Biography

  • 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

  Project Funding
Body 		Start Date End Date Award
EI IR-2011-0001 Enterprise Irl 01-JUN-11 30-JAN-15 €328,349.00
Shunt Diode for High Temperature Operation European Space Agency 01-JAN-10 18-DEC-12
Energy for a Green Society - from Sustainable Harvesting to Smart Distribution. Equipments, Materials, Design solutions and their Applications. European Union 01-JUN-11 30-JAN-15 €65,929.00
Advanced substrate engineering for high efficiency III-V solar cells. Science Foundation of Ireland 01-JAN-14 30-MAY-15 €123,575.00
SFI DPP/13/71 ; Citizen Solar Scientist. Science Foundation of Ireland 01-APR-14 31-MAY-15 €27,475.00
Commercial Case Feasiility Support Grant. Enterprise Irl 15-AUG-12 15-NOV-12 €17,992.00
ESA 22531 WO02 COO29 InAIN Study Foreign Industry 01-FEB-14 25-SEP-14 €19,733.00

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2006) 'Group III Nitrides'
Donagh O'Mahony & James Lunney (2006) 'Group III Nitrides' In: Rob Eason (eds). Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films: Applications-Led Growth of Functional Materials. London: Wiley. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2007) 'Low-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'. Applied Physics Letters, 91 (16):162103-162103 [Details]
(2013) 'InAlAs 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'. Applied Physics Letters, 102 [DOI] [Details]
(2011) 'Thermal 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'. Microelectronics Reliability, 51 :904-908 [DOI] [Details]
(2014) 'Patterning 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'. IEEE Transactions On Nanotechnology, 13 :537-540 [DOI] [Details]
(2012) 'Theoretical 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'. Optics Express, 20 :754-764 [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2005 Wilhem Simon Fellowship Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (CEAC), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2014) European 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) ESPC. [Poster Presentation], European Space Power Conference, Amsterdam , 14-APR-14 - 17-APR-14. [Details]

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
University College Cork Staff Researcher /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
1998 university college cork BSC Physics
2004 Trinity College Dublin PhD Physics

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
Irish Functional Functional Functional

Outreach Activities

  Description

Guest Speaker, Science Week, 2009

Co-ordinator, SFI Discover Project "CSI". www.solarscience.ie

Journal Activities

  Journal Role To / From
Microelectronics Reliability Referee 01-JAN-08 - 17-NOV-14
Semiconductor Science And Technology Referee 01-JAN-07 - 17-NOV-14

Other Activities

  Description

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

  Graduation Year Student Name Institution Degree Type Thesis Title
2013 Ian Mathews PHD

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation/ Institution Country
Dr Mazhar Bari SolarPrint IRELAND