Professor Matt Carnie

Research Highlights

1. Dang, T., Spence, M., Thomas, S., Carnie, M., & Bui, T. (2022). Tetraphenylpyrrolo[3,2‐b]pyrroles: Synthesis, Thermal, Optical, Electrochemical Properties and Photovoltaic Applications. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(22), 17773-17779.

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08639-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60529
2. Pearson, J., Raju, D., Seunarine, K., Reitmaier, T., Thomas, G., Meena, Y., Zhang, C., Pockett, A., Pearson, J., Robinson, S., Carnie, M., Sahoo, D., Jones, M., & Seunarine, K. (2021). PV-Pix: Slum Community Co-design of Self-Powered Deformable Smart Messaging Materials. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsACM.

   https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445661, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55971
3. Rafique, S., Badiei, N., Burton, M., Gonzalez-Feijoo, J., Carnie, M., Tarat, A., & Li, L. (2021). Paper Thermoelectrics by a Solvent-Free Drawing Method of All Carbon-Based Materials. ACS Omega, 6(7), 5019-5026.

   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c06221, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56231
4. Pockett, A., Spence, M., Thomas, S., Raptis, D., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2021). Beyond the First Quadrant: Origin of the High Frequency Intensity‐Modulated Photocurrent/Photovoltage Spectroscopy Response of Perovskite Solar Cells. Solar RRL, 5(5), 2100159

   https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202100159, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56713
5. Thomas, S., Pockett, A., Seunarine, K., Spence, M., Raptis, D., Meroni, S., Watson, T., Jones, M., & Carnie, M. (2022). Will the Internet of Things Be Perovskite Powered? Energy Yield Measurement and Real-World Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells in Ambient Light Conditions. IoT, 3(1), 109-121.

   https://doi.org/10.3390/iot3010006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59204
6. Lee, H., Stewart, K., Hughes, D., Barbé, J., Pockett, A., Kilbride, R., Heasman, K., Wei, Z., Watson, T., Carnie, M., Kim, J., & Tsoi, W. (2022). Proton Radiation Hardness of Organic Photovoltaics: An In‐Depth Study. Solar RRL, 6(6), 2101037

   https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202101037, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59314
7. Seunarine, K., Raju, D., Thomas, G., Thomas, S., Pockett, A., Reitmaier, T., Steer, C., Owen, T., Meena, Y., Robinson, S., Pearson, J., Carnie, M., Sahoo, D., & Jones, M. (2022). Light-In-Light-Out (Li-Lo) Displays: Harvesting and Manipulating Light to Provide Novel Forms of Communication. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-15). ACM.

   https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517730, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59423
8. Burwell, G., Sandberg, O., Li, W., Meredith, P., Carnie, M., & Armin, A. (2022). Scaling Considerations for Organic Photovoltaics for Indoor Applications. Solar RRL, 6(7), 2200315

   https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200315, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60153
9. Bou, A., Pockett, A., Raptis, D., Watson, T., Carnie, M., & Bisquert, J. (2020). Beyond Impedance Spectroscopy of Perovskite Solar Cells: Insights from the Spectral Correlation of the Electrooptical Frequency Techniques. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11(20), 8654-8659.

   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02459, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55378
10. Burton, M., Boyle, C., Liu, T., McGettrick, J., Nandhakumar, I., Fenwick, O., & Carnie, M. (2020). Full Thermoelectric Characterization of Stoichiometric Electrodeposited Thin Film Tin Selenide (SnSe). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(25), 28232-28238.

    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06026, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54520
11. Rafique, S., Burton, M., Badiei, N., Gonzalez-Feijoo, J., Mehraban, S., Carnie, M., Tarat, A., & Li, L. (2020). Lightweight and Bulk Organic Thermoelectric Generators Employing Novel P-type Few Layered Graphene Nano-flakes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06050, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54462
12. Lewis, A., Troughton, J., Smith, B., McGettrick, J., Dunlop, T., De Rossi, F., Pockett, A., Spence, M., Carnie, M., Watson, T., & Charbonneau, C. (2020). In-depth analysis of defects in TiO2 compact electron transport layers and impact on performance and hysteresis of planar perovskite devices at low light. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 209, 110448

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110448, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53418
13. Raptis, D., Stoichkov, V., Meroni, S., Pockett, A., Worsley, C., Carnie, M., Worsley, D., & Watson, T. (2020). Enhancing fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell performance using integrated metallic grids to improve carbon electrode conductivity. Current Applied Physics, 20(5), 619-627.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2020.02.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53566
14. Meena, Y., Seunarine, K., Sahoo, D., Robinson, S., Pearson, J., Zhang, C., Carnie, M., Pockett, A., Prescott, A., Thomas, S., Lee, H., & Jones, M. (2020). PV-Tiles: Towards Closely-Coupled Photovoltaic and Digital Materials for Useful, Beautiful and Sustainable Interactive Surfaces. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsACM.

    https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376368, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53149
15. Atoyo, J., Burton, M., McGettrick, J., & Carnie, M. (2020). Enhanced Electrical Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficient in PEDOT:PSS via a Two-Step Ionic liquid and NaBH4 Treatment for Organic Thermoelectrics. Polymers, 12(3), 559

    https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12030559, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53695
16. Barbé, J., Pockett, A., Stoichkov, V., Hughes, D., Lee, H., Carnie, M., Watson, T., & Tsoi, W. (2020). In situ investigation of perovskite solar cells’ efficiency and stability in a mimic stratospheric environment for high-altitude pseudo-satellites. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8(5), 1715-1721.

    https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc04984c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53136

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9tc04984c
17. Calado, P., Burkitt, D., Yao, J., Troughton, J., Watson, T., Carnie, M., Telford, A., O’Regan, B., Nelson, J., Barnes, P., & Carnie, M. (2019). Identifying Dominant Recombination Mechanisms in Perovskite Solar Cells by Measuring the Transient Ideality Factor. Physical Review Applied, 11(4)

    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.044005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49970
18. Pockett, A., Lee, H., Coles, B., Tsoi, W., Carnie, M., & Tsoi, W. (2019). A combined transient photovoltage and impedance spectroscopy approach for a comprehensive study of interlayer degradation in non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells. Nanoscale

    https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr02337b, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50351
19. McGettrick, J., Hooper, K., Pockett, A., Baker, J., Troughton, J., Carnie, M., & Watson, T. (2019). Sources of Pb(0) artefacts during XPS analysis of lead halide perovskites. Materials Letters

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.04.081, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50176
20. Barbé, J., Hughes, D., Wei, Z., Pockett, A., Lee, H., Heasman, K., Carnie, M., Watson, T., & Tsoi, W. (2019). Radiation Hardness of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Aluminum‐Doped Zinc Oxide Electrode Under Proton Irradiation. Solar RRL, 3(12)

    https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.201900219, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51609

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201900219

All Research

• Indoor Perovskite and Organic Photovoltaics Energy Harvesting and Testing for Internet of Things Applications. (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Wing Chung Tsoi

• Photochemical Characterisation of Perovskites to Inform Stability and Sustainability (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Matthew Davies

• BUILDING THE DIGITAL FUTURE WITH SELF-POWERED INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Deepak Sahoo

• Towards Ultra-thin Flexible Silicon-perovskite Tandem Solar Cells (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Christian Bryant

• Weathering around the world: Discovering new market opportunities for sustainable organic coatings. (current)

  EngD

  Other supervisor: Prof Matthew Davies

• Forensic Analysis of Weathered Organic Coatings to Understand Mechanisms of Degradation (current)

  EngD

  Other supervisor: Dr Christian Griffiths

• Formulating the Future - An Automotive Clear Coat for the Construction Market (current)

  EngD

  Other supervisor: Prof Matthew Davies

• Pseudo 3-D printing of thermoelectric elements in an integrated steel plant (current)

  EngD

  Other supervisor: Prof Nicholas Lavery

• Development of the Latest Generation of Prefinished Steels with a Clear Impermeable Coating (current)

  EngD

  Other supervisor: Prof Matthew Davies

• Performance of solution processable solar cells under mimic Mars environment (current)

  MSc

  Other supervisor: Dr Wing Chung Tsoi

• CH-340 Advanced Topics in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry

  This module will provide a fuller and more comprehensive understanding of inorganic chemistry built upon the principles introduced in Years 1 and 2. It will illustrate how various classes of inorganic compounds and materials, including coordination compounds and coordination polymers, cluster compounds, organometallic compounds, nanomaterials and colloidal inorganic nanoparticles, porous materials and supramolecular systems are prepared and characterised. The student will gain an understanding of inorganic materials properties and of the principles and experimental techniques that underpin their synthesis. The module will illustrate specific applications of inorganic materials and nanomaterials and will show the importance and use of inorganic chemistry, nanomaterials and metal-containing units in biology and medicine.

• CH-349 Integrated Topics in Chemistry

  This module gives students the opportunity to explore options within Chemistry, giving opportunity to apply prior learning to advanced research topics and allowing students to pursue more specialised topics related to their research interests and aligned with the research areas represented within the Department. Study areas available will include advanced spectroscopic techniques, the application of instrumentation in chemistry, as well as more advanced synthetic pathways and a return to more integrated study of the traditional branches of organic/inorganic/physical chemistry. The module will also include a mandatory employability component. Classes will be supported with workshops which will help students gain a thorough understanding of the integrated nature of Chemistry at an advanced level. Where possible, topics will be taught using relevant examples from primary literature, encouraging students to evaluate and appraise a range of primary literature sources and locate appropriate new sources. The module is designed to be flexible to allow the content to vary with the research areas represented within the Department and wider university.

• CH-413 Advanced Integrated Topics in Chemistry Part 2

  This module gives students the opportunity to explore options within Chemistry, giving opportunity to apply prior learning to advanced research topics and allowing students to pursue more specialised topics related to their research interests and aligned with the research areas represented within the Department. Study areas available will include advanced spectroscopic techniques, the application of instrumentation in chemistry, as well as more advanced synthetic pathways and a return to more integrated study of the traditional branches of organic/inorganic/physical chemistry. Classes will be supported with workshops which will help students gain a thorough understanding of the integrated nature of Chemistry at an advanced level. Where possible, topics will be taught using relevant examples from primary literature, encouraging students to evaluate and appraise a range of primary literature sources and locate appropriate new sources. The module is designed to be flexible to allow the content to vary with the research areas represented within the Department.

• EG-218 Materials for Energy

  Materials developed and used for energy generation and storage are critical to all aspects of the Trilema and the large amounts of UKRI funding available reflect the challenges faced by Materials Scientists in their respective fields. This module starts with some introductory lectures on the importance of Materials for Energy Production, Storage and Usage. The module is student led and students will have an opportunity to choose the energy sector that most interests them. They will then conduct an individual literature search to find a particular filed of materials research that is critically important to their chosen energy sector and more importantly, the Energy Trilema (i.e issues related to energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability). In groups the students will then decide which field to base their assessment on. This involves several group-work tasks and self assessment exercises. For example, the students are required to produce a poster, based on a research paper of their choice. Self and peer assessment will be used throughout and guest lecturers will give their perspectives on energy materials research. After the group work task are complete short practical sessions (5 x 3 hours) where the students will be introduced to lab-scale manufacture of energy materials devices - namely dye-sensitised solar cells and supercapactitors. This will introduce the students to many of the manufacturing methods that are used for a range of lab scale energy technologies. The module will be 100% continually assessed throughout the semester

• EGSM12 Applied Instrumental & Analytical Techniques

  The various research groups based in the department of Materials Engineering hosts a truly World-class suite of materials and coatings characterisation and analysis equipment. The module is designed to give an overview of all the techniques available to students during their postgraduate research.

• SC-M03 Processable Electronics

  Since the 1970s, plastic electronics has expanded into a multitude of technologies and products incorporating flexible and transparent electronic circuits. Polymers or inks can be used as printable inks onto polymer-based substrates using various printing technologies, spin coating or vacuum deposition. Plastic electronics can use printed inks on plastic substrates, or it can consist of organic conductive polymers. Applications of plastic electronics will be discussed.