Photovoltaics

Northumbria University Photovoltaics (NUPV) is a research group focused on developing new materials and devices for efficient, sustainable conversion of energy from sunlight. Our work spans a broad range of materials from polycrystalline thin films potentially suitable for TW electricity generation as well as the manufacture of novel devices. Key drivers for our work are increasing efficiency, cost reduction, sustainability and exploiting performance benefits afforded by semiconductor nanostructures. Our approach is highly collaborative and we work across a broad spectrum of academic and industrial collaborators.

Academic Team: 

• Oliver Hutter (RG Leader)
• Marc Etherington(Deputy Leader)
• Vincent Barrioz
• Neil Beattie
• Daniel Ho
• Giray Kartopu
• Yongtao Qu
• Kunyapat (Ploy) Thummavichai
• Devendra Tiwari
• Lucy Whalley
• Guillaume Zoppi