James Robert Durrant

James Durrant
FRS
Born James Robert Durrant
Citizenship UK
Nationality British
Fields Solar energy
Photochemistry[1]
Institutions Imperial College London
Swansea University[2]
Thesis Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two (1991)
Notable awards
Website
imperial.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 and the Meldola Medal and Prize in 1994. He was also awarded the Environment Prize in 2009 and the President’s Awards for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2016.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 James Robert Durrant publications indexed by Google Scholar
    2. ↑ James Durrant Entry at ORCID
    3. 1 2 3 Anon (2017). "Professor James Durrant FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society.
    4. ↑ "James Robert Durrant Imperial College London".
    5. ↑ "Professor James Robert Durrant Swansea University".
    6. 1 2 James Robert Durrant publications from Europe PubMed Central
    7. 1 2 James Robert Durrant publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier. (subscription required)
    8. ↑ Durrant, James Robert (1991). Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. OCLC 855696059. hdl:10044/1/11455.
    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. ISSN 0009-2665. doi:10.1021/cr900271s.
    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. ISSN 0002-7863. doi:10.1021/ja027945w. (subscription required)
    12. ↑ "Publications - Professor James Durrant". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
    13. ↑ "CPE Researchers are in the Top 1% for Citations". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
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