Discovery of radiative cooling inorganic multilayer thin films for enhanced PV performance

Funder	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Recipient Organization	University of Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2024
End Date	Mar 30, 2028
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2929215`

Grant Description

I will be conducting computational simulations (TMM, FDTD, RCWA, DFT) to predict the spectrally selective / optical properties of multilayer thin films.

I will be using various machine learning models (Reinforcement learning, Genetic algorithms, Bayesian Optimisation) to design new multilayer thin films based on their simulated properties and predicted figure of merit as an emissive cooler on glass to enhance photovoltaic performance.