James Durrant (photochemist)

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James Durrant
CBE FRS
James Durrant
James Durrant at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2017
Born James Robert Durrant
Citizenship UK
Nationality British
Fields Solar energy
Photochemistry[1]
Institutions Imperial College London
Swansea University
Education Gresham's School
Alma mater University of Cambridge (BA)
Imperial College London (PhD)
Thesis Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two (1991)
Doctoral advisor George Porter
Jim Barber[2]
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Website
imperial.ac.uk/people/j.durrant

James Robert Durrant CBE FRS [5] 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.[6][7] He serves as director of the centre for plastic electronics (CPE).[1][8][9]

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.[2]

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.[10][11][12] Durrant has authored over 400 publications,[1][9][8][13] focusing on the charge carrier kinetics which determine materials and device function.

Durrant teaches physical chemistry at Imperial College London 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.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Durrant at Google Scholar
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 James Durrant publications from Europe PubMed Central
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 James Durrant publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
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  14. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 63714. p. . 1 June 2022.
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