Professor Matt Carnie

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Materials Science and Engineering

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Engineering East
Bay Campus

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About

My research broadly encompasses Energy Materials & Devices, focusing on Photovoltaic Applications, Materials and Device Characterization, and Thermoelectrics.

Photovoltaic Applications: I have been working toward integrating next-generation photovoltaic technologies into IoT objects for several years, securing over £2.5M in funding to date. Leading the integration work for next-generation PV into IoT objects as part of ATIP (EP/T028513/1, £6M), my team has developed an ultra-low power, self-powered IoT platform. This platform can indefinitely power autonomous sensors in various lighting conditions, and we are actively working towards commercializing this technology. Stay tuned for updates!

The work on PV applications is closely linked to the multidisciplinary project GENERATION (EP/W025396/1, £1.25M), initiated in January 2023. This project brings together Computer Scientists, Materials Chemists, and Gerontologists to develop self-powered technologies for the benefit of an aging population. This evovled from PV Interfaces (EP/R032750/1, £1M), which explored novel use cases for PV-powered IoT objects.

Photovoltaics Materials and Device Characterization: I led Swansea's "Materials-Hub" under the WEFO-funded SPARC II project, SPECIFIC-IKC (EP/N020863/1), and Sêr Solar programs. My research focuses on solution-processed photovoltaic materials and device physics. Utilizing techniques such as Intensity Modulated Photovoltage Spectroscopy (IMVS) and Transient Photovoltage (TPV) Decay, my PV research team characterizes carrier transport, recombination, and mobility in photovoltaic devices.

Thermoelectrics: I led SPECIFIC's research in novel solution-processable thermoelectric materials and devices, specifically organic and hybrid materials. Notable contributions include our work on SnSe thermoelectric generators published in Advanced Energy Materials, as well as a review article on printed thermoelectrics in Advanced Materials.

Publications

Research Highlights

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
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
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
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
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
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, New Orleans LA USA 29 April 2022- 5 May 2022 (pp. 1-15). ACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517730, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59423
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
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
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
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 Nanoflakes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(27), 30643-30651.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06050, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54462
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Burton, M., Mehraban, S., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2019). Earth abundant, non-toxic, 3D printed Cu2−xS with high thermoelectric figure of merit. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(44), 25586-25592.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta10064d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52609

All Research

Journal Articles

Clarke, A., Yang, E., Thomas, S., Lee, H., Hunter, A., Lan, W., Carnie, M., Kim, J., & Tsoi, W. (2024). Investigating the Photostability of Organic Photovoltaics for Indoor and Outdoor Applications. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 5(7)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202300285, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65783
Hughes, D., Spence, M., Thomas, S., Apanavicius, R., Griffiths, C., Carnie, M., & Tsoi, W. (2024). Effectiveness of poly(methyl methacrylate) spray encapsulation for perovskite solar cells. Journal of Physics: Energy, 6(2), 025001
https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ad20f5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65784
Watkins, E., Griffiths, C., Batchelor, C., Barker, P., & Carnie, M. (2023). Processing and Weathering of Sol-Gel Clearcoats for Coil-Coated Steel. Coatings, 13(6), 982
https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13060982, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63543
Burton, M., Howells, G., Mehraban, S., McGettrick, J., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2023). Fully 3D Printed Tin Selenide (SnSe) Thermoelectric Generators with Alternating n-Type and p-Type Legs. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6(10), 5498-5507.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c00576, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c00576
Howells, G., Mehraban, S., McGettrick, J., Lavery, N., Carnie, M., & Burton, M. (2023). Rapid Printing of Pseudo-3D Printed SnSe Thermoelectric Generators Utilizing an Inorganic Binder. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(19), 23068-23076.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c01209, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c01209
Koutsourakis, G., Worsley, C., Spence, M., Blakesley, J., Watson, T., Carnie, M., & Castro, F. (2023). Investigating spatial macroscopic metastability of perovskite solar cells with voltage dependent photoluminescence imaging. Journal of Physics: Energy, 5(2), 025008
https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/acc892, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66403
Datt, R., Lee, H., Spence, M., Carnie, M., & Tsoi, W. (2023). High performance non-fullerene organic photovoltaics under implant light illumination region. Applied Physics Letters, 122(14), 143906
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144861, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0144861
Beynon, D., Parvazian, E., Hooper, K., McGettrick, J., Patidar, R., Dunlop, T., Wei, Z., Davies, P., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Carnie, M., Davies, M., Watson, T., Hooper, K., & Davies, P. (2023). All‐Printed Roll‐to‐Roll Perovskite Photovoltaics Enabled by Solution‐Processed Carbon Electrode. Advanced Materials, 35(16), 2208561
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208561, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208561
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
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
Spence, M., Hammond, R., Pockett, A., Wei, Z., Johnson, A., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2022). A Comparison of Different Textured and Non-Textured Anti-Reflective Coatings for Planar Monolithic Silicon-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(5), 5974-5982.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00361, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61009
Burton, M., Howells, G., Atoyo, J., & Carnie, M. (2022). Printed Thermoelectrics. Advanced Materials, 34(18), 2108183
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202108183, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60530
Bou, A., Pockett, A., Cruanyes, H., Raptis, D., Watson, T., Carnie, M., & Bisquert, J. (2022). Limited information of impedance spectroscopy about electronic diffusion transport: The case of perovskite solar cells. APL Materials, 10(5), 051104
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0087705, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61399
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
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
Worsley, C., Raptis, D., Meroni, S., Patidar, R., Pockett, A., Dunlop, T., Potts, S., Bolton, B., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Jewell, E., & Watson, T. (2021). Green solvent engineering for enhanced performance and reproducibility in printed carbon-based mesoscopic perovskite solar cells and modules. Materials Advances, 3(2), 1125-1138.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00975c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60531
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
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
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
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 Nanoflakes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(27), 30643-30651.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06050, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54462
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Burton, M., Mehraban, S., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2019). Earth abundant, non-toxic, 3D printed Cu2−xS with high thermoelectric figure of merit. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(44), 25586-25592.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta10064d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52609
Beynon, D., Burton, M., Mehraban, S., Beynon, D., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2019). 3D Printed SnSe Thermoelectric Generators with High Figure of Merit. Advanced Energy Materials, 9(26)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201900201, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50643
Pockett, A., Raptis, D., Meroni, S., Baker, J., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2019). Origin of Exceptionally Slow Light Soaking Effect in Mesoporous Carbon Perovskite Solar Cells with AVA Additive. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(18), 11414-11421.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01058, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50062
Pockett, A., Raptis, D., Meroni, S., Baker, J., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2019). Origin of Exceptionally Slow Light Soaking Effect in Mesoporous Carbon Perovskite Solar Cells with AVA Additive. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(18), 11414-11421.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01058, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50063
Smith, B., Troughton, J., Lewis, A., McGettrick, J., Pockett, A., Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Searle, J., Warren, P., Varma, S., & Watson, T. (2019). Mass Manufactured Glass Substrates Incorporating Prefabricated Electron Transport Layers for Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 6(6)
https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201801773, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48605
Holliman, P., Connell, A., Davies, M., Carnie, M., Bryant, D., & Jones, E. (2019). Low temperature sintering of aqueous TiO2 colloids for flexible, co-sensitized dye-sensitized solar cells. Materials Letters, 236, 289-291.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.10.118, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45210
Yan, Y., Wei, Y., Zhao, C., Shi, M., Chen, L., Fan, C., Carnie, M., Yang, R., & Xu, Y. (2019). A modified template-removal process to improve the specific surface area and hierarchical porosity of carbon materials. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 269, 24-29.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2018.08.040, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44553
Lee, H., Barbé, J., Meroni, S., Du, T., Lin, C., Pockett, A., Troughton, J., Jain, S., Rossi, F., Baker, J., Carnie, M., McLachlan, M., Watson, T., Durrant, J., Tsoi, W., Baker, J., & Tsoi, W. (2019). Outstanding Indoor Performance of Perovskite Photovoltaic Cells - Effect of Device Architectures and Interlayers. Solar RRL, 3(1), 1800207
https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.201800207, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48884
Wei, Z., Fung, C., Pockett, A., Dunlop, T., McGettrick, J., Heard, P., Guy, O., Carnie, M., Sullivan, J., & Watson, T. (2018). Engineering of a Mo/SixNy Diffusion Barrier to Reduce the Formation of MoS2 in Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Film Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(6), 2749-2757.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b00401, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40527
Meroni, S., Mouhamad, Y., De Rossi, F., Pockett, A., Baker, J., Escalante, R., Searle, J., Carnie, M., Jewell, E., Oskam, G., & Watson, T. (2018). Homogeneous and highly controlled deposition of low viscosity inks and application on fully printable perovskite solar cells. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 19(1), 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2017.1406777, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37650
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14686996.2017.1406777
Charles, R., Douglas, P., Baker, J., Carnie, M., Douglas, J., Penney, D., & Watson, T. (2018). Platinized counter-electrodes for dye-sensitised solar cells from waste thermocouples: A case study for resource efficiency, industrial symbiosis and circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 202, 1167-1178.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.125, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43529
Li, M., Zhao, C., Wang, Z., Zhang, C., Lee, H., Pockett, A., Barbe, J., Tsoi, W., Yang, Y., Carnie, M., Gao, X., Yang, W., Durrant, J., Liao, L., & Jain, S. (2018). Interface Modification by Ionic Liquid: A Promising Candidate for Indoor Light Harvesting and Stability Improvement of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials, 8(24)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201801509, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40962
Burton, M., Liu, T., McGettrick, J., Mehraban, S., Baker, J., Pockett, A., Watson, T., Fenwick, O., & Carnie, M. (2018). Thin Film Tin Selenide (SnSe) Thermoelectric Generators Exhibiting Ultralow Thermal Conductivity. Advanced Materials, 30(31)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201801357, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40905
Yan, Y., Shi, M., Wei, Y., Zhao, C., Carnie, M., Yang, R., Xu, Y., & Carnie, M. (2018). Process optimization for producing hierarchical porous bamboo-derived carbon materials with ultrahigh specific surface area for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 738, 16-24.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.11.212, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37397
Cowen, L., Atoyo, J., Carnie, M., Baran, D., & Schroeder, B. (2017). Review—Organic Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Generation. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 6(3), N3080-N3088.
https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0121703jss, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31633
Baker, J., Hooper, K., Meroni, S., Pockett, A., McGettrick, J., Wei, Z., Escalante, R., Oskam, G., Carnie, M., & Watson, T. (2017). High throughput fabrication of mesoporous carbon perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(35), 18643-18650.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA05674E, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34942
Pockett, A. & Carnie, M. (2017). Ionic Influences on Recombination in Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters, 2(7), 1683-1689.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00490, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34445
Cotella, G., Baker, J., Worsley, D., De Rossi, F., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Carnie, M., & Watson, T. (2017). One-step deposition by slot-die coating of mixed lead halide perovskite for photovoltaic applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 159, 362-369.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.09.013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29891
Troughton, J., Carnie, M., Davies, M., Charbonneau, C., Jewell, E., Worsley, D., & Watson, T. (2016). Photonic flash-annealing of lead halide perovskite solar cells in 1 ms. J. Mater. Chem. A, 4(9), 3471-3476.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TA09431C, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26935
Troughton, J., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Davies, M., Worsley, D., Watson, T., & Charbonneau, C. (2015). Rapid processing of perovskite solar cells in under 2.5 seconds. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(17), 9123-9127.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta00568j, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21252
Troughton, J., Bryant, D., Wojciechowski, K., Carnie, M., Snaith, H., Worsley, D., & Watson, T. (2015). Highly efficient, flexible, indium-free perovskite solar cells employing metallic substrates. J. Mater. Chem. A, 3(17), 9141-9145.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta01755f, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21250
Davies, M., Carnie, M., Holliman, P., Connell, A., Douglas, P., Watson, T., Charbonneau, C., Troughton, J., Worsley, D., Douglas, P., Worsley, D., Watson, T., Davies, M., Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., & Holliman, P. (2014). Compositions, colours and efficiencies of organic–inorganic lead iodide/bromide perovskites for solar cells. Materials Research Innovations, 18(7), 482-485.
https://doi.org/10.1179/1433075X14Y.0000000252, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20855
Williams, A., Holliman, P., Carnie, M., Davies, M., Worsley, D., & Watson, T. (2014). Perovskite Processing for Photovoltaics: a Spectro-Thermal Evaluation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(45), 19338-19346.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA04725G, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18689
Bryant, D., Greenwood, P., Troughton, J., Wijdekop, M., Carnie, M., Davies, M., Wojciechowski, K., Snaith, H., Watson, T., & Worsley, D. (2014). A Transparent Conductive Adhesive Laminate Electrode for High-Efficiency Organic-Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials, 26(44), 7499-7504.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201403939, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18688
Hooper, K., Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., & Worsley, D. (2014). Near Infrared Radiation as a Rapid Heating Technique for TiO2Films on Glass Mounted Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2014, 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/953623, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21255
Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Davies, M., Regan, B., Worsley, D., & Watson, T. (2014). Performance enhancement of solution processed perovskite solar cells incorporating functionalized silica nanoparticles. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2(40), 17077-17084.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA03387F, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18690
Holliman, P., Muslem, D., Jones, E., Connell, A., Davies, M., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., & Worsley, D. (2014). Low temperature sintering of binder-containing TiO2/metal peroxide pastes for dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2(29), 11134-11143.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA01000K, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37114
Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Davies, M., Troughton, J., Watson, T., Wojciechowski, K., Snaith, H., & Worsley, D. (2013). A one-step low temperature processing route for organolead halide perovskite solar cells. Chemical Communications, 49(72), 7893
https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc44177f, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15675
Charbonneau, C., Hooper, K., Carnie, M., Searle, J., Philip, B., Wragg, D., Watson, T., & Worsley, D. (2013). Rapid radiative platinisation for dye-sensitised solar cell counter electrodes. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, n/a, n/a-n/a.
https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2368, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14524
Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Barnes, P., Davies, M., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., O'Regan, B., & Worsley, D. (2013). Ultra-fast sintered TiO2 films in dye-sensitized solar cells: phase variation, electron transport and recombination. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1(6), 2225-2230.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2TA01005D, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13797
Holliman, P., Mohsen, M., Connell, A., Davies, M., Al-Salihi, K., Pitak, M., Tizzard, G., Coles, S., Harrington, R., Clegg, W., Serpa, C., Fontes, O., Charbonneau, C., & Carnie, M. (2012). Ultra-fast co-sensitization and tri-sensitization of dye-sensitized solar cells with N719, SQ1 and triarylamine dyes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(26), 13318
https://doi.org/10.1039/c2jm31314f, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24567
Worsley, D., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2012). Photocatalytic Oxidation of Triiodide in UVA-Exposed Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/524590, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10557
Worsley, D., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2012). UV Filtering of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Effects of Varying the UV Cut-Off upon Cell Performance and Incident Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/506132, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10556
Watson, T., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Mabbett, I., Cherrington, M., & Worsley, D. (2012). Addressing Bottlenecks in Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Manufacture Using Rapid Near-infrared Heat Treatments. MRS Proceedings, 1447
https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.1169, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13323
Arnold, J., Arnold, C., Alston, S., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2010). The use of FTIR mapping to assess phase distribution in mixed and recycled WEEE plastics. Polymer Testing
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2010.02.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5448

Authored Books

Holliman, P., Connell, A., Davies, M., Carnie, M., Watson, T., Davies, M., & Carnie, M. (2012). Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications
https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857096371.1.42, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24583
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902608778&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Conference Contributions

Bailey, G., Seunarine, K., Baptista De Lima, C., Carnie, M., Haymoor, Z., Hyde, M., Jones, B., Jones, M., Pearson, J., Reitmaier, T., Robinson, S., Sahoo, D., & Williams, A. (2024). Older Generation: Self-Powered IoTs, Home-Life and “Ageing Well”. In NordiCHI '24: Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 1-14). ACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3679318.3685410, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67318
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, New Orleans LA USA 29 April 2022- 5 May 2022 (pp. 1-15). ACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517730, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59423
Raju, D., Seunarine, K., Reitmaier, T., Thomas, G., Meena, Y., Zhang, C., Pockett, A., Pearson, J., Robinson, S., Carnie, M., Sahoo, D., & Jones, M. (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
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
Wei, Z., Pockett, A., Mcgettrick, J., Fung, C., Guy, O., Carnie, M., & Watson, T. (2018). Temperature-light-dependent JV and TPV analysis of pure sulfide based Cu<inf>2</inf> ZnSnS<inf>4</inf> solar cells. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC) (pp. 2767-2770). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547605, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547605
Carnie, M., Troughton, J., Regan, B., Barnes, P., Bryant, D., Watson, T., & Worsley, D. (2015). Identifying recombination mechanisms through materials development in perovskite solar cells. (pp. 1-3).
https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355675, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25496
Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Davies, M., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., Worsley, D., & Carnie, M. (2013). TiO2 Film Morphology, Electron Transport and Electron Lifetime in Ultra-fast Sintered Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. In MRS Proceedings
https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.1707, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24578
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887577154&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Vyas, N., Wragg, D., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2013). Low Cost TCO Less Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Application. In ECS Transactions (pp. 39-46).
https://doi.org/10.1149/05324.0039ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24579
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889030752&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Vyas, N., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Worsley, D., Watson, T., & Carnie, M. (2013). An Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Coating for Low Cost Metal Mounted Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. In ECS Transactions (pp. 29-37).
https://doi.org/10.1149/05324.0029ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24580
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889002291&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Carnie, M., Watson, T., Worsley, D., & Carnie, M. (2012). Triiodide Photooxidation and Subsequent Regeneration in UVA Exposed Nano-Structured TiO2 Solar Cell Devices. In MRS Proceedings
https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.847, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24582
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879263819&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Bryant, D., Carnie, M., Watson, T., Worsley, D., & Carnie, M. (2012). Electrochemical Analysis for the Realization of Low Temperature Processed ZnO Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. In ECS Transactions (pp. 11-21).
https://doi.org/10.1149/05051.0011ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24584
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885740380&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Carnie, M., Watson, T., Bryant, D., Worsley, D., & Carnie, M. (2011). Electrochemical characterization of the UV-photodegradation of dye-sensitized solar cells and usage in the assessment of UV-protection measures. In ECS Transactions
https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3628613, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24585
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857340256&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Supervision

Characterisation of carbon contact perovskite solar cells in the frequency and time domains (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Trystan Watson
Next-Generation Photovoltaics for IoT Devices (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Trystan Watson
Development of Smart Systems for Testing and Utilizing Indoor Photovoltaic Generators in Internet of Things (IoT) Energy Harvesting Applications (awarded 2025)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Wing Chung Tsoi
Photochemical Characterisation of Perovskites to Inform Stability and Sustainability (awarded 2025)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Matthew Davies
The Feasibility of Integrating Self-Powered Internet of Things Nodes in Indoor Conditions (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Deepak Sahoo
Towards Ultra-thin Flexible Silicon-perovskite Tandem Solar Cells (awarded 2023)

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: Prof Matthew Davies
Formulating the Future - An Automotive Clear Coat for the Construction Market (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Matthew Davies
Additive layer manufacturing of next generation thermoelectric materials (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Nicholas Lavery
Performance of solution processable perovskite solar cells under mimic Mars environment (awarded 2025)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Wing Chung Tsoi

Taught Modules

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-188 Engineering Analysis for Materials 2

To provide additional grounding in engineering analysis methods for materials students. The module will cover the most important analytical tools and methods used in engineering and will relate these to common materials-related examples. The module will ensure the required grounding in methods and techniques for those who have not previously covered this area, or who are returning after a gap. It will also provide opportunities for extension to more complicated examples for those who have more prior experience.
EG-218 Materials for Energy

Materials developed and used for energy generation and storage are critical to addressing the Energy Trilemma¿balancing energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability. The significant UKRI funding available reflects the challenges faced by Materials Scientists in their respective fields. This module starts with introductory lectures on the importance of materials for energy production, storage, and usage. The course will cover various energy sectors and the materials critical to each one. Learning outcomes will be assessed during the May/June examination period with an exam worth 50% of module total. Following the introductory lectures, students will engage in a self-led exploration of the research literature and will be asked to make a group oral presentation on Energy Materials related research from the research literature. After completing the coursework, students will participate in short practical sessions (4 x 2 hours) focused on the lab-scale manufacture of energy materials devices, specifically dye-sensitized solar cells and supercapacitors. These sessions will introduce students to various manufacturing methods used for a range of lab-scale energy technologies. Attendance at practical sessions is mandatory. Students may be penalized for missing practical sessions without valid Extenuating Circumstances. The module will be assessed via end of term exam (50%), oral presentation (25%) and Lab Book / online quiz after the practical sessions (25%). To pass the module, students must achieve a minimum of 30% for each component and obtain 40% overall for the module. Failure to meet the component level requirements will result in a QF outcome, requiring supplementary coursework even if the overall module mark is above 40%. Therefore, it is crucial to complete and submit each component.

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Supervision

Characterisation of carbon contact perovskite solar cells in the frequency and time domains (current)

Next-Generation Photovoltaics for IoT Devices (current)

Development of Smart Systems for Testing and Utilizing Indoor Photovoltaic Generators in Internet of Things (IoT) Energy Harvesting Applications (awarded 2025)

Photochemical Characterisation of Perovskites to Inform Stability and Sustainability (awarded 2025)

The Feasibility of Integrating Self-Powered Internet of Things Nodes in Indoor Conditions (awarded 2023)

Towards Ultra-thin Flexible Silicon-perovskite Tandem Solar Cells (awarded 2023)

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

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

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

Additive layer manufacturing of next generation thermoelectric materials (current)

Performance of solution processable perovskite solar cells under mimic Mars environment (awarded 2025)

Taught Modules

CH-349 Integrated Topics in Chemistry

CH-413 Advanced Integrated Topics in Chemistry Part 2

EG-188 Engineering Analysis for Materials 2

EG-218 Materials for Energy

Professor Matt Carnie: Inaugural Lecture, 2022