Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP210200883
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Revival of silicon solar cells for space applications. Development of very thin silicon solar cells for space applications. These space cells will include many of the significant improvements in silicon cells of the last 20 years, which have allowed close to the maximum possible efficiencies and the order of magnitude decrease in cost of terrestrial solar cells. Space cells require good radiation resistance to give good end of life performance. This project will use photovoltaic architectures, proven to give high performance for terrestrial cells, to develop ultrathin silicon cells with extreme light trapping and improved radiation tolerance to give high beginning and end of life efficiencies. These cells will be less than 5% of the cost of multijunction cells currently used in space.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 11-2022
End Date: 11-2025
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $437,060.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Aerospace Materials | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells
