Contact Information
Email: kevin.musselman@uwaterloo.ca 
Phone: 519-888-4567 X36740
Location: E3 3165
Fax: (519) 888-4351
Additional Information
Education
- PhD - University of Cambridge, 2010
- MSc - University of British Columbia, 2006
- BSc - Queen's University, 2004
Biography
Professor Musselman performed his doctoral studies in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge with Prof. Judith Driscoll (2015 recipient of the Institute of Physics’ Joule Medal and Prize). Dr. Musselman developed new electrochemical methods for fabricating cuprous oxide (Cu2O) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials, as well as Cu2O-ZnO solar cells. He identified key limitations in this class of devices, helping to establish all-oxide photovoltaics as a new and growing research area.
In 2010 Professor Musselman was appointed the Hertha Ayrton Junior Research Fellow in Science at Girton College, Cambridge University. He performed his research in the Department of Physics with Sir Richard Friend (Cavendish Professor of Physics and 2010 Millenium Technology Prize Laureaute) and Prof. Neil Greenham (2013 recipient of the Royal Society Kavli Medal).
Professor Musselman helped pioneer the use of atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition (AP-SALD) thin films in optoelectronic devices. He used these films to address key questions in the field of energy conversion and to develop new optoelectronic devices. Professor Musselman produced thin films of metal oxide alloys with tunable optoelectronic properties with which he probed loss mechanisms in colloidal quantum dot solar cells, ‘hybrid’ polymer-oxide solar cells and light emitting diodes, and all-oxide solar cells. These metal oxide films were also used to produce new, colour-pure “hybrid” organometal halide perovskite light-emitting diodes.
Preofessor Musselman also worked to produce the first silicon photovoltaics with a current-contributing singlet-fission sensitizer, which could increase the efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells beyond the theoretical single-junction limit.
Professor Musselman joined the University of Waterloo in 2015, where his research focuses on the development of functional nanomaterials for a variety of devices, including photovoltaic solar cells, light emitting diodes, energy harvesting systems, and novel sensors.
Research Interests
- Spatial atomic layer deposition
- Electrochemistry
- Metal oxide semiconductors
- Nanomaterials (quantum dots, graphene, nanowires)
- Photovoltaic solar diodes
- Light emitting diodes
- Nanoelectronics and sensors
Selected/Publications
- R.L.Z. Hoye, K.P. Musselman, M.R. Chua, A. Sadhanala, R.D. Raninga, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, R.H. Friend, and D. Credgington,Bright and Efficient Blue Polymer Light Emitting Diodes with Reduced Operating Voltages Processed Entirely at Low-Temperature, J. Mat. Chem. C 3: 9327-9336 (2015).
- R.L.Z. Hoye, D. Muñoz-Rojas, K.P. Musselman, Y. Vaynzof, J.L MacManus-Driscoll, Synthesis and Modeling of Uniform Complex Metal Oxides by Close-Proximity Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7: 10684-10694 (2015).
- R.L.Z. Hoye, R.E. Brandt, Y. Ievskaya, S. Heffernan, K.P. Musselman, T. Buonassisi, J.L MacManus-Driscoll, Perspective: Maintaining surface-phase purity is key to efficient open air fabricated cuprous oxide solar cells, APL Mat. 3: 020901 (4pp) (2015).
- D. Di, K.P. Musselman, G. Li, A. Sadhanala, Y. Ievskaya, Q. Song, Z.-K. Tan, M.L. Lai, J.L MacManus-Driscoll, N.C Greenham, R.H. Friend, Size-dependent Photon Emission from Organometal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Embedded in an Organic Matrix, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6: 446-450 (2015).
- R.L.Z. Hoye, M.R. Chua, K.P. Musselman, G. Li, M.-L. Lai, Z.‐K. Tan, N.C. Greenham, J.L. MacManus‐Driscoll, R.H. Friend, D. Credgington,Enhanced Performance in Fluorene-Free Organometal Halide Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes using Tunable, Low Electron Affinity Oxide Electron Injectors, Adv. Mater. 27: 1414-1419 (2015).
- Y. Ievskaya, R.L.Z. Hoye, A. Sadhanala, K.P. Musselman, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, Fabrication of ZnO/Cu2O heterojunctions in atmospheric conditions: Improved interface quality and solar cell performance, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 135: 43-48 (2015).