Dr Sophie Pain
Dr Sophie Pain
Assistant Professor (Research Focussed)
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
Sophie dot L dot Pain at warwick dot ac dot uk
Biography
Sophie studied MSci Chemistry with Industrial Experience at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 2019. From 2016-2017, Sophie worked in R&D in the polymer industry, focusing on production, characterisation and degradation of polymer backsheets for photovoltaic modules. Her master's thesis focused on transition metal carnallites as lead-free alternatives to perovskites for photovoltaics.
From 2019-2023, Sophie undertook her PhD in Electronic Materials and InterfacesLink opens in a new window laboratory in the School of Engineering at the University of 糖心TV, with a thesis focusing on "Enhancing electronic materials by chemical treatments and nanoscale dielectrics", receiving the SEM Faculty Thesis prize, before starting as a Research Fellow in 2023. In October 2024, Sophie started her Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship.
Research Interests
- Silicon photovoltaics
- Atomic layer deposition
- Passivation
- Circularity/sustainability/recyclability of photovoltaics
Teaching Interests
- ES327 (Individual Project)
- CH993 (Interdisciplinary Research Project - Global Decarbonisation & Climate Change MSc)
Selected Publications
Projects and Grants/Awards
- 2025: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2510197)
鈥淚n-situ mitigation of muon-induced defects in high lifetime crystalline silicon鈥�. Principal Investigator. Three days on .
- 2025: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2510159)
鈥淐arrier lifetime in high efficiency silicon solar cells for space applications using temperature-dependent photoexcited muon spin spectroscopy". Co-Investigator. Five days on .
- 2024:
- 2024: Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence (CATE): AdvanceHE
- 2024: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2410172)
鈥淓stablishing the limitations of photoexcited muon spin spectroscopy鈥�.
Principal Investigator. Seven days on . - 2023: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2220123)
鈥淧assivation of silicon for solar cells and the role of hydrogen鈥�.
Co-Investigator. Five days on . - 2020: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2220123)
"Muon spin spectroscopy to probe depth-dependent carrier lifetimes in silicon photovoltaics鈥�.
Co-Investigator. Seven days on .