Projects


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)


Novel low-cost and abundant absorber layers for thin film solar cells

Samuel Beddoe, University of Southampton

There is overwhelming evidence that our increasing consumption of fossil fuels and the associated emission of carbon dioxide is leading ...... (read more)


Hotwire Chemical Vapour Deposition of Boron Doped Epitaxial Silicon for Interdigitated Back Contact Solar Cells

Edris Khorani, University of Southampton

Silicon solar cells remain the dominant technology in the photovoltaic market. The interdigitated back contact (IBC) design is a well-established ...... (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)