Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345466

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0345466

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

High efficiency thin-film gallium arsenide solar cells. Recent developments in GaAs-based solar cells have led to efficiencies above 30%. Widespread adoption of GaAs-based solar cells for space applications has also brought about large reductions in material costs. However, GaAs cells are still much more expensive than silicon cells. This application addresses the development of a manufacturable technique for lifting off thin films of GaAs. This approach allows a significantly reduced cost due to reduced materials usage, while maintaining high efficiency. Light-trapping for lifted-off cells will also be developed, which will allow the theoretical limit to performance to be approached, and fundamental processes in GaAs to be investigated.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-01-2003

End Date: 30-06-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $258,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Other Electronic Engineering | Engineering And Technology Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-photoelectric

Other Keywords

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Engineering And Technology Not Elsewhere Classified | Other Electronic Engineering | Solar-photoelectric

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