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James Durrant
FRS
Born
James Robert Durrant
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUK
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsSolar energy
Photochemistry[1]
InstitutionsImperial College London
Swansea University[2]
ThesisTransient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two (1991)
Websiteimperial.ac.uk/people/j.durrant

James Robert Durrant FRS[3] 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.[4][5] He is the Director of the Centre for Plastic Electronics (CPE).[1][6][7]

Education

Durrant was educated at Imperial College London where he was awarded a PhD in 1991 for research on photosystem II using spectroscopy.[8]

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[9][10][11] and has authored over 400 publications,[1][7][6][12] in 2015 he was named as a highly cited researcher by Thomson Reuters meaning he ranked in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year, according to the Web of Science.[13]

Aside from research Durrant is also involved in teaching Photochemistry at Imperial College London.

Awards and honours

Durrant was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2017[3] for his research contributions in photochemistry of new materials for use in solar energy conversion – specifically targeting both solar cells (photovoltaics) and solar to fuel (i.e.: artificial photosynthesis).[3] He was also award the Tilden Prize in 2012[citation needed] and the Meldola Medal and Prize in 1994.[citation needed] He was also awarded the Environment Prize in 2009[citation needed] and the President’s Awards for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2016.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c James Durrant publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ James Durrant ORCID 0000-0001-8353-7345
  3. ^ a b c Anon (2017). "Professor James Durrant FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. [dead link]
  4. ^ "James Robert Durrant Imperial College London". [dead link]
  5. ^ "Professor James Robert Durrant Swansea University".[dead link]
  6. ^ a b James Durrant publications from Europe PubMed Central
  7. ^ a b James Durrant publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Durrant, James Robert (1991). Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. hdl:10044/1/11455. OCLC 855696059.
  9. ^ 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. doi:10.1038/nmat1574. (subscription required)
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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. (subscription required)
  12. ^ "Publications - Professor James Durrant". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-07. [dead link]
  13. ^ "CPE Researchers are in the Top 1% for Citations". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help) [dead link]
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