Jenny Nelson
physics
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Germany
Biography
Jenny Nelson is a professor of physics at Imperial College London, where she conducts a research team investigating new materials for photovoltaic solar energy conversion. She moved to Imperial in 1989 after completing degrees in Physics at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol. This work combines fundamental electrical, spectroscopic, and structural studies of pi-conjugated molecular electronic materials with multi-scale modeling of the optoelectronic properties of such materials, and the design and optimization of plastic solar cell devices. Since 2010 Jenny has been working together with the Grantham Institute for Climate Change. It has been published around 200 articles in peer reviewed journals, several book chapters and a book on the physics of solar cells.
Research Interest
Her current research is focused on understanding the properties of molecular semiconductor materials and their application to "plastic" solar cells, and forms part of the research program of the Imperial Center for Plastic Electronics.
Publications
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YW Soon, TM Clarke, J. Kirkpatrick, J. Nelson ,, JR Durrant: Energy versus electron transfer in organic solar cells: 2 (6): 1111-1120
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the production of a photoconductive film device performance. Sol Energ Mat Sol C , 2012; 105: 77-85.
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AA Guilbert, LX Reynolds, A. Bruno, A. Maclachlan, SP King, MA Faist, E. Pires, JE Macdonald, N. Stingelin, SA Haque, J. Nelson: Effect of Multiple Adduct Fullerenes on Microstructure and Phase Behavior of P3HT : Fullerene Blend Films for Organic Solar Cells. Acs Nano , 2012; 6 (5): 3868-3875.
