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Dr Oliver Hutter

Assistant Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

I joined Northumbria University in 2020 as a Senior ViceChancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering.

Prior to this, I completed my PhD in Chemistry at the University of Warwick with a thesis entitled “Nanostructured Copper Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics” in 2015. I then worked at the University of Liverpool in the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy from 2015-2020 specialising in photovoltaics.

My research interests lie in emerging materials for thin films solar cells and solar fuel applications. This involves fabricating and characterising photovoltaic devices, and the investigation of the properties of these fascinating materials such as antimony selenide, cadmium telluride, CZTSSe, perovskite materials and organic semiconductors.

Self-funded PhD candidates, CSC scholarship candidates and visiting PhD students are welcomed, please get in touch.

Please also get in touch regarding potential collaborations.

Oliver Hutter

I joined Northumbria University in 2020 as a Senior ViceChancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering.

Prior to this, I completed my PhD in Chemistry at the University of Warwick with a thesis entitled “Nanostructured Copper Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics” in 2015. I then worked at the University of Liverpool in the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy from 2015-2020 specialising in photovoltaics.

My research interests lie in emerging materials for thin films solar cells and solar fuel applications. This involves fabricating and characterising photovoltaic devices, and the investigation of the properties of these fascinating materials such as antimony selenide, cadmium telluride, CZTSSe, perovskite materials and organic semiconductors.

Self-funded PhD candidates, CSC scholarship candidates and visiting PhD students are welcomed, please get in touch.

Please also get in touch regarding potential collaborations.

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Understanding Local Crystallography in Solar Cell Absorbers with Scanning Electron Diffraction, Griesi, A., Ivanov, Y., Fairclough, S., Valluvar Oli, A., Kusch, G., Oliver, R., De Padova, P., Ottaviani, C., Wijesinghe, U., Siebentritt, S., Di Carlo, A., Hutter, O., Longo, G., Divitini, G. 25 Sep 2025, In: Small Methods
  • Zn1−xMg xO thin films as a sustainable layer for CZTSSe solar cells, Punathil, P., Campbell, S., Kartopu, G., Maiello, P., Hutter, O., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N., Zoppi, G. 1 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Physics: Energy
  • Correction to “Crystalline Antimony Selenide Thin Films for Optoelectronics through Photonic Curing”, Wijesinghe, U., Tetlow, W., Maiello, P., Fleck, N., O'Dowd, G., Beattie, N., Longo, G., Hutter, O. 10 Dec 2024, In: Chemistry of Materials
  • Crystalline Antimony Selenide Thin Films for Optoelectronics through Photonic Curing, Wijesinghe, U., Tetlow, W., Maiello, P., Fleck, N., O'Dowd, G., Beattie, N., Longo, G., Hutter, O. 25 Jun 2024, In: Chemistry of Materials
  • Low-Temperature, Low-Environmental-Impact Synthesis of Barium Sulphide for Perovskite Applications, Tetlow, W., Longo, G., Etherington, M., Hutter, O. 16 Dec 2024, Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference (MATSUSSpring25), Valencia, Spain, Fundació Scito
  • Photovoltaic Efficiency Enhancement through Highly Crystalline Antimony Selenide Interface Engineering, Wijesinghe, U., Longo, G., Hutter, O. 16 Dec 2024, Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference (MATSUSSpring25), Valencia, Spain, Fundació Scito
  • Defect engineering in antimony selenide thin film solar cells, Wijesinghe, U., Longo, G., Hutter, O. 1 Jan 2023, In: Energy Advances
  • High temperature equilibrium of 3D and 2D chalcogenide perovskites, Longo, G., Whalley, L., Holland, A., Tiwari, D., Durose, K., Hutter, O., Kayastha, P. 1 May 2023, In: Solar RRL
  • Hybrid photocathode based on a Ni molecular catalyst and Sb2Se3 for solar H2 production, Garcia-Osorio, D., Shalvey, T., Banerji, L., Saeed, K., Neri, G., Phillips, L., Hutter, O., Casadevall, C., Antón-García, D., Reisner, E., Major, J., Cowan, A. 19 Jan 2023, In: Chemical Communications
  • Photonic Curing for Emerging Photovoltaic Absorbers, Longo, G., Wijesinghe, U., Tetlow, W., Hutter, O. 18 Dec 2023, Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference (MATSUS24), Valencia, Spain, Fundació Scito

Udari Punchirala Arachchige Advancing Antimony Selenide Photovoltaics: Novel Strategies for Material Processing and Interface Engineering Start Date: 01/10/2021

  • Chemistry PhD April 30 2015
  • Member (MRSC) Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2020


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