Dan Lamb Email & Phone Number

Swansea, GB

Bay Campus, Swansea University

I’m leading a research group focused on metalorganic chemical vapour deposition of thin films. Specialising in oxide and chalcogenide materials such as zinc oxide, cadmium oxide, cadmium telluride and cadmium and zinc sulphide.https://www.swansea.ac.uk/sparc-ii/oxide-chalcogenide-mocvd/My group has particular interest in cadmium telluride for photovoltaics.

I was project manager and research task leader of an ERDF funded project, building research capacity in photovoltaics across 6 Research Centres from three Universities https://www.swansea.ac.uk/sparc-ii/. This culminated in project managing the development of a new MOCVD laboratory to be based in the CISM building on the Swansea Bay Campus.

During my time at Wrexham I developed a completely new type of solar module for powering satellites and spacecraft using a high power to weight and low cost thin film photovoltaic. This was achieved by combining the innovative CSER in-line MOCVD process with the ultra-thin micro-glass manufactured by a North Wales company Qioptiq Space Technology. The.

At Bangor University I built up a background knowledge of thin film semiconductors. Working on applications such as transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) and p/n junctions through to ultra-hard coatings. Some of the thin film materials studied included zinc oxide, cadmium oxide, titanium nitride and zinc stannate; all deposited by the metal organic chemical.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Transparent Conducting Oxides

Batchelor Of Science Chemistry (2:1 Hons)