Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100849

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140100849

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Investigation into a graphene ultra-flat lens array for silicon solar cells breaking the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit. Based on a recent discovery of the giant refractive index modulation associated with graphene oxide to graphene transition upon laser exposure and the breakthrough of graphene silicon solar cells. This project aims to investigate a new concept of an integratible, broadband, dispersionless, ultraflat lens array from nanostructured graphene oxide/graphene. This conceptually new development of functional graphene oxide/graphene lens array in combination with a lumpy nanoparticle enabled back light trapping layer will allow for the non-reciprocal coupling of the broadband solar light into the photovoltaic devices with minimised entropy losses. Thus ultrahigh efficiency solar cells exceeding the conventional theoretical limit can be developed.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 29-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $550,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical Physics | Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications | Nanophotonics | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy | Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Nanophotonics | Optical Physics | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells | Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy

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