Professor Claire Carmalt CChem FUUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥
Winner: 2024 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
University College London
For contributions to the development of functional thin films as transparent conducting oxides, photocatalysts and heterojunction photoanodes for photoelectrochemical applications.
Celebrate Professor Claire Carmalt
As you move into research, you find that, by teamwork and collaboration your initial isolated project can expand out in all sorts of directions which you perhaps hadn't considered at the start.
Professor Claire Carmalt’s research group focuses on the creation of innovative, industrially important inorganic materials and their deposition into thin films. This has involved investigating superhydrophobic (super water repellent) materials, TCOs (transparent conducting oxides, materials that are transparent and able to conduct electricity), photocatalysts, and photoelectrochemical materials for use in various applications. Superhydrophobic materials can demonstrate a physical self-cleaning capability, where water droplets can roll off the surface, whilst photocatalytic materials can exhibit self-cleaning capabilities, where dirt particles can break down into simple molecules through a chemical reaction involving light.
The group is investigating the development of a scalable synthetic route to these materials, many of which are used in a range of applications. This strategy offers a viable route to the large-scale production of high-performance materials for use in commercial window coatings, water-splitting devices and other self-cleaning surfaces.
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