About
Dr Amanda Hughes is a Lecturer in Materials and Manufacturing at the University of Liverpool’s School of Engineering, where she leads a research group dedicated to creating sustainable materials and low-cost manufacturing methods for next-generation solar technologies. Her team focuses on safe, lead-free perovskites such as Cs₂AgBiBr₆, aiming to make solar power greener, cheaper, and more widely accessible. With expertise in advanced printing techniques like inkjet and screen printing, she and her team are exploring ways to fabricate solar cells quickly and at scale. This research is backed by several grants from EPSRC and The Royal Society, and work is carried out in state-of-the-art labs within the School of Engineering and the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, equipped to design, print, and test innovative solar devices.
She is also a passionate science communicator, and regularly work with radio and print journalists to convey accurate scientific information on solar energy to the public. She has written several news articles for the Conversation, which were also published by the BBC, The Independent, and the Guardian, on the topic of ultra-light solar cells for applications such as power generation in space.