text: Durrant was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to photochemistry and solar energy research.
  *2018: Awarded Hughes Medal by the Royal Society
  *2017: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) for his research contributions in photochemistry of new materials for use in solar energy conversion – specifically targeting both solar cells in photovoltaic systems and solar to fuel in artificial photosynthesis. 
  *2016: Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 
  *2016: Awarded president's award for excellence in research supervision.
  *2012: Awarded the Tilden Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry
  *2009: Awarded the Environment Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry
  *1994: Awarded the Meldola Medal and Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry