Dr Gregory Burwell

Senior Lecturer

Physics

g.burwell@swansea.ac.uk

Academic Office - 409
Fourth Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2534-9626

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About

Gregory Burwell is a Senior Lecturer in Physics at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University. His doctoral work focused on the development of two-dimensional semiconductor growth for sensing applications. His postdoctoral work focused on the development and characterisation of optoelectronic devices, including photovoltaics and photodetectors. His research efforts are aligned with the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM), where he is the Heterogeneous Integration Lead.

Areas Of Expertise

2D material processing and device fabrication
Thin-film optics
Heterogeneous integration
Molecular semiconductors

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Semiconductor Device Physics
Semiconductor Device Characterisation

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Burwell, G., Zeiske, S., Caprioglio, P., Sandberg, O., Kay, A., Farrar, M., Kim, Y., Snaith, H., Meredith, P., & Armin, A. (2024). Wide‐Gap Perovskites for Indoor Photovoltaics. Solar RRL, 8(11)
https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400180, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66571
Zeiske, S., Meredith, P., Armin, A., & Burwell, G. (2023). Importance of spectrally invariant broadband attenuation of light in indoor photovoltaic characterization. APL Energy, 1(2)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159289, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67901
KAY, A., FITZSIMONS, M., Burwell, G., Meredith, P., Armin, A., & Sandberg, O. (2023). The Thermodynamic Limit of Indoor Photovoltaics Based on Energetically‐Disordered Molecular Semiconductors. Solar RRL, 7(18)
https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300277, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63716
Burwell, G., Rejnhard, K., Evans, J., Mitchell, J., Grimes, M., Elwin, M., Armin, A., & Meredith, P. (2023). A Low‐Temperature Batch Process for the Deposition of High‐Quality Conformal Alumina Thin Films for Electronic Applications. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(12)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201901, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201901
Kim, Y., Sandberg, O., Zeiske, S., Burwell, G., Riley, D., Meredith, P., & Armin, A. (2023). Mitigating Detrimental Effect of Self‐Doping Near the Anode in Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(16)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300147, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300147

All Research

Journal Articles

Kay, A., Riley, D., Sandberg, O., Burwell, G., Meredith, P., & Armin, A. (2024). On the Performance Limits of Agrivoltaics—From Thermodynamic to Geo‐Meteorological Considerations. Solar RRL, 8(18)
https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400456, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67900
Burwell, G., Zeiske, S., Caprioglio, P., Sandberg, O., Kay, A., Farrar, M., Kim, Y., Snaith, H., Meredith, P., & Armin, A. (2024). Wide‐Gap Perovskites for Indoor Photovoltaics. Solar RRL, 8(11)
https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400180, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66571
Zeiske, S., Meredith, P., Armin, A., & Burwell, G. (2023). Importance of spectrally invariant broadband attenuation of light in indoor photovoltaic characterization. APL Energy, 1(2)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159289, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67901
KAY, A., FITZSIMONS, M., Burwell, G., Meredith, P., Armin, A., & Sandberg, O. (2023). The Thermodynamic Limit of Indoor Photovoltaics Based on Energetically‐Disordered Molecular Semiconductors. Solar RRL, 7(18)
https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300277, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63716
Burwell, G., Rejnhard, K., Evans, J., Mitchell, J., Grimes, M., Elwin, M., Armin, A., & Meredith, P. (2023). A Low‐Temperature Batch Process for the Deposition of High‐Quality Conformal Alumina Thin Films for Electronic Applications. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(12)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201901, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201901
Kim, Y., Sandberg, O., Zeiske, S., Burwell, G., Riley, D., Meredith, P., & Armin, A. (2023). Mitigating Detrimental Effect of Self‐Doping Near the Anode in Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(16)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300147, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300147
Burwell, G., Sandberg, O., Li, W., Meredith, P., Carnie, M., & Armin, A. (2022). Scaling Considerations for Organic Photovoltaics for Indoor Applications. Solar RRL, 6(7), 2200315
https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200315, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60153
Walters, F., Burwell, G., MITCHELL, J., Ali, M., Daghigh Ahmadi, E., Mostert, B., Jenkins, C., Rozhko, S., Kazakova, O., & Guy, O. (2022). A Rapid Graphene Sensor Platform for the Detection of Viral Proteins in Low Volume Samples. Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2(6)
https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202100140, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202100140
Ali, M., Mitchell, J., Burwell, G., Rejnhard, K., Mitchell, C., Daghigh Ahmadi, E., Sharma, S., & Guy, O. (2021). Application of Molecular Vapour Deposited Al2O3 for Graphene-Based Biosensor Passivation and Improvements in Graphene Device Homogeneity. Nanomaterials, 11(8), 2121
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11082121, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58054
Paulin, J., Coleone, A., Batagin-Neto, A., Burwell, G., Meredith, P., Graeff, C., & Mostert, B. (2021). Melanin thin-films: a perspective on optical and electrical properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9(26), 8345-8358.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc01440d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1tc01440d
Burwell, G., Burwell, G., Burridge, N., Bond, E., Li, W., Meredith, P., & Armin, A. (2021). Parameterization of Metallic Grids on Transparent Conductive Electrodes for the Scaling of Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Electronic Materials, 7(6), 2100192
https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202100192, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56798
Burwell, G., Burridge, N., Sandberg, O., Bond, E., Li, W., Meredith, P., & Armin, A. (2020). Metal Grid Structures for Enhancing the Stability and Performance of Solution‐Processed Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes. Advanced Electronic Materials, 6(12), 2000732
https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202000732, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55638
Walters, F., Ali, M., Burwell, G., Rozhko, S., Tehrani, Z., Daghigh Ahmadi, E., Evans, J., Abbasi, H., Bigham, R., Mitchell, J., Kazakova, O., Devadoss, A., & Guy, O. (2020). A Facile Method for the Non-Covalent Amine Functionalization of Carbon-Based Surfaces for Use in Biosensor Development. Nanomaterials, 10(9)
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091808, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55139
Walters, F., Rozhko, S., Buckley, D., Daghigh Ahmadi, E., Ali, M., Tehrani, Z., Mitchell, J., Burwell, G., Liu, Y., Kazakova, O., & Guy, O. (2020). Real-time detection of hepatitis B surface antigen using a hybrid graphene-gold nanoparticle biosensor. 2D Materials, 7(2), 024009
https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ab734c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53518
Nguyen, K., Gluschke, J., Mostert, B., Nelson, A., Burwell, G., Lyttleton, R., Cavaye, H., Welbourn, R., Seidl, J., Lagier, M., Miranda, M., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Meredith, P., & Micolich, A. (n.d.) The Effect of Direct Electron Beam Patterning on the Water Uptake and Ionic Conductivity of Nafion Thin Films. Advanced Electronic Materials, 9(8)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300199, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300199

Conference Contributions

Shermer, S., Burwell, G., Evans, J., Kalna, K., & Langbin, F. (2019). Dilute magnetic contact for a spin GaN HEMT. In Semiconductor and Integrated OptoElectronics Conference (SIOE) Conference, Cardiff, UK, 16-18 April 2019
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61074
https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/121866/

Supervision

Advanced Semiconductors Photodetectors (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Paul Meredith
Advanced Functional Coatings for Integrative Semiconductor Materials and Devices. (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Ardalan Armin

Other supervisor: Dr Matt Elwin

Other supervisor: Prof Paul Meredith

Taught Modules

PH-300 Semiconductor Device Physics

This module covers semiconductor device physics, covering devices such as transistors, diodes, and solar cells, covering fundamental device physics and practical considerations.

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