{"id":5,"date":"2015-08-28T22:29:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T21:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/elizabethgibson\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2018-02-12T19:05:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:05:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/elizabethgibson\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are located in the Bedson Building, Newcastle University.<\/p>\n

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Research in the\u00a0group focuses on solar cell and solar fuel devices that function at a molecular level and challenge the conventional solid-state photovoltaic technologies. We specialise in dye-sensitized nanostructured NiO electrodes, which are less well understood than conventional TiO2<\/sub> devices pioneered by Gr\u00e4tzel, but when coupled with TiO2<\/sub> give very promising tandem dye-sensitized solar cells.\u00a0 Our activities span from fundamental science and physical chemical characterisation of these complex molecular systems to development of new material components such as nanostructured photoelectrodes, dyes and electrolytes and we are producing interesting results.<\/p>\n

The Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Libby\"<\/a>Libby is a Lecturer in Physical Chemistry.\u00a0Previously, she was awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship and a University of Nottingham Anne McLaren Research Fellowship\u00a02010, having spent 3 years as a post-doc at the Centre for Molecular Devices, Uppsala University, Sweden, developing dye-sensitized solar cells. She completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of York, supervised by Robin Perutz FRS and Anne-Kathrin Duhme-Klair.<\/p>\n

\"\"Kripa\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0post-doc working\u00a0on\u00a0new transparent p-type semiconductors\u00a0for\u00a0 tandem\u00a0solar\u00a0cells.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Zhiji\u00a0is an expert in coordination chemistry and catalysis including synthetic, mechanistic, and catalytic studies on complexes and multi-component systems with a variety of first-row transition metals using various techniques. He was previously a Post-Doc with Prof. Theodor Agapie at the\u00a0California Institute of Technology (03\/2014 \u2013 05\/2017). He\u00a0obtained his\u00a0PhD from the University of Rochester (USA), supervised by Professors R. Eisenberg and P. Holland.<\/p>\n

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\"Fiona\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiona is a final-year PhD student investigating\u00a0the complex charge-transfer reactions in dye-sensitized solar cells. She is using her synthesis skills developed during her masters project at Newcastle to prepare new redox mediators.<\/p>\n

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\"Nils\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nils is a\u00a0third year\u00a0PhD student in the group, having completed his masters degree at KTH Stockholm. His project is to develop devices that use light to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.<\/p>\n

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\"nathan\"<\/p>\n

Nathan is a third-year PhD student in the group who is developing new dyes and catalysts for solar cells and solar fuel devices.<\/p>\n

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Adam is a first year PhD student, also working with Prof. Ulrich Stimming, developing new battery materials. He is also a member of Newcastle’s University Challenge Team!<\/p>\n

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We are part of the Photonic Materials research group at Newcastle University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alumni<\/h1>\n

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Our group before we left the University of Nottingham.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n

Chris worked on tandem dye-sensitized solar cells for his PhD within the group, graduating in 2016. He was awarded an MChem degree from the University of Nottingham in 2011, having carried out a masters project with Professor Mike George. He now works at Big Solar in Sunderland.<\/p>\n

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\"Gareth\"
\nGareth developed dyes for NiO photocathodes for his PhD, graduating in 2018. He was awarded an MChem from the University of York in 2012, having completed a masters project with Dr Jason Lynam. He is now a development chemist at Aesica pharmaceuticals, Newcastle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are located in the Bedson Building, Newcastle University. Research in the\u00a0group focuses on solar cell and solar fuel devices that function at a molecular level and challenge the conventional solid-state photovoltaic technologies. We specialise in dye-sensitized nanostructured NiO electrodes, which are less well understood than conventional TiO2 devices pioneered by Gr\u00e4tzel, but when coupled … <\/p>\n

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