Dr Sarah-Jane Potts

Lecturer

Mechanical Engineering

+44 (0) 1792 205678 ext 1822

sarah-jane.potts@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0208-2364

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About

Sarah-Jane is a Lecturer in Engineering Sustainability in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Swansea University. She has been a Technology Transfer fellow for SPECIFIC IKC at Swansea University, enabling the upscale and optimisation of printed perovskite solar photovoltaics between 2019 and 2024. Prior to this, she obtained an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) on "Advanced manufacture by screen printing" (2020), and a Master's Degree (MEng) in Product Design Engineering (2015), from Swansea University. She attained her Chartered statues with IMechE and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2022. Sarah-Jane’s research interests are in printed electronics, PV manufacture, and the development of novel renewable energy solutions for wearable devices, with a circular economy approach.

Sarah-Jane is also an active member of both the IOM3 and IMechE, as the President of the South Wales Materials Association and the Regional Education Officer for IMechE South Wales. Additionally, she is a passionate, award-winning STEM Ambassador with a decade of experience organising and providing public engagement and outreach events with thousands of young people.

Areas Of Expertise

Printing and coating processes and materials
Printed electronics scale manufacture
Ink Formulation and Rheology
Sustainable and Renewable Energy
Perovskite Photovoltaics

Publications

Research Highlights

Potts, S., Phillips, C., Jewell, E., Clifford, B., Lau, Y., & Claypole, T. (2020). High-speed imaging the effect of snap-off distance and squeegee speed on the ink transfer mechanism of screen-printed carbon pastes. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 17(2), 447-459.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-019-00291-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53125
Potts, S., Phillips, C., & Claypole, T. (2019). High speed imaging of ink separation in screen-printing. In Cathy Ridgway (Ed.), Advances in Printing and Media Technology - Proceedings of the 46th International Research Conference of iarigai (pp. 8-15).
https://doi.org/10.14622/Advances_46_2019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53316
Potts, S., Phillips, C., Claypole, T., & Jewell, E. (2020). The Effect of Carbon Ink Rheology on Ink Separation Mechanisms in Screen-Printing. Coatings, 10(10), 1008
https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10101008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55510
Potts, S., Korochkina, T., Holder, A., Jewell, E., Phillips, C., & Claypole, T. (2022). The influence of carbon morphologies and concentrations on the rheology and electrical performance of screen-printed carbon pastes. Journal of Materials Science, 57(4), 2650-2666.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06724-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59141
Worsley, C., Raptis, D., Meroni, S., Patidar, R., Pockett, A., Dunlop, T., Potts, S., Bolton, B., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Jewell, E., & Watson, T. (2021). Green solvent engineering for enhanced performance and reproducibility in printed carbon-based mesoscopic perovskite solar cells and modules. Materials Advances, 3(2), 1125-1138.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00975c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60531
Watkins, E., Griffiths, C., Richards, C., Potts, S., Batchelor, C., Barker, P., Searle, J., & Jewell, E. (2024). Improving the Corrosion Performance of Organically Coated Steel Using a Sol–Gel Overcoat. Materials, 17(5), 1075
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051075, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65848
Worsley, C., Dunlop, T., Potts, S., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Bolton, B., Davies, M., Jewell, E., & Watson, T. (2024). Quantifying Infiltration for Quality Control in Printed Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells: A Microscopic Perspective. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7(5), 1938-1948.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c03056, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66062
Worsley, C., Potts, S., Hughes, D., Tsoi, W., & Watson, T. (2024). Age-induced excellence with green solvents: the impact of residual solvent and post-treatments in screen-printed carbon perovskite solar cells and modules. Materials Advances, 5(10), 4354-4365.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma00136b, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66402
Potts, S., Bolton, R., Dunlop, T., Lacey, K., Worsley, C., Watson, T., & Jewell, E. (2024). Enhancing the Performance of the Mesoporous TiO2 Film in Printed Perovskite Photovoltaics through High-Speed Imaging and Ink Rheology Techniques. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(36), 2401959
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202401959, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66570
Worsley, C., Dunlop, T., Potts, S., Bolton, R., Jewell, E., & Watson, T. (2024). Infiltration issues in printed mesoporous carbon perovskite solar cells: a troubleshooting guide. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(25), 9401-9411.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc01157k, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66928

All Research

Journal Articles

Potts, S., Bolton, R., Dunlop, T., Lacey, K., Worsley, C., Watson, T., & Jewell, E. (2024). Enhancing the Performance of the Mesoporous TiO2 Film in Printed Perovskite Photovoltaics through High-Speed Imaging and Ink Rheology Techniques. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(36), 2401959
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202401959, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66570
Worsley, C., Dunlop, T., Potts, S., Bolton, R., Jewell, E., & Watson, T. (2024). Infiltration issues in printed mesoporous carbon perovskite solar cells: a troubleshooting guide. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(25), 9401-9411.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc01157k, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66928
Worsley, C., Potts, S., Hughes, D., Tsoi, W., & Watson, T. (2024). Age-induced excellence with green solvents: the impact of residual solvent and post-treatments in screen-printed carbon perovskite solar cells and modules. Materials Advances, 5(10), 4354-4365.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma00136b, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66402
Worsley, C., Dunlop, T., Potts, S., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Bolton, B., Davies, M., Jewell, E., & Watson, T. (2024). Quantifying Infiltration for Quality Control in Printed Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells: A Microscopic Perspective. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7(5), 1938-1948.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c03056, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66062
Watkins, E., Griffiths, C., Richards, C., Potts, S., Batchelor, C., Barker, P., Searle, J., & Jewell, E. (2024). Improving the Corrosion Performance of Organically Coated Steel Using a Sol–Gel Overcoat. Materials, 17(5), 1075
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051075, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65848
Potts, S., Korochkina, T., Holder, A., Jewell, E., Phillips, C., & Claypole, T. (2022). The influence of carbon morphologies and concentrations on the rheology and electrical performance of screen-printed carbon pastes. Journal of Materials Science, 57(4), 2650-2666.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06724-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59141
Worsley, C., Raptis, D., Meroni, S., Patidar, R., Pockett, A., Dunlop, T., Potts, S., Bolton, B., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Jewell, E., & Watson, T. (2021). Green solvent engineering for enhanced performance and reproducibility in printed carbon-based mesoscopic perovskite solar cells and modules. Materials Advances, 3(2), 1125-1138.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00975c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60531
Potts, S., Phillips, C., Claypole, T., & Jewell, E. (2020). The Effect of Carbon Ink Rheology on Ink Separation Mechanisms in Screen-Printing. Coatings, 10(10), 1008
https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10101008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55510
Potts, S., Phillips, C., Jewell, E., Clifford, B., Lau, Y., & Claypole, T. (2020). High-speed imaging the effect of snap-off distance and squeegee speed on the ink transfer mechanism of screen-printed carbon pastes. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 17(2), 447-459.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-019-00291-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53125

Conference Contributions

Potts, S., Phillips, C., & Claypole, T. (2019). High speed imaging of ink separation in screen-printing. In Cathy Ridgway (Ed.), Advances in Printing and Media Technology - Proceedings of the 46th International Research Conference of iarigai (pp. 8-15).
https://doi.org/10.14622/Advances_46_2019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53316

Supervision

Printing solar cells for future technologies (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Trystan Watson

Taught Modules

EG-134 Engineering Mechanics (Mech & Med & Engineering)

This module aims to provide the students with the basic knowledge of the fundamental concepts of statics, including force, moment/couple, resultant force and resultant moment of a general force-couple system, equilibrium conditions/equations of a force system, common types of constraints/supports, and free body diagram, and by applying these concepts, the students will be able to solve statically determined truss structures using the methods of joints and sections.
EG-137 Data analysis and simulation

The module will examine how data gathering and computational methods can be used to solve real world engineering problems. It brings together the need to capture real world information in a date centric engineering world with the need to predict performance using fundamental understanding of the engineering science. The module will develop the key IT analysis (Excel and Matlab) and technical writing skills which are applicable to many of the modules within the programme.
EGA129 Applied Mechanics (Biomed, General and Mech)

This module aims to provide the students with the basic knowledge of the fundamental concepts of statics, including force, moment/couple, resultant force and resultant moment of a general force-couple system, equilibrium conditions/equations of a force system, common types of constraints/supports, and free body diagrams. Engineering structures and components transmit loads and other external actions by means of internal stresses and how these stresses lead to strains and displacements; concepts such as Mohr circle of stress and the relationships between stress and strain. By applying these concepts, the students will be able to solve statically determined: truss structures (using the methods of joints and sections) and beam structures (using the simple models of beam behaviour).
EGA266 Digital Manufacturing

Within this module students will learn about digital manufacturing, from its role in concept development through to prototype production and small batch manufacture. They will be introduced to the way in which manufacturing is changing and the future possibilities presented by emerging digital manufacturing technologies. They will work individually to fabricate a digital manufacturing machine (3DPrinter), which they will calibrate and produce test parts on, as well as their own design of a 3DPrinted engineering design.
EGA334 Mechanical Engineering Design 3

This module demonstrates the outcomes of three years of learning and applies multiple skills to a design project. The project will show that students can manage and deliver a design task, as a team, through all stages of the design process. Students should progress from specification to concept design, undertake analysis (using computer tools as appropriate) and produce a design report and assembly drawings.

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Printing solar cells for future technologies (current)

Taught Modules

EG-134 Engineering Mechanics (Mech & Med & Engineering)

EG-137 Data analysis and simulation

EGA129 Applied Mechanics (Biomed, General and Mech)

EGA266 Digital Manufacturing

EGA334 Mechanical Engineering Design 3