To help meet UK Net Zero commitments, the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, DESNZ, has a target for solar power of 40GW by 2030 and 70GW by 2035. To meet the challenges to solar of growth, affordability and sustainability, future solar photovoltaic technologies must be cost competitive enough to withstand fluctuations in their cost and in demand for them and at the same time be sustainable in terms of raw materials and manufacturing methods. The
We produced a 24 page brochure introducing the CDT-PV in 2017 that can be downloaded here
Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable Photovoltaics
has answered these needs by providing the training needed for a professional career in photovoltaics. Its students have undertaken multi-disciplinary projects and have taken up leadership roles in this emerging industry.We produced a 24 page brochure introducing the CDT-PV in 2017 that can be downloaded here
Our CDT is a group of leading academics from 7 universities working with industrialists :
Bath (Lead Institution 2021-2024)
Liverpool (Lead Institution 2013-2020)
Cambridge
Loughborough
Oxford
Sheffield
Southampton
Information on the grant funding the CDT can be found on the webpages
Grant EP/L01551X/1, 2013:2020 Director: Prof Ken Durose, University of Liverpool
Grant EP/L01551X/2, 2021:2024 Director: Prof Alison Walker, University of Bath
Liverpool (Lead Institution 2013-2020)
Cambridge
Loughborough
Oxford
Sheffield
Southampton
Information on the grant funding the CDT can be found on the webpages
Grant EP/L01551X/1, 2013:2020 Director: Prof Ken Durose, University of Liverpool
Grant EP/L01551X/2, 2021:2024 Director: Prof Alison Walker, University of Bath
- The CDT generated 126 publications. These papers are listed in the document that can be downloaded here
- As part of their training, CDT-PV students made a study showing that installing solar panels on Bath Abbey could save 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. Details and a link to the publication can be found on the press release by the University of Bath Historic buildings could be protected from rising energy bills by solar panels
- Future World Labs is an initiative from the University of Southampton's on-campus start-up accelerator Future Worlds established to support researchers and inventors on the journey from research to commercialisation. Jack Tyson, a Southampton CDT-PV student, led the project articulating the commercial potential of the Variable Angle Reflectometer that measures reflectance from surfaces over a range of incident light angles and wavelengths.
