Dr. Chris McNeill

McNeill, C.

EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow
Research Fellow of Clare Hall

Group: Optoelectronics

Address:
Room 28 Kapitsa Building,
Cavendish Laboratory,
JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge CB3 0HE.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 337287
Email: crm51 "at" cam.ac.uk

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Angela Campbell, Jean Phillips
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Biography:

Chris McNeill received his Bachelor of Science degree in 2000 and his PhD in 2004 both from the University of Newcastle, Australia. In 2005 he joined the Cavendish Laboratory initially as a post-doctoral research associate working with Neil Greenham, before winning an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship in 2007.

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Research Interests:

Device physics of organic semiconductor devices, structure/function relationships in organic semiconductor devices, scanning probe microscopies (AFM, NSOM), soft X-ray synchrotron techniques (STXM, NEXAFS).
Research Group - Optoelectronics.

Selected Publications:

C. R. McNeill, S. Westenhoff, C. Groves, R. H. Friend and N. C. Greenham. "Influence of nanoscale phase separation on the charge generation dynamics and photovoltaic performance of conjugated polymer blends - Balancing charge generation and separation". J. Chem. Phys. C 111(51) 19153 - 19160 (2007).

C. R. McNeill et. al. "Dual Function of a Conjugated Polymer as Electron Donor/Hole Transporter or Electron Acceptor/Electron Transport in Efficient Photovoltaic Diodes". Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 193506 (2007).

C. R. McNeill et. al "X-ray Spectromicroscopy of Polymer/Fullerene Composites: Quantitative Chemical Mapping". Small 2, 1432 - 1435 (2006).

C. R. McNeill et. al. "Nano-scale quantitative chemical mapping of conjugated polymer blends". Nano Letters 6, 1202-1206 (2006).

C. R. McNeill, H. Frohne, J. L. Holdsworth, and P. C. Dastoor. "Near-field scanning photocurrent measurements of polyfluorene blend devices: directly correlating morphology with current generation". Nano Letters 4, 2503-2507 (2004).

C. R. McNeill et. al. "Direct Photocurrent Mapping of Organic Solar Cells Using a Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope". Nano Letters 4, 219-223 (2004).