Dr Tom Dunlop

Technical Specialist, Science and Engineering

t.o.dunlop@swansea.ac.uk

Open Plan Office - A201
Second Floor
Engineering East
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About

Dr Tom Dunlop EngD, BEng MIMMM holds a BEng (hons, 1st) in Materials Science and Engineering and an EngD in Materials Engineering that focused on the development of thermoelectrics and other functional materials for the European Space Agency. He has since spent 6 years as a post-doctoral researcher working around the characterisation of 3rd generation photovoltaic devices within the SPECIFIC research centre, where he developed novel characterisation routines for improving the performance of printed PV devices.

Specialising in materials testing and characterisation Tom’s current role involves provided support for both academic and industrial partners on a wide range of techniques including XRD, XPS, SEM, optical microscopy and in-situ testing. In addition to this he provides teaching and training on techniques at all levels. To date, he has been involved in the publishing of a number of papers covering a wide range of topics including solar materials, mine water treatment, corrosion protection, advanced battery materials, hydrogen fuel cells and biosensors.

Areas Of Expertise

Materials Characterisation
X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy (WDS)
Advanced Functional Materials
Thermoelectrics
Photovoltaics

Publications

Research Highlights

Lakhiani, H., Dunlop, T., De Rossi, F., Dimitrov, S., Kerremans, R., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., Barbe, J., & Tsoi, W. (2019). Variations of Infiltration and Electronic Contact in Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells Revealed by High‐Resolution Multi‐Mapping Techniques. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(25)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201900885, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50132
Jalalian-Khakshour, A., Phillips, C., Jackson, L., Dunlop, T., Margadonna, S., & Deganello, D. (2019). Solid-state synthesis of NASICON (Na3Zr2Si2PO12) using nanoparticle precursors for optimisation of ionic conductivity. Journal of Materials Science, 55, 2291-2302.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04162-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52708
Lewis, A., Troughton, J., Smith, B., McGettrick, J., Dunlop, T., De Rossi, F., Pockett, A., Spence, M., Carnie, M., Watson, T., & Charbonneau, C. (2020). In-depth analysis of defects in TiO2 compact electron transport layers and impact on performance and hysteresis of planar perovskite devices at low light. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 209, 110448
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110448, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53418
Wei, Z., Dunlop, T., Heard, P., Charbonneau, C., Worsley, D., & Watson, T. (2020). Successes and Challenges Associated with Solution Processing of Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells on Titanium Substrates. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(4), 3876-3883.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00292, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00292
Meroni, S., Hooper, K., Dunlop, T., Baker, J., Worsley, D., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., Hooper, K., & Dunlop, T. (2020). Scribing Method for Carbon Perovskite Solar Modules. Energies, 13(7), 1589
https://doi.org/10.3390/en13071589, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53872
Meroni, S., Hooper, K., Dunlop, T., Baker, J., Worsley, D., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., Hooper, K., & Dunlop, T. (2020). Scribing Method for Carbon Perovskite Solar Modules. Energies, 13(7), 1589
https://doi.org/10.3390/en13071589, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53872
Teloeken, A., Lamb, D., Dunlop, T., & Irvine, S. (2020). Effect of bending test on the performance of CdTe solar cells on flexible ultra-thin glass produced by MOCVD. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 211, 110552
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110552, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53921
Wint, N., Malla, A., Cooze, N., Savill, T., Mehraban, S., Dunlop, T., Sullivan, J., Penney, D., Williams, G., & McMurray, H. (2021). The ability of Mg2Ge crystals to behave as ‘smart release’ inhibitors of the aqueous corrosion of Zn-Al-Mg alloys. Corrosion Science, 179, 109091
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2020.109091, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55603
Dunlop, T., Doolin, A., Charles, R., Castro, C., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Pean, E., Patidar, R., Dunlop, T., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., & Davies, M. (2021). Sustainable solvent selection for the manufacture of methylammonium lead triiodide (MAPbI3) perovskite solar cells. Green Chemistry, 23(6), 2471-2486.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00079a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56436
Dunlop, T., Doolin, A., Charles, R., Castro, C., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Pean, E., Patidar, R., Dunlop, T., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., & Davies, M. (2021). Sustainable solvent selection for the manufacture of methylammonium lead triiodide (MAPbI3) perovskite solar cells. Green Chemistry, 23(6), 2471-2486.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00079a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56436

All Research

Journal Articles

Marti Valls, R., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Meza Rojas, D., Dunlop, T., Jones, E., Thomas, S., Davies, M., Holliman, P., Baker, J., & Charbonneau, C. (2024). A facile method to obtain colloidal dispersions of nickel hydroxide: Improving the processing of nickel oxide and facilitating its upscaling for perovskite-type solar devices. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 698, 134524
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66717
Ajith Mohan, A., Deshpande, S., Dunlop, T., Norman, B., Oliviera, D., Vulpe, G., Moreira, F., & Sharma, S. (2024). Alzheimer's diagnosis beyond cerebrospinal fluid: Probe-Free Detection of Tau Proteins using MXene based redox systems and molecularly imprinted polymers. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 20, 100513
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosx.2024.100513, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66925
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
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, 0
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202401959, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66570
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
Davies, K., Allan, M., Nagarajan, S., Townsend, R., Dunlop, T., McGettrick, J., Asokan, V., Ananthraj, S., Watson, T., Godfrey, R., Durrant, J., Maroto-Valer, M., Kuehnel, M., & Pitchaimuthu, S. (2023). Solar light-driven simultaneous pharmaceutical pollutant degradation and green hydrogen production using a mesoporous nanoscale WO3/BiVO4 heterostructure photoanode. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11(3), 110256
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.110256, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.110256
Banou, M., Niu, Y., Ammari, F., Dunlop, T., Palmer, E., & Tizaoui, C. (2023). Fabrication of graphene nanoplatelets/MgAl-layered double hydroxide nanocomposites as efficient support for gold nanoparticles and their catalytic performance in 4-nitrophenol reduction. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 174
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.04.051, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.04.051
Malla, A., Sullivan, J., Penney, D., Dunlop, T., & Barker, P. (2023). Mechanistic study on the corrosion behaviour of Zinc and Zinc-Calcium alloys designed for enhanced metallic coatings in the presence of chloride and phosphate ions. Corrosion Science, 213, 110956
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110956, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62266
Beynon, D., Parvazian, E., Hooper, K., McGettrick, J., Patidar, R., Dunlop, T., Wei, Z., Davies, P., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Carnie, M., Davies, M., Watson, T., Hooper, K., & Davies, P. (2023). All‐Printed Roll‐to‐Roll Perovskite Photovoltaics Enabled by Solution‐Processed Carbon Electrode. Advanced Materials, 35(16), 2208561
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208561, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208561
Mitchell, R., Dunlop, T., Volkenandt, T., Russell, J., Davies, P., Spooner, S., Pleydell-Pearce, C., & Johnston, R. (2023). Methods to expose subsurface objects of interest identified from 3D imaging: The intermediate sample preparation stage in the correlative microscopy workflow. Journal of Microscopy, 289(2), 107-127.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13159, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13159
Cairns, S., CAIRNS, S., Todd, A., Robertson, I., Byrne, P., & Dunlop, T. (2022). Treatment of mine water for the fast removal of zinc and lead by wood ash amended biochar. Environmental Science: Advances, 1, 506-516.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d2va00085g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60891
Jestine, J., Johnston, R., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Davies, P., Watson, T., Meroni, S., Worsley, C., Dimitrios, R., Dunlop, T., Mitchell, R., Volkenandt, T., Tordoff, B., Kelly, S., White, R., & Rad, M. (2022). Multimodal 3D Characterisation of Carbon-based Perovskite Solar Cells. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28(S1), 204-206.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1431927622001684, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927622001684
Williams, J., Griffiths, C., Dunlop, T., & Jewell, E. (2022). Improving the Processability of a One-Step Hydrophobic Coating for Hot-Dipped Galvanised Steel for Industrial Applications. Coatings, 12(7), 895
https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12070895, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60291
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
Cairns, S., Cairns, S., Chaudhuri, S., Sigmund, G., Robertson, I., Hawkins, T., Dunlop, T., & Hofmann, T. (2021). Wood ash amended biochar for the removal of lead, copper, zinc and cadmium from aqueous solution. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 24, 101961
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101961, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58004
Dunlop, T., Kesteven, O., De Rossi, F., Davies, P., Watson, T., & Charbonneau, C. (2021). Exploring the Infiltration Features of Perovskite within Mesoporous Carbon Stack Solar Cells Using Broad Beam Ion Milling. Materials, 14(19), 5852
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14195852, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58354
Dunlop, T., Doolin, A., Charles, R., Castro, C., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Pean, E., Patidar, R., Dunlop, T., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., & Davies, M. (2021). Sustainable solvent selection for the manufacture of methylammonium lead triiodide (MAPbI3) perovskite solar cells. Green Chemistry, 23(6), 2471-2486.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00079a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56436
Dunlop, T., Doolin, A., Charles, R., Castro, C., Garcia Rodriguez, R., Pean, E., Patidar, R., Dunlop, T., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., & Davies, M. (2021). Sustainable solvent selection for the manufacture of methylammonium lead triiodide (MAPbI3) perovskite solar cells. Green Chemistry, 23(6), 2471-2486.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00079a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56436
Wint, N., Malla, A., Cooze, N., Savill, T., Mehraban, S., Dunlop, T., Sullivan, J., Penney, D., Williams, G., & McMurray, H. (2021). The ability of Mg2Ge crystals to behave as ‘smart release’ inhibitors of the aqueous corrosion of Zn-Al-Mg alloys. Corrosion Science, 179, 109091
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2020.109091, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55603
Teloeken, A., Lamb, D., Dunlop, T., & Irvine, S. (2020). Effect of bending test on the performance of CdTe solar cells on flexible ultra-thin glass produced by MOCVD. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 211, 110552
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110552, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53921
Lewis, A., Troughton, J., Smith, B., McGettrick, J., Dunlop, T., De Rossi, F., Pockett, A., Spence, M., Carnie, M., Watson, T., & Charbonneau, C. (2020). In-depth analysis of defects in TiO2 compact electron transport layers and impact on performance and hysteresis of planar perovskite devices at low light. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 209, 110448
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110448, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53418
Wei, Z., Dunlop, T., Heard, P., Charbonneau, C., Worsley, D., & Watson, T. (2020). Successes and Challenges Associated with Solution Processing of Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells on Titanium Substrates. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(4), 3876-3883.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00292, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00292
Meroni, S., Hooper, K., Dunlop, T., Baker, J., Worsley, D., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., Hooper, K., & Dunlop, T. (2020). Scribing Method for Carbon Perovskite Solar Modules. Energies, 13(7), 1589
https://doi.org/10.3390/en13071589, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53872
Meroni, S., Hooper, K., Dunlop, T., Baker, J., Worsley, D., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., Hooper, K., & Dunlop, T. (2020). Scribing Method for Carbon Perovskite Solar Modules. Energies, 13(7), 1589
https://doi.org/10.3390/en13071589, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53872
Jalalian-Khakshour, A., Phillips, C., Jackson, L., Dunlop, T., Margadonna, S., & Deganello, D. (2019). Solid-state synthesis of NASICON (Na3Zr2Si2PO12) using nanoparticle precursors for optimisation of ionic conductivity. Journal of Materials Science, 55, 2291-2302.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04162-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52708
Lakhiani, H., Dunlop, T., De Rossi, F., Dimitrov, S., Kerremans, R., Charbonneau, C., Watson, T., Barbe, J., & Tsoi, W. (2019). Variations of Infiltration and Electronic Contact in Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells Revealed by High‐Resolution Multi‐Mapping Techniques. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(25)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201900885, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50132

Conference Contributions

Parvazian, E., Beynon, D., McGettrick, J., Patidar, R., Dunlop, T., Wei, Z., & Watson, T. (n.d.) Entirely Roll to Roll Carbon Electrode Printed Perovskite Solar Cells: Fabrication Pathway, challenges and Achievements. In International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV23)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63396
https://www.nanoge.org/proceedings/HOPV23/63ea5d339b23d94247c9a323#/!

Career History

Technical Specialist, AIM, Swansea University

October 2023 - Present
Technology Transfer Research Fellow, SPECIFIC, Swansea University

September 2017 - October 2023
EngD in Materials Engineering: Production of Functional Material, Swansea University

October 2013 - September 2017
BEng, Materials Science and Engineering, Swansea University

October 2010 - June 2013

Dr Tom Dunlop

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Career History

Technical Specialist, AIM, Swansea University

Technology Transfer Research Fellow, SPECIFIC, Swansea University

EngD in Materials Engineering: Production of Functional Material, Swansea University

BEng, Materials Science and Engineering, Swansea University