Dr Nicholas Grant
Dr Nicholas Grant
Assistant Professor
Nicholas dot E dot Grant at warwick dot ac dot uk
+44 (0) 24 7652 8590
Biography
Nicholas E. Grant studied Physics at the University of Adelaide graduating with Honours in 2007. In 2008 he undertook a PhD in Photovoltaic Engineering at the Australian National University, graduating in 2012. In 2013, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, where he developed low temperature passivation methods to detect, quantify and annihilate bulk silicon defects. In 2016, he moved to the UK and undertook a research fellow position at the University of Warwick where he is working towards improving silicon photovoltaic material performance, and developing novel organic thin films. In 2021 he became an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick, where he is looking to diverse his research expertise in the fields of energy storage, metamaterials and space.Research Interests
To undertake novel research on the development of surface layers to improve interfacial properties in future high efficiency silicon based photovoltaic (PV) devices, to enhance the longevity and storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries and to enable high modulation efficiencies and resolution for THz metamaterial applications. I am interested in depositing surface layers by atomic layer deposition which include aluminium oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, hafnium oxide, aluminium nitride and silicon nitride. I'm actively involved in detecting and analysing light induced defects in gallium doped silicon materials and solar cells, and developing methods to mitigate their impact on the solar cell efficiency.
Teaching Interests
ES190 Thermodynamics, ES327 3rd year projects
Selected Publications
Projects and Grants
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charged oxide inversion layer (COIL) solar cells | EPSRC | 01 Dec 2021 | 30 Nov 2024 |
| Dark matter and the ultimate performance limit of semiconductor silicon | Leverhulme Trust | 01 Apr 2021 | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Computational spectral imaging in the THz band | EPSRC | 01 Sep 2019 | 29 Feb 2024 |
| A collaboration to advance gallium doped silicon for high efficiency solar cells | EPSRC | 01 Apr 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 |
| Atomic Layer Deposition of Nanoscale Coatings for Battery Anodes | Royal Society | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |