Scalable electronic materials and devices for sustainable energy generation (solar cells, solar fuels, thermoelectrics), storage (batteries, sustainable fuels and chemicals) and use (high efficiency lighting, displays and computing)

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Theme Leads and Champions

Prof James Durrant

Prof James Durrant

James Durrant is Director of the CPE and leads a research group in Chemistry that is focused on developing new chemical approaches to solar energy conversion, both harnessing solar energy either to produce electricity (photovoltaics) and molecular fuels (eg hydrogen). He is co-leading our theme of Materials for Sustainable Energy.

Prof Jenny Nelson

Prof Jenny Nelson

Jenny Nelson is a CPE board member and is co-leading our theme on Materials for Sustainable Energy. Jenny heads a large research group in Physics modelling and simulating the movement of charge in polymer materials with the aim of designing improved materials for photovoltaics, photocatalysis and energy storage.

Prof Magda Titirici

Prof Magda Titirici

Magda Titirici, is Imperial's Chair of Sustainable Energy Materials and is Champion of our theme. It's an area she is very passionate about and which drives the research efforts in her group from renewable energy technologies to energy storage and conversion.

Latest CPE Sustainable Energy Materials News

Path to stable, low-cost solar H2 production

A new study unveils a pioneering approach to harnessing sunlight for efficient and stable hydrogen production using cost-effective organic materials, potentially transforming the way we generate and store clean energy.

Imperial joins EU project to accelerate battery innovation

Imperial College London has been awarded £962,928 as part of FULL-MAP, a major new European-funded initiative.

Unlocking Opportunities in Semiconductor Defects

CPE researchers introduce a groundbreaking technology aimed at improving quality control in the semiconductor industry.

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