Studentships

Projects available for October 2018 entry

Please contact the lead supervisor at each institution for further details.

University	Project Title	Supervisor
	Understanding the Role of the Electron Selective Contact in Perovskite Solar Cells	P J Cameron, S Lewis, N Duffy (EPSRC funded)
	Spin-blocked Recombination in Organic Photovoltaics	D Credgington (EPSRC or University funded)
	Excited State Processes in Perovskite Films and Nanostructures	F Deschler, N C Greenham (EPSRC or University funded)
	Photovoltaics to Power the Internet of Things	N C Greenham, A Rao (EPSRC or University funded)
	An Atomic Scale Understanding of Defect Mediated Stability and Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells	N D Browning, K Durose (EPSRC funded)
‌	Group V and substitutional doping strategies for next generation CdTe solar cells	J Bowers, M J Walls (EPSRC funded)
	Super-Hydrophobic coatings for Solar cover glass	M Walls, R Gottschalg (University funded)
	Lifetime Energy Yield of Photovoltaic Modules	R Gottschalg (University funded)
	Upscaling Vapour Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells	M Johnston, H J Snaith (EPSRC funded)
	Spray-coating perovskite PV devices over curved substrates	D Lidzey, A Buckley (EPSRC funded)
	Nano-texturing of multicrystalline silicon	S Boden, T Rahman (EPSRC funded)

Cohort 2

Start Date: Oct 1st 2015

University	Project Title	Student	Supervisor
	Mesoscale simulations of polymer based organic photovoltaic	Alex Smith	Prof. Alison Walker
	Multi-scale simulations of point and extended defects in thin-film solar cells	Lucy Whalley	Prof. Aron Walsh
	Multiple exciton generation in nanoparticle solar cells	Heather Goodwin	Prof. Neil Greenham
	Transparent conducting oxide glass coatings for photovoltaics	Jack Swallow	Dr. Tim Veal
	New design features in lightweight and low-cost inverted CdTe solar cells	Tom Baines	Dr. Jon Major
‌	Low cost solution processing of kesterite solar cells from binary chalcogenide starting precursors	Lewis Wright	Dr. Jake Bowers
	Micro-structural defects in thin film photovoltaic devices	Thomas Fiducia	Dr. M.Walls
	Vapour deposition of perovskite solar cells	Julianne Borchert	Prof. Michael Johnston
	Characterising the nanoscale morphology of organic metal halide photovoltaic materials	Konstantinos Tsevas	Dr. Alan Dunbar
	Understanding degradation mechanisms in perovskite based PV devices	Claire Greenland	Prof. David Lidzey
	Hybrid semiconductor nanocrystals/perovskite solar cells	Christopher Bailey	Dr. Pavlos Lagouakis

Cohort 1

Start Date: Oct 1st 2014

University	Project Title	Student	Supervisor
	Investigation of non-standard materials and materials deposition method for hybrid perovskite solar cells	Peter Kubiak	Dr. Petra Cameron
	Mesoscale model for hybrid solar cells employing sulfides and perovskite structure materials	James Cave	Prof. Alison Walker
	Recombination in solution-processed photovoltaics studied by magnetic field effects	Edward Booker	Prof. Neil Greenham
	Doped binary oxides for enhanced performance solar cells	Lana Lee	Prof. Judith Driscoll
	Microstructure and functionality in thin film solar cells from sustainable materials	Peter Yates	Prof. Ken Durose
	New heterostructures for perovskite solar cells	Silvia Mariotti	Prof. Ken Durose
	Mapping spectral characteristics of a PV module	Vincent Tsai	Prof. Ralph Gottschalg
	New back contacts for thin film CdTe solar cells	Christos Potamialis	Dr. Jake Bowers
	Photophysics of organometal halide perovskite materials for next-generation solar cells	Elizabeth Parrott	Prof. Laura Herz
	Organic Solar Cells Based on Small Molecules	Giulio Mazzotta	Dr. Moritz Riede
	Spray-cast photovoltaic devices	Michael Stringer	Prof. David Lidzey
	Evaluating new polymeric materials for photovoltaic devices	Benjamin Freestone	Prof. David Lidzey
	Modelling charge transport in perovskite solar cells	Nicola Courtier	Dr. Giles Richardson
	Ultrathin hybric photovoltaics	Giacomo Piana	Dr. Stuart Boden