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Division of Energy and Innovation

UH Energy

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Dr. Seamus Curran, Professor

Department of Physics, College of Natural Science & Mathematics

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  • Areas of expertise

    • Nanotechnology
    • Sensor technology
    • Photovoltaics
    • Thin film coatings

  • Awards

    • Goradia Innovation Prize, for the C-Voltaics, nanotechnology company (2013)

  • Publications

    • Alley, Nigel J., Sampath Dias, Kang-Shyang Liao, and Seamus A. Curran. "Fabrication, Characterization, and Optical Modeling of a New Architecture for Organic Photovoltaics: The Vertically Orientated Stack Device." Journal of Applied Physics, 15 Mar. 2012. Web.
    • Andreoli, Enrico, Kang-Shyang Liao, Adriano Cricini, Xin Zhang, Renzo Soffiatti, Hugh J. Byrne, and Seamus A. Curran. "Carbon Black Instead of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes for Achieving Comparable High Electrical Conductivities in Polyurethane-based Coatings." Thin Solid Films 550 (2014): 558-63. Web.
    • Andreoli, Enrico, Kang-Shyang Liao, Amrita Haldar, Nigel J. Alley, and Seamus A. Curran. "PPy:PSS as Alternative to PEDOT:PSS in Organic Photovoltaics." Synthetic Metals 185-186 (2013): 71-78. Web.
    • Haldar, Amrita, Kang-Shyang Liao, and Seamus A. Curran. "Effect of Printing Parameters and Annealing on Organic Photovoltaics Performance." Journal of Materials Research 27.16 (2012): 2079-087. Web.
    • Haldar, Amrita, Kang-Shyang Liao, and Seamus A. Curran. "Fabrication of Inkjet Printed Organic Photovoltaics on Flexible Ag Electrode with Additives." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 125 (2014): 283-90. Web.
    • Zhang, Xin, Kang-Shyang Liao, Amrita Haldar, Nigel J. Alley, and Seamus A. Curran. "Investigation of Recombination Dynamics for Indium Tin Oxide-free Organic Photovoltaics by Illumination Dependence Study." Journal of Applied Physics 114.5 (2013): 053103. Web.
    • T. Walsh, Y. D. Marinakis, S. Curran and R. Stinnette, "The disruptive nature of organic photovoltaic technology," 2012 Proceedings of PICMET '12: Technology Management for Emerging Technologies, Vancouver, BC, 2012, pp. 393-399.
    • For list of more publications, visit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wXDdCFwAAAAJ&hl=en

  • Patents

    • Curran, Seamus A., David L. Carroll, and James Lee Dewald, Sr. Fiber Photovoltaic Devices and Applications Thereof. Wake Forest University, Arrowhead Center, Inc., assignee. Patent 8772629. 8 July 2014. Print.
    • Curran, Seamus. Fiber Photovoltaic Devices and Methods for Production Thereof. University of Houston, assignee. Patent 8247688. 21 Aug. 2012. Print.
    • Curran, Seamus, Jamal Talla, and Sampath Dias. Antennas Based on a Conductive Polymer Composite and Methods for Production Thereof. University of Houston, assignee. Patent 8248305. 21 Aug. 2012. Print.
    • Curran, Seamus, Kang-Shyang Liao, and Alexander Wang. Graft Polymerization Initiated on Graphitic Nanomaterials and Their Nanocomposite Formation. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, assignee. Patent 9688538. 27 June 2017. Print.
    • Curran, Seamus, Kang-Shyang Liao, Nigel Alley, Amrita Haldar, Alexander Wang, Renat Tatarin. Waterproof Coating with Nanoscopic/microscopic Features and Methods of Making Same. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, assignee. Patent 9694388. 4 July 2017. Print.
    • Curran, Seamus. Portable, Self-sustained Solar Deployment. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, assignee. Patent 9046281. 2 June 2015. Print.
    • Curran, Seamus, Sampath Dias, Werner Blau, Jun Wang, Ronald S. Oremland, Shaun Baesman. Composites Comprising Biologically-synthesized Nanomaterials. University of Houston, assignee. Patent 8431640. 30 Apr. 2013. Print.
    • Curran, Seamus, Sampath Dias, Nigel Alley, Amrita Haldar, Soniya Devi Yambem, Liao Kang-Shyang, and Prajakta Chaudhari. Wrapped Optoelectronic Devices and Methods for Making Same. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, assignee. Patent 9705103. 11 July 2017. Print.

  • Grants and Funded Research

    • $1.5 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop new thin-film solar cells, thin-film batteries and nano-sensors for wind turbine blades.

  • Curriculum Vitae

    Not available

  • Contact information

    Science & Research 1-R530
    Phone: 832-671-6647 |
    sacurran@uh.edu