I secured my B.Sc degree in chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, College of Chemical Sciences, Sri Lanka (2010 – 2013) and on completion of my degree I was employed as a Research Scientist at the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC) for a period of 1.5 years. I was awarded a prestigious Chancellor’s International Scholarship from the University of Warwick and I joined as a PhD student in 2015.

I am currently working on nano-structured copper electrodes which include exploring the potential of exploiting plasmon-active copper films in thin film photovoltaics and fabrication of transparent window electrodes for organic photovoltaics.

Publications

1.Copper light-catching electrodes for organic photovoltaics. H. J. Pereira, O. S. Hutter, G. D. M. R. Dabera, L. A. Rochford and R. A. Hatton*, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/c7se00077d.

2.Retarding oxidation of copper nanoparticles without electrical isolation and the size dependence of work function.Link opens in a new window G.D.M.R. Dabera, M. Walker, A. M. Sanchez, H. J. Pereira, R. Beanland and R. A. Hatton*,Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 1894

3.Fabrication of copper window electrodes with 10^8 apertures cm-2 for Organic Photovoltaics.Link opens in a new window H. J. Pereira, J.Reed, J.Lee,S. Varagnolo, G. D. M. R. Dabera and R. A. Hatton*, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018.

4.Copper Substrate Electrode for Efficient Top-illuminated Organic Photovoltaics.Link opens in a new window H. J. Pereira and R. A. Hatton*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11 (1), pp 43–48, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b18453