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Post-docs/Staff

Name	Postdoc Project title/Publication	Year	Current position
Aniket Rana	Octupole moment driven free charge generation in partially chlorinated subphthalocyanine for planar heterojunction organic photodetectors	2021-24	University of Duhram
Soranyel Gonzalez	Generation of long-lived charges in organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution	2020-24	Universidad de Valencia, Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
Tian Lei	Electrochemical versus Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Kinetics on Bismuth Vanadate (Photo)anodes	2021-23	Stockholm Univerity
Soyeong Jeong	New Ternary Blend Strategy Based on a Vertically Self‐Assembled Passivation Layer Enabling Efficient and Photostable Inverted Organic Solar Cells (researchgate.net)	2021-22	Research, LG Display
Tack Ho Lee	A Dual Functional Polymer Interlayer Enables Near-Infrared Absorbing Organic Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation	2020-22	Assisstant Professor, PNU, Korea
Deping Qian	Study of voltage losses in NFA solarcells	2020-21	Professor, Fujian Normal University
Zhuo Li	A supramolecular H12SubPcB-OPhCOPh/TiO2 Z-scheme hybrid assembled via dimeric concave-ligand π-interaction for visible photocatalytic oxidation of tetracycline - ScienceDirect	2029-21	Northwest University, Xian, China
Hyojung Cha	Suppression of Recombination Losses in Polymer:Nonfullerene Acceptor Organic Solar Cells due to Aggregation Dependence of Acceptor Electron Affinity	2015-20	Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University, Korea
Jinho Lee	Efficient and photostable ternary organic solar cells with a narrow band gap non-fullerene acceptor and fullerene additive	2018-20	Assistant Professor, Incheon National University,Korea
Camilo Mesa Zamora	Impact of synthesis route on water oxidation Kinetics of Hematite photoanode	2019-20	Research Scientist, Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume, Spain
Ludmilla Steier	Bright outlook on organic photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting	2016-20	Associate professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
James Thorne	Impact of synthesis route on water oxidation Kinetics of Hematite photoanode	2019-20
Ernest Pastor Hernandez	Interfacial charge separation in Cu2O/RuOx as a visible light driven CO2 reduction catalyst	2017-19	The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Dirección de correo, Spain
Wenxing Wang	Electron accumulation induces efficiency bottleneck for hydrogen production in carbon nitride photocatalysts	2017-18	Assistant Professor, Xihu University, Hangzhou, China
Laia Francàs	Kinetic analysis of an efficient molecular light-driven water oxidation system	2015-18	Research Fellow, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Robert Godin	Understanding the visible-light photocatalytic activity of GaN:ZnO solid solution	2016-18	Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
Hongkyu Kang	Origin of Open‐Circuit Voltage Enhancements in Planar Perovskite Solar Cells Induced by Addition of Bulky Organic Cations	2016-17	Researcher, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Stephanie Pendlebury	Ultrafast charge carrier recombination and trapping in hematite photoanodes under applied bias	2012-15	IMSE Institute Manager, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial college London, UK
Andreas Kafizas	Transient absorption spectroscopy of anatase and rutile: the impact of morphology and phase on photocatalytic activity	2011-16	Lecturer, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial college London, UK
Zhe Li	Toward improved lifetimes of organic solar cells under thermal stress: substrate-dependent morphological stability of PCDTBT:PCBM films and devices	2013-16	Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Marie-Beatrice Madec	Additive-assisted supramolecular manipulation of polymer:fullerene blend phase morphologies and its influence on photophysical processes	2012-14	Innovation Valuation Assessment Director at Solvay, Belgium
Xiuli Wang	Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of Anatase and Rutile: The Impact of Morphology and Phase on Photocatalytic Activity \| The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (acs.org)	2012-13	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Nurlan Tokmoldin	Influence of Surface Recombination on Charge-Carrier Kinetics in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Nickel Oxide Interlayers	2012-13	Research, Universität Potsdam, Germany
Daniel Bryant	Observable hysteresis at low temperature in “hysteresis free” organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells	2014-17	Research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi
Stoichko Dimitrov	Efficient charge photogeneration by the dissociation of PC70BM excitons in polymer/fullerene solar cells,	2012-16	Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Anna Reynal	Unravelling the pH-dependence of a molecular photocatalytic system for hydrogen production,	2010-14	Teaching Fellow, Newcastle University, UK
Florian Le Formal	Rate law analysis of water oxidation on a hematite surface	2012-14	Senior Project Manager, Technis, Switzerland
Monica Barroso	Charge carrier trapping, recombination and transfer in hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) water splitting photoanodes	2009-12	Researcher, Utrecht University, Netherland
Daniel Credgington	Insights from transient optoelectronic analyses on the open-circuit voltage of organic solar cells	2009-12	The technology partnership, Cambridge, UK
Leng Wenhu	Electron Diffusion Length in Mesoporous Nanocrystalline TiO2 Photoelectrodes during Water Oxidation \| The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (acs.org)	2009-11	Associate Professor,Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
Sochman Ho	Enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting by nanostructured BiVO4–TiO2 composite electrodes - Journal of Materials Chemistry A (RSC Publishing)	2009-11	Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Andrea Listorti	Electron Transfer Dynamics in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells	2009-11	Researcher, University of Bari "A. Moro", Italy
Liqiang Jin	Dynamics of photogenerated charges in the phosphate modified TiO2 and the enhanced activity for photoelectrochemical water splitting - Energy & Environmental Science (RSC Publishing)	2009-10	Professor, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Heilongjiang University, China
Mattias P Eng	Charge photogeneration in donor/acceptor organic solar cells	2008-10	Researcher på RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden
Rick Hamilton	Recombination in annealed and nonannealed polythiophene/fullerene solar cells: transient photovoltage studies versus numerical modeling	2007-10	Director, Vinery Technical Consultancy Ltd, UK
Tracey Clarke	Charge photogeneration in low band gap polyselenophene/fullerene blend films	2007-09	Associate Professor, University College London, UK
Ana Morandeira	Ru(II)-phthalocyanine sensitized solar cells: The influence of co-adsorbents upon interfacial electron transfer kinetics \| Request PDF (researchgate.net)	2006-08	Upsala University
Junwang Tang	Mechanism of Photocatalytic water splitting in TiO2 reaction of water with photo holes, importance of charge carrier dynamics, and evidence for four -hole chemistry	2005-09	Professor, University College London, UK
Brian O' Regan	Performance and stability of lead perovskite/TiO2, polymer/PCBM, and dye sensitized solar cells at light intensities up to 70 suns	2005-14	Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Hideo Ohkita	Radical ion pair mediated triplet formation in polymer–fullerene blend films - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing)	2005-06	Associate Professor,Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University
Ana M Peiro	Freestanding Polymer–Metal Oxide Nanocomposite Films for Light‐Driven Oxygen Scavenging - Peiró - 2005 - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library	2003-05
Jessica Kroeze	Parameters Influencing Charge Separation in Solid‐State Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Using Novel Hole Conductors - Kroeze - 2006 - Advanced Functional Materials - Wiley Online Library	2003-05	Patent Attorney, HGF B.V., Netherlands
Kenji Kawano	Degradation of organic solar cells due to air exposure - ScienceDirect	2003-04	Panasonic Cooperation, Japan
Hari Upadhyaya	Kinetic competition in flexible dye sensitised solar cells employing a series of polymer electrolytes - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing)	2002-05	Professor, South Bank university, London
Emilio Palomares	Slow charge recombination in dye-Sensitized solar cells (DSSC) using Al2O3 coated nanoporous TiO2 films	2001-04	Professor, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) Barcelona, Spain
Topoglidis Manos	Direct Electrochemistry and Nitric Oxide Interaction of Heme Proteins Adsorbed on Nanocrystalline Tin Oxide Electrodes	2001-03	Assistant Professor, at University of Patras, Peloponnisos Dytiki Ellada ke Ionio
Ana Flavia Nogueira	Dye‐Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells Employing a Polymer Electrolyte - Nogueira - 2001 - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library	2001-02	Associate Professor, University of Campinas
Thierry Lutz	Protein adsorption on nanoporous TiO2 films: a novel approach to studying photoinduced protein/electrode transfer reactions - PubMed (nih.gov)	1999-01	‪Thierry Lutz‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

Doctoral Students (PhD)

Name	PhD Project title/Publication	Year	Current position
Weidong Xu	Optical Spectroscopic Studies of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells	2022	PDRA, University of Cambridge
Anna Wilson	Photocatalyst materials, for the production of hydrogen fuel using solar energy	2022
Carlota Bozal-Ginesta	Spectroelectrochemical studies of multi-redox catalysts for water splitting	2021	PDRA, University of Toronto, Canada
Yifan Dong	Transient spectroscopic studies of charge carrier dynamics in organic solar cells	2020	PDRA, NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab)
Yu Han Chang	Impact of Ga gradieant and alkali treatment on minority charge carrier dynamics in CuInGaSe2 solar cells	2020	Senior Technology Analyst, 5G&6G, RFID
Benjamin Moss	A spectroscopic study of charge separation in photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting devices	2020	PDRA, Imperial college London, UK
Tian Du	Bulk and surface recombination losses in planar perovskite solar cells	2020	PDRA, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg
Michael Sachs	Transient spectroscopic studies of disordered semiconductors for solar-driven fuel synthesis	2020	Research Fellow, Stanford UNiversity, USA
Shababa Selim	Charge carrier dynamics and water oxidation photoelectrochemical performance of bismuth vanadate	2020	Scientist, Sagentia Innovation, UK
Sacha Corby	Transient optical studies of metal oxides for water oxidation	2020	Consultant, Bain & Company, Switzerland
Jiaying Wu	The impact of tail states on the performance of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells	2020	Assistant professor, Hongkong University of Science and Technology, Hongkong
Chieh-Ting Lin	Enhancing the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells	2020	Assistant professor, National Chung Hsing university, Tiwan
Sebastian Pont	Chemical and morphological stability of perovskite and organic solar cells	2019	Associate, Mckinsey, Energy Markets, UK
Madeleine Morris	Barium titanate: photophysics, photocatalysis & the influence of the ferroelectric effect	2018	PDRA, Grantham Institute, Imperial colllege London,UK
Camilo Mesa Zamora	Spectroelectrochemical studies of oxidation reactions on hematite photoelectrodes	2018	Research Scientist, Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume, Spain
Ching-Hong Tan	Charge recombination losses in non-fullerene acceptor based organic solar cells	2018	PDRA, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou , China
Chaz Keiderling	Photo-physical studies of electron acceptor function in organic photovoltaics	2017
Scot Wheeler	Bulk and surface recombination limitations to high voltage solution processed solar cells	2017	Researcher, Oxford University, UK
Jinhyun Kim	Transient optical studies of carrier dynamics in perovskite solar cells	2017	PDRA, Korean Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Elisa Collado Fregoso	Charge separation in low-bandgap polymer/fullerene blends	2016	Managing Editor, Springer Nature
Ernest Pastor Hernandez	Transient spectroscopic studies of photocatalysts for CO2 and proton reduction	2015	The Institute of Photonic Sciences Dirección de correo, Spain
Yimeng Ma	Dynamics of charge carriers in bismuth vanadate photoanodes for water splitting using solar energy	2015	Professor, Donghua university, China
Zheng Gang Huang	Impact of film morphology upon the performance of polymer / fullerene solar cells	2014
Florent Deledalle	Competition between charge collection and non-geminate recombination in bulk heterojunction solar cells	2014	Analyst, Pöyry Management, UK
Chun Hung Law	Optimisation and characterisation of alternative hole transporting media of dye-sensitised solar cells and stability study of perovskite solar cells	2014	Senior Data Scientist, Data & Analytics, Deal Advisory at KPMG, Hong kong
George Dibb	Non-geminate charge recombination in organic solar cells	2014	Head of the centre for economic Justice, IPPR, London, UK
Ying Woan Soon	Charge separation, triplets and photochemical stability in polymer / fullerene solar cells	2013	Assistant Professor, University of Brunei Darulssalam, Brunei
Li Xiaoe	Molecular Functionalisation of Nanocrystalline Mesoporous Metal Oxide Films	2012	Research Technician, Imperial college London, UK
Stephanie Pendlebury	Charge carrier dynamics in hematite photoanodes for solar water oxidation	2012	IMSE institute Manager, Imperial College London, UK
Fiona Jamieson	Charge generation in organic solar cells	2012	Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive, Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, UK
Assaf Anderson	Quantifying regeneration in dye sensitized solar cells: a step toward red absorbing dyes having lower energy loss	2011	CEO, MaterialZone, Israel
Safa Shoaee	Charge photogeneration in organic donor/acceptor blends	2010	Associate Professor, University of Postdam, Germany
Andreas Maurano	Charge carrier losses in polymer/fullerene solar cells	2010	Research Engineer, Samsung
Sara Koops	Electron injection in dye sensitised solar cells	2010
Christopher Shuttle	Recombination dynamics in polythiophene:fullerene solar cells	2009	PDRA, university of Copenhagen, Denmark
Narukuni Hirata	Molecular control of charge recombination dynamics in dye sensitised solar cells	2006
Ivan Montanari	Competing electron transfer pathways in molecular solar cells	2003	Scientist, Curti costruzioni Meccaniche spa, Bologna, Italy
Emmanuel Topoglidis	Biosensors based on nanoporous TiO2 films	2001	Professor, Department of Material SciencePátra, Greece
Yasuhiro Tachibana	Charge separation and recombination in dye sensitised semiconductor solar cells	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 forCO₂ 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
Shayan Moghaddam	Investigating perovskite solar cell stability via cesium doping	2017-18
George Fish	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
Xuerui Ma	Photophysics of perovskite solar cells	2015-16
Eric Burns	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 V_oc of planar heterojunction solar cells	2015-16
Sebastian Pont	Functional evaluation of new materials for solution processed organic solar cells	2014-15
Alexander Gillet	Photophysical studeis of DPPTTT/PC70BM Blends	2014-15
Hendrick Utzat	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
Scot Wheeler	Transient optoelectronics analysis of organic photovoltaic devices	2012-13
Jin Zhao	Study of PTB7:PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells	2011-12
Chaz Keiderling	Electron transfer dynamics in organic solar cells	2010-11
Ying Soon	Semiconducting polymer for polymer-fullerensolar cells	2007-08