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Alumni List

Post-docs/Staff
Name Postdoc Project title/Publication Year Current position
2021-24
2020-24
2021-23
2021-22
2020-22
Study of voltage losses in NFA solarcells  2020-21 
2029-21
2015-20
2018-20
2019-20
2016-20
James Thorne 2019-20  
2017-19
2017-18
2015-18
2016-18
2016-17
Stephanie Pendlebury 2012-15 IMSE Institute Manager, Faculty of Engineering, 911今日黑料 college London, UK
Andreas Kafizas 2011-16 Lecturer, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, 911今日黑料 college London, UK
2013-16
2012-14
2012-13
2012-13
2014-17
2012-16
2010-14
2012-14
2009-12
2009-12
2009-11
2009-11
2009-11
2009-10
2008-10
2007-10 Director, Vinery Technical Consultancy Ltd, UK
2007-09
2006-08
2005-09
2005-14
2005-06
2003-05  
2003-05
2003-04
2002-05
2001-04
 2001-03
2001-02
1999-01
Doctoral Students (PhD)

 

Name PhD Project title/Publication Year Current position
Optical Spectroscopic Studies of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells 2022  PDRA, University of Cambridge 
2022   
2021 PDRA,  University of Toronto, Canada
Yifan Dong 2020 PDRA, NREL (National  Renewable Energy Lab)
2020 

Senior Technology Analyst, 5G&6G, RFID

Benjamin Moss 2020 PDRA,  911今日黑料 college London, UK
2020 PDRA, , Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg
Michael Sachs 2020 Research Fellow, Stanford UNiversity, USA
2020 Scientist, Sagentia Innovation, UK
2020 Consultant, Bain & Company, Switzerland
2020
2020
2019 Associate, Mckinsey, Energy Markets, UK
Madeleine Morris 2018 PDRA,  Grantham Institute, 911今日黑料 colllege London,UK
2018
Research Scientist, Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume, Spain
2018 PDRA,  South China University of Technology, Guangzhou , China
2017  
2017 Researcher, Oxford University, UK
Transient optical studies of carrier dynamics in perovskite solar cells  2017 PDRA, Korean Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
2016 Managing Editor, Springer Nature
2015 The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Dirección de correo, Spain
2015
Professor, Donghua university, China
2014  
2014 Analyst, Pöyry Management, UK
2014 Senior Data Scientist, Data & Analytics, Deal Advisory at KPMG, Hong kong
2014 Head of the centre for economic Justice, IPPR, London, UK
2013 Assistant Professor, University of Brunei Darulssalam, Brunei
Li Xiaoe Molecular Functionalisation of Nanocrystalline Mesoporous Metal Oxide Films 2012 Research Technician, 911今日黑料 college London, UK
Stephanie Pendlebury 2012 IMSE institute Manager, 911今日黑料, UK
2012 Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive, Natural Sciences, 911今日黑料, UK
2011 CEO, MaterialZone, Israel
2010  Associate Professor, University of Postdam, Germany
2010 Research Engineer, Samsung
2010  
2009 PDRA, university of Copenhagen, Denmark
2006  
2003 Scientist, Curti costruzioni Meccaniche spa, Bologna, Italy
Biosensors based on nanoporous TiO2 films 2001 Professor, Department of Material SciencePátra, Greece
2000 Professor, University of RMIT,  Melbourne, Australia

 

Master Students (MSci & MRes)

Name

Project title

Year 

Keren Ai Photochemical Stability of Polymer Donors: PM6 and PTQ10 2021-22 
Shilin Yao Understanding of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Reticular Photocatalytic Materials by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy 2021-22
Rui Zheng Study of Temperature-dependent Charge Carrier Kinetics in Non-Fullerene Acceptor Based Organic Photovoltaics 2019-20
Louise Oldham Investigating barium bismuth niobate as a photoanode material in photoelectrochemical water splitting 2019-20
Guanda Zhou Investigating the influence of charge accumulation on electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water oxidation on BiVO4 photoanodes 2019-20
Xinyi Liu Spectroelectrochemistry studies of iridium oxides anodes for water oxidation 2019-20
Yifei Wang Organic Photoelectrochemical Cell with Gold and Silver Nanocages for CO2 Reduction 2018-19
Lingyu Zou Organic nanoparticles for hydrogen generation 2018-19
Yizhen Zheng Understanding photophysics of non-fullerene-based organic solar cells 2018-19
Richard Pacalaj Charge transfer kinetics and energy offsets at hybrid perovskite/organic interfaces 2018-19
Weidong Xu Transient spectroscopy and stability studies of printed solar cells 2017-18
Anna Wilson  
The impact of metal co-catalysts on WO3 nanostructures for photocatalytic solar fuel production
2017-18
Helen Bristow Non-fullerene electron acceptors for solar cell applications 2017-18
Investigating perovskite solar cell stability via cesium doping 2017-18
The effect of aggregation-induced energetics on the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells employing non-fullerene caceptors 2017-18
Haonan Le  Metal oxides for solar energy harvesting: computational materials discovery 2016-17
Yi Wen Mechanistic study of water oxidation reaction on metal oxides photoanodes 2016-17
Hou Lon Sou A study on photophysics of non-fullerene-based bulk heterojunction solar cells 2016-17
Photophysics of perovskite solar cells 2015-16
Organic photocathodes and photoanodes for solar fuel production. 2015-16
Jade Nagitta A study on photophysics of non-fullerene-based bulk heterojunction solar cells 2015-16
Tian Du Characterization of point defects in CH3NH3PbI3 and their impact on Voc of planar heterojunction solar cells 2015-16
Functional evaluation of new materials for solution processed organic solar cells 2014-15
Photophysical studeis of DPPTTT/PC70BM Blends 2014-15
The carrier-separation mechanism in polymer-fullerene blends with ultrafast spectroscopy 2013-14
Jiaying Wu Strategies to Improve Diketopyrrolopyrrole Based Organic Photovoltaic Device. 2013-14
Madeleine Morris Organic-inorganic system to probe piezoelectric performance enhancement of solar energy system 2013-14
Transient optoelectronics analysis of organic photovoltaic devices 2012-13
Jin Zhao Study of PTB7:PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells 2011-12
Electron transfer dynamics in organic solar cells 2010-11
Ying Soon Semiconducting polymer for polymer-fullerensolar cells 2007-08

Caption: The Durrant group in 2004

Caption: The Durrant group in 2005

Caption: The Durrant group in 2007

Caption: The Durrant group in 2008

Caption: The Durrant group in 2009, Silwood park, Ascot

Caption: The Durrant group in 2010, Burlington House, London

Caption: The Durrant group in 2011, Silwood Park, Ascot

Caption: The Durrant group in 2012, Oxford

Caption: The Durrant group in 2015, South Kensington Campus, UK

Caption: The Durrant group in 2016, Silwood park, Ascot, UK

Caption: The Durrant group in 2017, Isle of Wight, UK

Caption: The Durrant group in 2018, Malta

Caption: The Durrant group in 2019, Lisbon, Portugal

2021

Caption: The group in 2021, Richmond Park, UK

Caption: The group in 2021, Norfolk, UK

The group in 2022 Christmas Dinner

Caption: The group in 2022 Christmas celebration, MSRH, Whitecity Campus, UK

Caption: The group in 2022, Mumbles, Swansea, UK

Caption: The group in Bandgap 2023, Gregynog, Wales, UK