James Durrant (photochemist)
James Durrant | |
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 James Durrant at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2017 | |
| Born | James Robert Durrant |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | UK |
| Education | Gresham's School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA) Imperial College London (PhD) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Solar energy Photochemistry[3] |
| Institutions | Imperial College London Swansea University |
| Thesis | Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Porter Jim Barber[4] |
| Website | imperial |
James Robert Durrant CBE FRS[5] is a professor of Photochemistry in the faculty of Natural Sciences, department of Chemistry at Imperial College London and Sêr Cymru Solar Professor in the college of engineering at Swansea University.[6][7] He serves as director of the centre for plastic electronics (CPE).[3][8][9]
Education
Durrant was educated at Gresham's School in Norfolk, the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London, where he was awarded a PhD in 1991 for research on photosystem II using spectroscopy supervised by George Porter and Jim Barber.[4]
Career and research
Durrant's research focuses on a range of photochemical applications including solar cells, solar fuel production and photocatalysis, nanomaterials and plastic electronics.[10][11][12] Durrant has authored over 400 publications,[3][9][8][13] focusing on the charge carrier kinetics which determine materials and device function.
Durrant teaches physical chemistry at Imperial College London and is involved in the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) at Swansea University.
Honours and awards
Durrant was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to photochemistry and solar energy research.[14]
- 2018: Awarded Hughes Medal by the Royal Society[15]
- 2017: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[5] for his research contributions in photochemistry of new materials for use in solar energy conversion – specifically targeting both solar cells in photovoltaic systems[16] and solar to fuel in artificial photosynthesis.[5]
- 2016: Awarded president's award[clarification needed] for excellence in research supervision.[citation needed]
- 2012: Awarded the Tilden Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry[1]
- 2009: Awarded the Environment Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry[1]
- 1994: Awarded the Meldola Medal and Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry[2]
References
- ^ a b c "James Durrant-Biography". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ a b "RSC Harrison-Meldola Prize Previous Winners". rsc.org. Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ a b c {{Google Scholar ID}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- ^ a b Durrant, James Robert (1991). Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two. spiral.imperial.ac.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. hdl:10044/1/11455. OCLC 855696059. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.573962.
- ^ a b c Anon (2017). "Professor James Durrant FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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- ^ "James Robert Durrant Imperial College London". Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Professor James Robert Durrant Swansea University". Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.
- ^ a b James Durrant publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ^ a b James Durrant publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ Kim, Youngkyoo; Cook, Steffan; Tuladhar, Sachetan M.; Choulis, Stelios A.; Nelson, Jenny; Durrant, James R.; Bradley, Donal D. C.; Giles, Mark; McCulloch, Iain (2006). "A strong regioregularity effect in self-organizing conjugated polymer films and high-efficiency polythiophene:fullerene solar cells". Nature Materials. 5 (3): 197–203. Bibcode:2006NatMa...5..197K. doi:10.1038/nmat1574. S2CID 136757172.
- ^ Clarke, Tracey M.; Durrant, James R. (2010). "Charge Photogeneration in Organic Solar Cells". Chemical Reviews. 110 (11): 6736–6767. doi:10.1021/cr900271s. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 20063869.
- ^ Palomares, Emilio; Clifford, John N.; Haque, Saif A.; Lutz, Thierry; Durrant, James R. (2003). "Control of Charge Recombination Dynamics in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by the Use of Conformally Deposited Metal Oxide Blocking Layers". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125 (2): 475–482. doi:10.1021/ja027945w. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 12517161.
- ^ "Publications – Professor James Durrant". Imperial College London. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B9.
- ^ "Hughes Medal". Royal Society. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Wade, Jessica; Wood, Sebastian; Collado-Fregoso, Elisa; Heeney, Martin; Durrant, James; Kim, Ji-Seon (2017). "Impact of Fullerene Intercalation on Structural and Thermal Properties of Organic Photovoltaic Blends" (PDF). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121 (38): 20976–20985. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b05893. hdl:10044/1/54266. ISSN 1932-7447.
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