Research Interests (click to read more)

Sustainable Energy

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC)

Electrochemical deposition of CIS/CIGS

Silicon Electrochemistry

Micromachining of silicon

Porous silicon sensors

Corrosion

Electronic properties of passive films

Selected Publications (click to expand)

S. Q. Li, T. L. S. L. Wijesinghe and D. J. Blackwood, “Photoluminescent n-type porous silicon fabricated in the dark”, Advanced Materials, 20 (2008) 3165-3168.

Z.B. Xie, S.N. Adams, D.J. Blackwood, J. Wang, “Effects of anodization parameters on titania nanotube arrays and dye-sensitized solar cells”, Nanotechnology, 19 (2008) 405701/6.

E.J Teo, A.A. Bettiol, M.B.H. Breese and D.J. Blackwood, “Three-dimensional control of optical waveguide fabrication in silicon”, Optics Express, 16 (2008) 573-578.

T. L. S. L. Wijesinghe, S. Q. Li and D. J. Blackwood, "Influence of Doping Density on the Current-Voltage Characteristics of p-Type Silicon in Dilute Hydrofluoric Acid", Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112 (2008) 303-307.

T.L.S.L. Wijesinghe and D.J. Blackwood, “Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Characterization of the Passive Film Formed on AISI 254SMO Super-Austenitic Stainless Steel”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 154 (2007) C16-C23.

D.J. Blackwood and T. L S L. Wijeshinghe, “Tunneling relaxation of photocurrent from passive films on stainless steel” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 153 ,(2006), B178-B180.

E.J. Teo, M.B.H. Breese, A.A. Bettiol, M. Dharmalingam, F. Watt, F.J. Champeaux and D.J. Blackwood “Multicolor photoluminescence from porous silicon using focused, high-energy helium ions” Advanced Materials, 18 (2006) 55-60.

D.J. Blackwood and T. L S L. Wijeshinghe, “Characterisation of passive films on 300 series stainless steels”, Applied Surface Science, 253 (2006) 1006-1009.

D.J. Blackwood and T. L S L. Wijeshinghe, “Tunneling relaxation of photocurrent from passive films on stainless steel” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 153 ,(2006), B178-B180.

E.J. Teo, M.B.H. Breese, A.A. Bettiol, M. Dharmalingam, F. Watt, F.J. Champeaux and D.J. Blackwood “Multicolor photoluminescence from porous silicon using focused, high-energy helium ions” Advanced Materials, 18 (2006) 55-60.

D. J. Blackwood and Y. Z. Huang, “Characterisation of titanium oxide films grown in 0.9% NaCl at different sweep rates”, Electrochimica Acta, 51 (2005) 1099-1107.

E.J. Teo, M.B.H. Breese, A.A. Bettiol, F. Watt, M.H. Liu and D.J. Blackwood; “Three-dimensional micro-fabrication in bulk silicon", Applied Physics Letters, 84 (2004) 3202-05.

D.J. Blackwood, “Biomaterials: Past Successes and Future Problems”, Corrosion Reviews (Special Issue on Biomaterials Corrosion), 21 (2003) 97-124.

D.J. Blackwood and C.K. Tan, “Corrosion protection by multilayered conducting polymer coatings”, Corrosion Science, 45 (2003) 545-557.