Declan Hughes is a Research and Design Engineer at MicroLink Devices UK Inc, who are the manufacturer of the world's highest specific power solar technology. His work includes the development of cells for Space Based Solar Power (SBSP) concepts.

 

Prior to this, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at Swansea University in the group of Dr. Wing Chung Tsoi, investigating the X-Ray stability of perovskite solar cells and the Lifecycle and cost analysis of perovskite cells for aerospace applications. This work also included fabricating flexible perovskite solar cells on space qualified glass. He also completed his PhD with Dr. Wing Chung Tsoi, looking at the feasibility of perovskite solar cells for space applications. This work included proton radiation stability, extreme temperature thermal cycling, and the application of lightweight thin film encapsulation.