Residence United Kingdom Fields Chemistry | Nationality American Known for Dye-sensitized solar cell | |
Institutions UC Berkeley
University of Wisconsin
University of Washington
EPFL
ECN
Imperial College London Alma mater UC Berkeley (B.S.),
University of Washington (Ph.D.) Education École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | ||
Brian C. O'Regan is an American chemist known for the co-invention of Dye Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC, DSC, SSC). He is currently a Research Lecturer at Imperial College London where he conducts research on photovoltaic cells and other applications of nano-structured oxide electronic materials.
Major scientific contributions
Brian O'Regan is known for his pioneering work on the deposition of meso-porous oxides from colloidal solutions that ultimately led to the first high efficiency DSSC. He has also developed the first high efficiency non-aqueous electrolyte for DSSC and more recently has overturned the belief that water is poisonous to dye sensitisation by designing water based and water tolerant DSSC. He has invented TiO2 electrodeposition from TiCl3, electrodeposition of CuSCB and non-aqueous electrodeposition of aligned mesoporous ZnO. He holds 5 patents and is the author of numerous research papers.