Background
Patrick gained an MSci in Geoscience from the Unviersity of Durham in 2008, followed by an MSc in Engineering Geology from Newcastle University in 2010. He developed a keen interest in renewable energy (particularly solar energy) during his MSc and decided to pursue this further, undertaking a PhD at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), part of Loughborough University’s Wolfson School. Having gained his doctorate in 2015, Patrick became a post-doctoral Research Associate at CREST prior to taking up his current post as a lecturer in 2018.
Outline of main research interests
- Transparent conductive oxides for solar energy and related applications
- Non-vacuum processed transparent conductive materials and development of facile atmospheric deposition processes
- Optical and thermodynamic solar cell device modelling
- Solar resource modelling
Selected publications
- PJM Isherwood. Copper zinc oxide: Investigation into a p-type mixed metal oxide system, Vacuum 139, 173-177, 2017
- PJM Isherwood, KT Butler, A Walsh, JM Walls. A tunable amorphous p-type ternary oxide system: The highly mismatched alloy of copper tin oxide, Journal of Applied Physics 118 (10), 105702, 2015
- PJM Isherwood, N Neves, JW Bowers, P Newbatt, JM Walls. High quality aluminium doped zinc oxide target synthesis from nanoparticulate powder and characterisation of sputtered thin films, Thin Solid Films 566, 108-114, 2014
- S Uličná, PJM Isherwood, PM Kaminski, JM Walls, J Li, CA Wolden. Development of ZnTe as a back contact material for thin film cadmium telluride solar cells, Vacuum 139, 159-163, 2017
External Collaborators
- Southampton University
- Bath University
- Oxford University
- Colorado State University
- Dycotec Ltd
External roles and appointments
- Institute of Physics – Ion and Plasma Surface Interactions group committee member and current newsletter editor