Our objectives are:

A) To improve the efficiency of p-type dye sensitized solar cells and water-splitting cells by incorporating new p-type semiconductors which, for the first time, combine good transparency and high conductivity.

B) To drive innovative engineering for the fabrication of high-efficiency low-cost tandem devices incorporating new photocathodes as a means of converting the majority of solar radiation striking the Earth.

C) To underpin our research with state-of-the-art techniques for solar cell characterization to connect the fundamental research carried out at the molecular level and the events that take place in the device as a whole.

During the course of the project, our team will:

• Determine the structure-property relationships in new materials, electrolytes and sensitizers.
• Obtain a step change in efficiency for our devices.
• Photochemically reduce H+ efficiently.
• Develop a rapid and controlled route to new semiconductor materials and morphologies.