Helena Stec
How can we make transparent gold electrodes and why?
Solarcasts
Nina Chadwick
Why are scientists designing new dyes for Dye-sensitised Solar Cells?
Gabriela Kissling
Nothing is simple so how can fundamental research help other scientists make more efficient solar cells?
Laurie King
What are quantum dots and how can they be used in solar power?
Prof. Neil Robertson
How can we make a white semiconductor absorb visible light from the sun?
Bruno Ehrler
Find out about plastics that can conduct electricity and be made into inks to print solar cells.
Dr Tadhg O’Donovan
What is solar thermal technology and how can it be used to generate electricity?
Dr Anne-Marie Fuller
Find out about SISER – the pan-university alliance of solar energy researchers across 11 Scottish research centres.
Amanda Hughes
How could solar energy help provide clean drinking water to people in developing countries and disaster relief zones?
Prof Mike Walls
The Supergen SuperSolar Hub is an exciting 5 year project that will see the creation of the UK’s first standards lab for solar cells, a research programme that aims to improve the efficiency of next generation photovoltaic devices.
Dr Jake Bowers
How can a spraying technique carried out at atmospheric conditions result in cheaper solar cells?
Dr Rachael Rowlands-Jones
Dr Rachael Rowlands-Jones introduces us to the Centre for Solar Energy Research (CSER), a research facility at Glyndŵr University in North Wales, and how they manufacture cadmium telluride thin film solar cells.
Thin film solar cells, e.g. cadmium telluride solar cells, are a cheaper alternative to traditional silicon solar cells. They use much less material and so are easier and cheaper to manufacture. Dr Rachael Rowlands-Jones from the Centre for Solar Energy Research (CSER) talks about the properties of thin film cells and how they can be manufactured.