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EPSRC Support by Research Topic in Solar Technology

We classify grants using one or more research topics. Value is the total value of the grants awarded, not the proportion assigned to different research topics, so it does not show the level of investment in different research areas.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
A National Thin-Film Cluster Facility for Advanced Functional MaterialsSnaith, Professor HJUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 460,998
ACceleration of Circular Economy for Printable Photovoltaics Through Eco-Design (ACCEPTED)Davies, Dr MSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 547,407
Advanced building façade design for optimal delivery of end use energy demandWu, Professor YUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 1,653,108
Advanced hybrid thermochemical-compression seasonal solar energy storage and heat pump system (Solar S&HP)Ma, Dr ZDurham, University ofEngineering 1,013,966
Affordable Perovskite Solar Irrigation Systems for Small-holder Farmers in Ethiopia (APSISSFE)Stranks, Dr SDUniversity of CambridgeChemical Engineering and Biotechnology 809,541
All-perovskite Multi-junction Solar CellsSnaith, Professor HJUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 2,159,486
Application Targeted and Integrated Photovoltaics - Enhancing UK Capability in SolarDurrant, Professor JSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 5,991,738
Black Silicon PhotovoltaicsWilshaw, Professor PUniversity of OxfordMaterials 949,877
Cambridge-AMOLF Collaboration on Photonic and Optoelectronic Control of Thin-Film LEDs and Solar CellsFriend, Professor Sir RUniversity of CambridgePhysics 1,266,718
Capacitance spectroscopy led process innovations to improve VOC in CdTe thin film solar cellsMajor, Dr JDUniversity of LiverpoolPhysics 810,102
Centre for Advanced Materials for Integrated Energy Systems (CAM-IES)Grey, Professor CPUniversity of CambridgeChemistry 2,098,617
Characterisation and rational design of porous conjugated polymers for solar energy conversionGuilbert, Dr A A YImperial College LondonPhysics 341,722
Charged oxide inversion layer (COIL) solar cellsMurphy, Professor JDUniversity of WarwickSch of Engineering 462,286
Charged oxide inversion layer (COIL) solar cellsBonilla Osorio, Dr RSUniversity of OxfordMaterials 476,458
Computer-aided design of zinc phosphide heterojunctions for efficient solar energy conversionDzade, Dr N Y NCardiff UniversityChemistry 525,254
Defect Functionalized Sustainable Energy Materials: From Design to Devices ApplicationShluger, Professor AUCLPhysics and Astronomy 470,811
Design rules for defect-tolerant photovoltaicsGanose, Dr A MImperial College LondonMaterials 378,578
Development of a high performance laminated transparent top-electrode for emerging thin-film photovoltaicsHatton, Professor RAUniversity of WarwickChemistry 461,387
Earth-abundant catalysts and novel layered 2D perovskites for solar water splitting (H2CAT)Chhowalla, Professor MUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 1,189,865
Energy Resilient Manufacturing 2: Enabling Practical TPVs for Waste Heat RecoveryKrier, Professor ALancaster UniversityPhysics 608,817
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable PVDurose, Professor KUniversity of LiverpoolPhysics 5,326,776
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities (ReNU)Beattie, Professor NSNorthumbria, University ofFac of Engineering and Environment 5,476,501
EPSRC-FNR Collaborative Proposal: Radiative Efficiency in Advanced Sulfide Chalcopyrites for Solar Cells (REACh)Oliver, Professor RAUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 268,590
HIGH END COMPUTING MATERIALS CHEMISTRY CONSORTIUMWoodley, Professor SMUCLChemistry 489,316
Hybrid Perovskite HeterojunctionsDocampo, Dr PUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Chemistry 645,862
Instilling Defect-Tolerance in ABZ2 Photovoltaic MaterialsHoye, Dr RImperial College LondonMaterials 437,299
Integrated atomic force and confocal fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope with fibre-coupled infrared detector for materials researchMartin-Fabiani, Dr ILoughborough UniversityMaterials 817,064
ISCF Wave 1: (The JUICED Hub [Joint University Industry Consortium for Energy (Materials) and Devices Hub])Darr, Professor JUCLChemistry 1,832,222
ISCF Wave 1: Materials research hub for energy conversion, capture, and storageMonroe, Dr C WUniversity of OxfordMaterials 1,831,453
Joint UK-India Clean Energy Centre (JUICE)Thomson, Dr MLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 5,094,437
Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation of Silicon Solar CellsHalsall, Professor MPUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 626,469
Luminescent Waveguide Encoded Lattices (LWELs) for Indoor PhotovoltaicsEvans, Dr R CUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 198,262
New designs for thin film solar cellsDurose, Professor KUniversity of LiverpoolPhysics 407,777
Next generation in-situ analysis for perovskite photovoltaic developmentDimitrov, Dr SDQueen Mary University of LondonSch of Biological and Chemical Sciences 451,010
Next Generation Perovskite Solar Cell StructuresHarwell, Dr JUniversity of St AndrewsPhysics and Astronomy 319,254
Optoelectronic properties of hybrid metal halide perovskites: from nanoscale to devicesMilot, Dr RUniversity of WarwickPhysics 382,934
Perfecting Halide Perovskites: From Precursor Ink Chemistry to Defect ControlNoel, Dr N KUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 1,700,817
Photocapacitors for Ambient Energy ApplicationsFreitag, Dr MNewcastle UniversitySch of Natural & Environmental Sciences 330,993
Productive Use of DC Solar Power in Africa to Improve the Quality of Rural LifeBlanchard, Dr RLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 154,782
Prosperity Partnership Call 2 Strategic Students-Oxford PV and University of OxfordSnaith, Professor HJUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 76,148
SolaNetWorkMONDOL, Dr JDUniversity of UlsterSch of Built Environment 211,716
Solution Processed Inorganic Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices (SolPV)Bowers, Dr JLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 496,079
Solution-processed inorganic Thin-Film photovoltaic devices (SolPV)Tiwari, Dr DNorthumbria, University ofFac of Engineering and Environment 607,164
Solution-Processed Inorganic Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices (SolPV)Fermin, Professor DJUniversity of BristolChemistry 862,980
SPECIFIC IKC Phase 2Worsley, Professor DSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 2,498,273
Stability of Organic Solar Cells based on Non-Fullerene AcceptorsLi, Dr ZQueen Mary University of LondonSchool of Engineering & Materials Scienc 400,712
Supergen Solar Network+Walls, Professor JMLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 1,020,414
Surface Engineering Solid State Dye-Sensitized Solar CellsGeatches, Dr DGSTFC Laboratories (Grouped)Scientific Computing Department 352,522
Surface Engineering Solid State Dye-Sensitized Solar CellsHolliman, Professor PSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 345,084
The Active Building Centre Research Programme (ABC RP)Khan, Dr ASwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 9,324,025
The integration of photovoltaic devices with carbon-fibre compositesWalls, Professor JMLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 120,339
The integration of photovoltaic devices with carbon-fibre compositesLidzey, Professor DUniversity of SheffieldPhysics and Astronomy 900,923
Towards Self-scrubbing Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar CellsIslam, Professor MSUniversity of BathChemistry 317,753
Towards Self-scrubbing Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar CellsSaunders, Professor BUniversity of Manchester, TheChemistry 855,778
Towards Self-scrubbing Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar CellsSaunders, Professor BUniversity of Manchester, TheChemistry 855,778
Towards Self-scrubbing Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar CellsHaque, Dr SAImperial College LondonChemistry 984,254
Towards Self-scrubbing Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar CellsHaque, Dr SAImperial College LondonChemistry 984,254
Towards Self-scrubbing Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar CellsIslam, Professor MSUniversity of BathChemistry 317,753
Unravelling halide segregation in hybrid perovskites for Si tandem photovoltaicsHerz, Professor LMUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 1,121,958
Unveiling electron motion at surfaces and interfaces on ultrashort length and ultrafast time scalesJohnston, Professor MBUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 1,855,113
Wafer-Scale Manufacturing of Single-Crystal Perovskite OptoelectronicsSu, Dr LQueen Mary University of LondonSchool of Engineering & Materials Scienc 253,046
XMaS: The UK Materials Science Facility at the ESRFHase, Professor TPUniversity of WarwickPhysics 3,567,628

Total Number of Grants: 62
Total Value of Grants: £77,798,247

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).