Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342902

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342902

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Lifetime spectroscopy of impurities in silicon solar cells. This project aims to apply recently developed experimental techniques to the important problem of characterising impurities in silicon, with a strong focus on solar cell applications. These new spectroscopic techniques, which are based on carrier lifetime measurements, are more sensitive and less ambiguous than most existing methods. The results will have important implications for solar cell technologies in two independent ways - firstly, by allowing accurate diagnosis of the performance-limiting impurities in standard silicon solar cells - and secondly, by identifying particular impurities which could boost cell performance beyond the conventional limit through the impurity photovoltaic effect.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 28-07-2003

End Date: 27-07-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $253,035.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Other Electronic Engineering | Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-photoelectric | Renewable energy |

Other Keywords

Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Other Electronic Engineering | Renewable energy | Solar-photoelectric

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