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 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

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

Organometallic dopants boost perovskite solar cells

Imperial researchers develop tuneable organometallic dopants to improve the efficiency and stability of next-generation perovskite solar cells.

Material secrets behind 20% efficient organic solar cells

A new Imperial study reveals material design rules that could help push organic solar cells beyond 20% efficiency.

Exploring photosynthesis with lower-energy light

A £5.4m UKRI-funded study will investigate how photosynthesis can operate using lower-energy, long-wavelength light.

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