Professor Alastair Buckley

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

School Director of Education

Professor of Organic Electronics

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E49, Hicks Building

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Professor Alastair Buckley
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
E49
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
Profile

I joined the department in September 2008 following 8 years leading research and development in emerging technology company MicroEmissive Displays.

Before that I graduated with a chemical physics degree and a PhD in spectroscopic measurements of discharge lighting.

In industry I was responsible for researching and designing polymer light emitting device architectures and manufacturing schemes for integration with CMOS microelectronic displays (a bit like the ones in Google glass or in virtual reality goggles).

Research interests

Currently I have three complementary research themes relating to energy. Only key papers are given. The first theme covers electrode interfaces, devices and manufacturing processes for polymer optoelectronics and the photophysics of molecular materials. 

This is the backbone of my research, building on my industrial expertise. I have supervised 5 PhD’s in this field. My research highlight is the statistical experimental determination of the distance power law for energy transfer between molecules in a dielectric matrix.

The second theme covers the field performance and integration of PV systems into the UK electricity network.

This research now dominates my portfolio with an industrial contract with National Grid to provide methods to calculate the contribution of PV power on the UK transmission network. The as developed methods are now live in the National Grid control room.

This work has been funded through a combination of research council, industry and higher education innovation funding and as a result of continued grant capture I now direct the largest UK research database of PV performance (Microgen database).

The third theme investigates future energy systems through collaborative knowledge production. This work was completed in conjunction with social science and humanities researchers and is linked to themes one and two.

It attracted a large EPSRC grant following on from University seed funding of a three student PhD network.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Zhang Y, Bovill E, Kingsley J, Buckley AR, Yi H, Iraqi A, Wang T & Lidzey DG (2016) . Scientific Reports, 6, 21632.
  • Griffin J, Pearson AJ, Scarratt NW, Wang T, Dunbar ADF, Yi H, Iraqi A, Buckley AR & Lidzey DG (2015) . Organic Electronics , 21, 216-222.
  • Barrows AT, Pearson AJ, Kwak CK, Dunbar ADF, Buckley AR & Lidzey DG (2014) . Energy and Environmental Science, 7(9), 2944-2950.
  • Buckley AR, Pickup D, Yates C, Zhao Y & Lidzey DG (2011) . Journal of Applied Physics, 109(8), 084509-084516.

All publications

Edited books

  • Buckley A (Ed.) (2013) . Woodhead Publishing.

Journal articles

  • Alghanem H & Buckley A (2025) . Energy Reports, 14, 1283-1302.
  • Neesham-McTiernan TH, Randle-Boggis RJ, Buckley AR & Hartley SE (2025) . Applied Energy, 385.
  • Alghanem H & Buckley A (2024) . Energies, 17(8).
  • Biggins FAV, Travers D, Ejeh JO, Lee R, Buckley A & Brown S (2023) . Energy, 278.
  • Shipp J, Parker S, Spall S, Peralta-Arriaga SL, Robertson CC, Chekulaev D, Portius P, Turega S, Buckley A, Rothman R & Weinstein JA (2022) . Inorganic Chemistry, 61(34), 13281-13292.
  • Huxley OT, Taylor J, Everard A, Briggs J, Tilley K, Harwood J & Buckley A (2022) . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 156, 112000-112000.
  • Alqahtani Z, Alghamdi N, Robshaw TJ, Dawson R, Ogden MD, Buckely A & Grell M (2020) . Micromachines, 11(10).
  • Benda D, Sun S, Chu X, Buckley A & Quek TQS (2020) . IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 4(1), 194-208.
  • Wong-Stringer M, Routledge TJ, McArdle T, Wood CJ, Game OS, Smith JA, Bishop JE, Vaenas N, Coles DM, Buckley AR & Lidzey DG (2019) . Energy & Environmental Science, 12(6), 1928-1937.
  • Benda D, Chu X, Sun S, Quek T & Buckley A (2019) . IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 3(1), 67-78.
  • Routledge TJ, Stringer M, Game OS, Smith JA, Bishop JE, Vaenas N, Freestone BG, Coles DM, McArdle T, Buckley A & Lidzey DG (2019) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(5), 2283-2290.
  • Routledge TJ, Lidzey DG & Buckley AR (2019) . AIP Advances, 9(1).
  • Krzywoszynska AD, Watson M, Buckley A, Chiles P, Holmes H, Mawyin J & Gregson N (2018) . Science, Technology & Human Values, 43(5), 785-809.
  • Holmes H, Gregson N, Watson M, Buckley A, Chiles P, Krzywoszynska AD & Maywin J (2018) . disP - The Planning Review, 54(2), 77-93.
  • Dizayee W, Ying M, Griffin J, Alqahtani MS, Buckley A, Fox AM & Gehring GA (2018) . AIP ADVANCES, 8(5).
  • Zhang Y, Yi H, Iraqi A, Kingsley J, Buckley A, Wang T & Lidzey DG (2017) . Scientific Reports, 7.
  • Raugei M, Sgouridis S, Murphy D, Fthenakis V, Frischknecht R, Breyer C, Bardi U, Barnhart C, Buckley A, Carbajales-Dale M , Csala D et al (2017) . Energy Policy, 102, 377-384.
  • Krzywoszynska A, Buckley A, Birch H, Watson M, Chiles P, Mawyin J, Holmes H & Gregson N (2016) . Building Research and Information, 44(7), 804-815.
  • Hall LMH & Buckley AR (2016) . Applied Energy, 169, 607-628.
  • Alqurashi R, Griffin J, Alsulami A & Buckley A (2016) . IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6(4), 918-923.
  • Alsulami A, Griffin J, Alqurashi R, Yi H, Iraqi A, Lidzey D & Buckley A (2016) . Materials, 9(4).
  • Zhang Y, Bovill E, Kingsley J, Buckley AR, Yi H, Iraqi A, Wang T & Lidzey DG (2016) . Scientific Reports, 6, 21632.
  • Glen TS, Scarratt NW, Yi H, Iraqi A, Wang T, Kingsley J, Buckley AR, Lidzey DG & Donald AM (2016) . Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 54(2), 216-224.
  • Glen TS, Scarratt NW, Yi H, Iraqi A, Wang T, Kingsley J, Buckley AR, Lidzey DG & Donald AM (2015) . Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 140, 25-32.
  • Griffin J, Pearson AJ, Scarratt NW, Wang T, Dunbar ADF, Yi H, Iraqi A, Buckley AR & Lidzey DG (2015) . Organic Electronics , 21, 216-222.
  • Bovill E, Scarratt N, Griffin J, Yi H, Iraqi A, Buckley AR, Kingsley JW & Lidzey DG (2015) . Applied Physics Letters, 106(7).
  • Green AP & Buckley AR (2014) . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17(2), 1435-1440.
  • Barrows AT, Pearson AJ, Kwak CK, Dunbar ADF, Buckley AR & Lidzey DG (2014) . Energy and Environmental Science, 7(9), 2944-2950.
  • Mustafa B, Griffin J, Alsulami AS, Lidzey DG & Buckley AR (2014) . APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 104(6).
  • Mawyin JA, Krzywoszynska A, Buckley A, Gregson N, Watson M, Holmes H, Chiles P & Lidzey D (2014) . MRS Proceedings, 1657.
  • Colantuono G, Everard A, Hall LMH & Buckley AR (2014) . Solar Energy, 108, 252-263.
  • Griffin J, Pearson AJ, Scarratt NW, Wang T, Lidzey DG & Buckley AR (2014) . Organic Electronics, 15(3), 692-700.
  • Bovill ESR, Griffin J, Wang T, Kingsley JW, Yi H, Iraqi A, Buckley AR & Lidzey DG (2013) . Applied Physics Letters, 102(18).
  • Wang T, Scarratt NW, Yi H, Dunbar ADF, Pearson AJ, Watters DC, Glen TS, Brook AC, Kingsley J, Buckley AR , Skoda MWA et al (2013) . Advanced Energy Materials, 3(4), 410-410.
  • Buckley AR, Griffin J, Watters DC, Yi H, Iraqi A & Lidzey DG (2013) . Advanced Energy Materials.
  • Wang T, Scarratt NW, Yi H, Dunbar ADF, Pearson AJ, Watters DC, Glen TS, Brook AC, Kingsley J, Buckley AR , Skoda MWA et al (2013) . Advanced Energy Materials, 3(4), 505-512.
  • Green AP, Butler KT & Buckley AR (2013) . Applied Physics Letters, 102(13).
  • Colantuono G, Buckley A & Erdelyi R (2013) . Journal of Lightwave Technology, 31(7), 1033-1044.
  • Griffin J & Buckley AR (2012) . Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1443, 34-40.
  • Green AP & Buckley AR (2012) . Rev Sci Instrum, 83(7), 073108.
  • Buckley AR, Pickup D, Yates C, Zhao Y & Lidzey DG (2011) . Journal of Applied Physics, 109(8), 084509-084516.
  • Brayshaw SK, Schiffers S, Stevenson AJ, Teat SJ, Warren MR, Bennett RD, Sazanovich IV, Buckley AR, Weinstein JA & Raithby PR (2011) . Chemistry – A European Journal, 17(16), 4333-4333.
  • Brayshaw SK, Schiffers S, Stevenson AJ, Teat SJ, Warren MR, Bennett RD, Sazanovich IV, Buckley AR, Weinstein JA & Raithby PR (2011) . Chemistry A European Journal, 17(16), 4385-4395.
  • Buckley AR (2010) . SYNTHETIC MET, 160(5-6), 540-543.
  • Tsoi WC, Buckley AR & Lidzey DG (2009) . CHEM PHYS LETT, 468(1-3), 32-36.
  • Lidzey DG, Voigt M, Giebeler C, Buckley A, Wright J, Böhlen K, Fieret J & Allott R (2005) . Organic Electronics, 6(5-6), 221-228.
  • Sheridan AK, Buckley AR, Fox AM, Bacher A, Bradley DDC & Samuel IDW (2002) . J APPL PHYS, 92(11), 6367-6371.
  • Hill J, Buckley AR, Rahn MD, Heriot SY, Worsfold O, Richardson TH, Fox AM, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J & Bradley DDC (2002) Dynamics of Förster energy transfer in polyfluorene-based polymer blends. Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO Technical Digest, 492-493.
  • Buckley AR, Rahn MD, Hill J, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J, Fox AM & Bradley DDC (2001) Energy transfer dynamics in polyfluorene-based polymer blends. CHEM PHYS LETT, 339(5-6), 331-336.
  • Rahn MD, Hill J, Buckley A, Cabanillas J, Fox AM, Lidzey DG, Virgili T, Bradley DDC & Bowley D (2000) Time resolved photoluminescence of electroluminescent polymer blends and organic microstructures. Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe Technical Digest, 366.
  • Adamopoulos G, Gilkes KWR, Robertson J, Conway NMJ, Kleinsorge BY, Buckley A & Batchelder DN (1999) . Diamond and Related Materials, 8(2-5), 541-544.
  • Biggins F, Travers D, Ejeh J, Lee R, Buckley A & Brown S () The economic impact of location on a solar farm co-located with energy storage. Energy.
  • Benda D, Sun S, Chu X, Quek T & Buckley A () . IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.
  • Cahuantzi R & Buckley A () . Review of Scientific Instruments, 88.
  • Grell M, Adhitya K, Alsulami A, Buckley A & Tozer RC () . IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5(5), 1414-1421.

Book chapters

  • Chiles P, Krzywoszynska A, Holmes H, Buckley A, Watson M & Mawyin J (2021) The place and space of power: Mess, uncertainty and change over time, Enabling the City Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Encounters in Research and Practice (pp. 48-63).
  • Buckley A, Underwood I & Yates CJ (2013) , Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) (pp. 459-511). Elsevier

Conference proceedings

  • Benda D, Sun S, Chu X, Buckley A & Quek TQS (2020) . ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) (pp 1-6), 7 June 2020 - 11 June 2020.
  • Benda D, Chu X, Sun S, Quek TQS & Buckley A (2018) . 2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) (pp 1-5), 3 June 2018 - 6 June 2018.
  • Benda D, Chu X, Sun S, Quek TQS & Buckley A (2017) . IEEE International Conference on Communications
  • Benda D, Chu X, Sun S, Quek TQS & Buckley A (2017) . GLOBECOM 2017 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference (pp 1-6), 4 December 2017 - 8 December 2017.
  • Rogers D, Green J, Foster M, Stone D, Schofield D, Abuzed S & Buckley A (2014) A low cost photovoltaic maximum power point tracking buck converter for cell phone charging applications. Pcim Europe Conference Proceedings (pp 643-650)
  • Rogers D, Green JE, Foster MP, Stone DA, Schofield D, Buckley A & Abuzed S (2014) ATX power supply derived MPPT converter for cell phone charging applications in the developing world. 7th Iet International Conference on Power Electronics Machines and Drives Pemd 2014
  • Rogers D, Foster MP, Green JE, Schofield D, Stone DA, Abuzed S & Buckley A (2014) . 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014) (pp 4.5.02-4.5.02)
  • Rogers D, Green J, Foster M, Stone D, Schofield D, Abuzed S & Buckley A (2013) . 2013 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA) (pp 973-978), 20 October 2013 - 23 October 2013.
  • Mawire M & Buckley A (2012) Effective energy management: UK'S future goals. Proceedings of the 9th Conference on the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy Icue 2012 (pp 33-40)
  • Buckley AR, Yates CJ & Underwood I (2009) . JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY, Vol. 17(7) (pp 611-616)
  • Underwood I, Buckley A & Yates C (2006) P-OLED microdisplay technology. Proceedings of International Meeting on Information Display, Vol. 2006 (pp 105-110)
  • Hill J, Buckley AR, Rahn MD, Heriot SY, Worsfold O, Richardson TH, Fox AM, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J & Bradley DDC (2002) Dynamics of Forster Energy Transfer in Polyfluorene-based Polymer Blends. Optics Infobase Conference Papers
  • Whitelegg SA, Buckley A, Rahn MD, Fox AM, Bradley DDC, PÃ¥lsson LO, Samuel IDW, Webster GR & Burn PL (2001) . Synthetic Metals, Vol. 119(1-3) (pp 575-576)
  • Rahn MD, Hill J, Buckley A, Cabanillas J, Fox AM, Lidzey DC, Virgili T, Bradley DDC & Bowley D (2000) . Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (Cat. No.00TH8505) (pp 1 pp.-1 pp.), 10 September 2000 - 15 September 2000.

Reports

  • Buckley A, Chiles P, Gregson N, Holmes H, Krzywoszynska AD, Mawyin J & Watson M (2015) Interdisciplinary toolkit: Getting the most from interdisciplinarity

Preprints

  • Biggins F, Travers D, Ejeh JO, Lee R, Buckley A & Brown S () .
  • Biggins F, Travers D, Ejeh JO, Lee R, Buckley A & Brown S () The Economic Impact of Location on a Solar Farm Co-Located with Energy Storage.
Research group
Teaching activities
  • PHY346 – Group industrial project in physics. This module gives students the opportunity to develop team work skills in the context of a real industrial project with a client organization.
  • PHY248 – Physics with Labview. This is a module in which computer programming is used as a problem solving tool in the context of complex instrumentation problems.
  • PHY337/4437 – Physics in an enterprise culture. This module gives students an opportunity to develop and test their own ideas for business.
  • PHY250 – I teach differential equations as part of the second year core physics module.

I am one of the academic directors of the . An cross university project to enhance the skills base of physics graduate for technical industry.

I am an academic lead for the level 2 Achieve More programme. This is a University wide initiative to prove a broader and more interdisciplinary education for all undergraduates.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Director of Education (Sep 2022-present)

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