Nano-structured transparent electrodes for organic and perovskite photovoltaics

该项目完全符合EPSRC的能源主题（太阳能技术和能源应用材料），并与物理科学和制造未来主题重叠。该项目将重点开发基于纳米结构超薄金属薄膜的透明电极，以满足新兴一代有机和钙钛矿光伏发电的需求。该项目将特别关注稳定这些电极在空气中氧化的化学方法，以及开发新的化学方法来实现这些电极的大面积图案。该项目将涵盖电极制造和表征（包括光学建模），以及光伏器件制造和表征，因此代表了一个真正的跨学科研究培训机会。

This project fits squarely within the EPSRC's Energy theme (Solar Technologies and Materials for Energy Applications) and is overlapping with the Physical Science and manufacturing the future themes.This project will focus on the development of transparent electrodes based on nano-structured ultra-thin metal films, matched to the needs of the emerging generation of organic and perovskite photovoltaics. The project will focus particularly on chemical approaches to stabilizing these electrodes towards oxidation in air and the development of new chemical approaches to achieving large area patterning of these electrodes. The project will span electrode fabrication and characterisation (including optical modelling), as well as photovoltaic device fabrication and characterisation, and so represents a truly inter-disciplinary research training opportunity.