Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770380

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770380

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Unlocking the potential of n-type silicon for solar cells. This project will lead to an improved understanding of impurities in silicon, especially several emerging low-cost n-type silicon materials made especially for solar cells. This knowledge will enable the negative effects of these impurities to be eliminated or reduced, thus yielding higher efficiency modules that produce solar electricity at a lower cost. The potential benefits to Australia, which already has an established silicon solar cell industry, are large. They include increased employment in well-paid high-technology jobs, increased export earnings, and reduced carbon dioxide emissions. These benefits could grow rapidly, in line with the global photovoltaic industry growth rate of more than 30% per year.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-03-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $735,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Other Electronic Engineering | Condensed Matter Physics | Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-photoelectric | Electricity, gas and water services and utilities

Other Keywords

Condensed Matter Physics | Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity | Electricity, gas and water services and utilities | Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Other Electronic Engineering | Solar-photoelectric

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