From fundamental research at the frontiers of photonics to the development of new materials for the design and manufacture of novel materials, CEEM is leading the field in advancing the new solar technologies at the heart of the clean energy infrastructure.

In partnership with industry, CEEM’s researchers are developing and optimising the performance of photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical devices to improve the competitiveness of solar energy and speed the move towards a low carbon, renewable energy economy.

Our researchers have a global reputation for their advances in:

• Improving the electronic mobility of nanostructured materials for application in next generation Perovskite-based solar cells
• Photoelectrochemical materials and photonically structured silicon solar cells.

This reputation is built on a distinctive approach to research and partnership:

• Process friendly, collaborative culture
• First principles modelling to test, design and refine new energy efficient materials
• High-powered electron microscopy – bespoke to CEEM – to inform atomic engineering.

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