Brian Tuffy Email & Phone Number

Göttingen Area, Germany

Stuttgart Area, Germany

Development of Photocatalysis; Especially the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Carbon Nitride materials.My work investigates the potential of carbon nitride (CN) and CN hybrid materials for use in photoreactions such as the reduction of volatile organic compounds and water splitting. Carbon nitrides are a simple, cheap and versatile material which show great promise for today's nanomaterials and energy research. The overall idea is to simply and cheaply harness the suns energy to do chemcial work.These materials potentially offer an ideal energy source for the future where passive, large scale and efficient energy is converted to a useable form, wheather stored as chemical energy as in water splitting to hydrogen and oxygen or directly creating electrical current in new photovoltaic devices. Another application suited to this easily synthesised material is the large scale environmental clean-up of toxins.The scientific study of these materials also provides interesting opportunities. With various bonding configurations proposed, there is a need for more experimental evidence to highlight the optical and electrical properties available in these materials. With graphene being recently honoured as a material of great importance, it is also worth noting the search for a CN equivalent for the future.My initial aim is to screen a variety of CN based materials for their photoactivity including hydrogen/oxygen production from water and reduction of carbon dioxide, eventually optimising and tuning the materials for performance.

Munich Area, Germany

Photocatalysis research, especially hydrogen evolution from water by developing carbon-nitride photocatalysts.

Dublin

Researching organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Prototyped a device that tripled the efficiency by allowing spin-forbidden triplet-state emission.

Master Of Science (Msc), Physics

Activities and Societies: Shotokan Karate and Gaelic Handball

Bachelor Of Applied Physics (B.Sc), Physics, 1.1 First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Member DCU Gaelic Handball Club, Coordinator for Peer Assisted Learning, Instructor for Center for Talented.