Solar cells

  • Conference report: Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2014

    On 21-25th April 2014, DTC student David Miles presented his research at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting held in San Francisco, USA. Attendance of the conference was funded in part due to a successful £750 grant application to...

  • Conference report: the 4th European Kesterite Workshop

    The European Kesterite workshops is a fairly young and rapidly-growing event series. Kesterite solar cells with the formula Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 are a long-term candidate for terawatt "country-scale" solar generation. Third-year DTC student Adam Jackson attended this year's meeting to support his...

  • Conference report: Energy CDT network

    In September, David Miles and Lisa Sargeant travelled to Imperial College London for the annual Energy Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) Network conference. The aim of this conference was to enable students from the various different energy-related CDTs to present...

  • UK-China workshop on the chemistry and physics of functional materials

    On Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 January 2013, our student Ibbi Ahmet attended a Theo Murphy international scientific meeting held by The Royal Society, which "intended to be pivotal events of lasting significance." This report comes from second-year DTC student...

  • The Big Bang @ Cirencester

    On Wednesday 20 March 2013, four students took part in The Big Bang, "the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for young people in the UK". This report comes from second-year DTC student Emily Holt. Harriet Manning, Stephen...

  • October 2011 Symposium: "Photovoltaics— the future is bright"

    The Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies continued its on-going tradition of hosting world-leading symposia last week with “Photovoltaics— the future is bright”. Over 100 registered attendees took part in the event, including staff and students from various departments of the...

  • Cheltenham Science Festival 2011: science recipes

    Here are the recipes for our demonstrations at the Cheltenham Science Festival this coming weekend. These can be tried at home, but make sure you're always supervised by an adult… and remember, making bouncy balls can get messy! Recipe for...