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. 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. 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. H. J. Pereira and R. A. Hatton*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11 (1), pp 43–48, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b18453