)
Multi-Scale Simulations of Point and Extended Defects in Thin-Film Solar Cells
Lucy Whalley, University of Bath
A general problem with developing new materials for photovoltaics is that while a bulk material may appear to fulfil the ...... (read more)