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SUMMARY:Kinetic challenges in solar energy conversion - Professor James Du
 rrant 
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DTEND:20160427T160000Z
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:The development of low cost\, stable and efficient materials f
 or solar energy conversion is a key scientific challenge for addressing gl
 obal sustainability and energy supply. Silicon solar cells and plant photo
 synthesis provide two examples of successful solar conversion systems\, an
 d inspirations for my talk. My talk will rather focus on the challenge of 
 developing new solar conversion materials\, and particularly how unravelli
 ng the charge carriers dynamics in such materials can aid materials and de
 vice design. After introducing solar energy conversion\, I will address th
 e challenge of developing printable solar cells – including both organic
  and hybrid organic / inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells. I will then
  move on to address the challenge of solar driven fuel synthesis\, often c
 alled artificial photosynthesis\, with metal oxide based photoelectrodes. 
 In all cases\, I will focus on how transient laser based spectroscopies\, 
 on timescales from femtoseconds to seconds\, can provide insights into the
  charge separation\, recombination\, transport and fuel synthesis processe
 s which underlie materials and device function. \n\nFor more details of my
  group’s work\, and the centres we work with see:\nhttp://www.imperial.a
 c.uk/people/j.durrant\nhttp://www3.imperial.ac.uk/plasticelectronics  \nht
 tp://www.specific.eu.com/\nwww.solarfuelsnetwork.com  \n
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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