James Durrant (chemist) explained

James Durrant
Nationality:British
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Education:Gresham's School
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Thesis Title:Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573962
Thesis Year:1991
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James Robert Durrant FRSC FLSW is a British photochemist. He is a professor of photochemistry at Imperial College London and Sêr Cymru Solar Professor at Swansea University.[1] [2] He serves as director of the centre for plastic electronics (CPE).

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.[3]

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.[4] [5] [6] Durrant has authored over 400 publications,[7] focusing on the charge carrier kinetics which determine materials and device function.

Durrant teaches physical chemistry at Imperial College London

  1. Web site: James Robert Durrant Imperial College London. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170826153057/http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.durrant. 26 August 2017. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Professor James Robert Durrant Swansea University. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170826193514/http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/engineering/j.r.durrant/. 26 August 2017. dmy-all.
  3. PhD. spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Imperial College London. Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two. James Robert. Durrant. 1991. . 10044/1/11455. 855696059.
  4. Kim. Youngkyoo. Cook. Steffan. Tuladhar. Sachetan M.. Choulis. Stelios A.. Nelson. Jenny. Jenny Nelson. Durrant. James R.. Bradley. Donal D. C.. Donal Bradley. 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. 10.1038/nmat1574. 2006NatMa...5..197K. 136757172.
  5. Clarke. Tracey M.. Durrant. James R.. 2010. Charge Photogeneration in Organic Solar Cells. Chemical Reviews. 110. 11. 6736–6767. 10.1021/cr900271s. 20063869. 0009-2665.
  6. 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. 10.1021/ja027945w. 12517161. 0002-7863.
  7. Web site: Publications – Professor James Durrant. Imperial College London. 2017-05-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170327022257/http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.durrant/publications.html. 27 March 2017. dmy-all.

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.

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