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Donagh O'Mahony - CIT Researcher

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Contact

donagh.omahony (at) tyndall (dot) ie

  • Photonics
  • Staff Researcher, Tyndall National Institute UCC (2005-Present)
  • Wilhem Simon Fellow: Paul Scherrer Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2005)
  • Post Doctoral Researcher: Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin (2004-2005)
  • PhD Student: Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin (1999-2004)
  • BSc (Physics): Physics Department, U.C.C. 

Research Grants

Funder Start Date End Date Title Role
Enterprise Irl 15-AUG-12 15-NOV-12 Commercial Case Feasiility Support Grant. Principal Investigator
Enterprise Irl 01-JUN-11 30-JAN-15 EI IR-2011-0001 Principal Investigator
European Union 01-JUN-11 30-JAN-15 Energy for a Green Society - from Sustainable Harvesting to Smart Distribution. Equipments, Materials, Design solutions and their Applications. Principal Investigator
Science Foundation of Ireland 01-JAN-14 31-AUG-15 Advanced substrate engineering for high efficiency III-V solar cells. Principal Investigator
Science Foundation of Ireland 01-APR-14 30-NOV-15 SFI DPP/13/71 ; Citizen Solar Scientist. Principal Investigator
European Space Agency 01-JAN-10 18-DEC-12 Shunt Diode for High Temperature Operation

Research Collaborators

Company Country Name
SolarPrint IRELAND Dr Mazhar Bari

Book Chapters

YearPublication
2006Group III Nitrides
Donagh O'Mahony & James Lunney (2006) Group III Nitrides. : Wiley.

Peer Reviewed Journals

YearJournalPublication
2014IEEE Transactions On NanotechnologyPatterning Submicrometer Thick Inorganic Nanoparticle Films by Solution Process and Application for Light Trapping in Solar Cells
Li, SP,Xu, J,Wang, WS,Mathews, I,O'Mahony, D,Xu, YB,Roy, S (2014) Patterning Submicrometer Thick Inorganic Nanoparticle Films by Solution Process and Application for Light Trapping in Solar Cells. : . [Details]
2013Applied Physics LettersInAlAs solar cell on a GaAs substrate employing a graded InxGa1-xAs-InP metamorphic buffer layer
Mathews, I,O'Mahony, D,Gocalinska, A,Manganaro, M,Pelucchi, E,Schmidt, M,Morrison, AP,Corbett, B (2013) InAlAs solar cell on a GaAs substrate employing a graded InxGa1-xAs-InP metamorphic buffer layer. : . [Details]
2012Optics ExpressTheoretical performance of multi-junction solar cells combining III-V and Si materials
Mathews, I,O'Mahony, D,Corbett, B,Morrison, AP (2012) Theoretical performance of multi-junction solar cells combining III-V and Si materials. : .
2011Microelectronics ReliabilityThermal stability of SiC Schottky diode anode and cathode metalisations after 1000 h at 350 degrees C
O'Mahony, D; Duane, R; Campagno, T; Lewis, L; Cordero, N; Maaskant, P; Waldron, F; Corbett, B (2011) Thermal stability of SiC Schottky diode anode and cathode metalisations after 1000 h at 350 degrees C. : . [Details]
2007Applied Physics LettersLow-resistance Ni-based Schottky diodes on freestanding n-GaN
Lewis, L and Corbett, B and O Mahony, D and Maaskant, PP (2007) Low-resistance Ni-based Schottky diodes on freestanding n-GaN. : .

Conference Contributions

YearPublication
2014European Space Power Conference
*Donagh O’Mahony(1), Ian Mathews(1, 2, 3), Agnieszka Gocalinska(1), Emanuele Pelucchi(1), Kevin Thomas(1), Alan P. Morrison(1, 2) and Brian Corbett(1) (2014) European Space Power Conference. : .

Honours and Awards

  • [2005] - Wilhem Simon Fellowship

Outreach Activities

  • Guest Speaker, Science Week, 2009
  • Co-ordinator, SFI Discover Project "CSI". www.solarscience.ie

Employment

  • University College Cork - Staff Researcher

Education

  • [2004] Trinity College Dublin - PhD
  • [1998] university college cork - BSC

Languages

  • Irish

Journal Activities

  • [2008] Microelectronics Reliability - Referee
  • [2007] Semiconductor Science and Technology - Referee

Other Professional Activities

Organiser. Workshop on Solar Energy, Cork, 2013 (https://www.tyndall.ie/news/irish-solar-energy-workshop-held-tyndall-1) Conference Secretary, UK NItrides Consortium Winter Meeting, Cork, 2009

Teaching Interests

Experimental Physics

Recent Postgraduates

Student Degree Graduation Year Institution Thesis
Ian Mathews PHD
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