ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130100916

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT130100916

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Nanophotonic tandem designs for high efficiency solar cells. This project will develop high-efficiency tandem solar cells that combine established silicon cell technology with novel low-cost thin-film solar cells. It will incorporate nanostructured layers between the cells that selectively trap different wavelengths of light, maximising light absorption in the top cell. This will make it possible to use a very thin top cell, reducing the requirements on electronic quality of the material. This project will also develop self-assembly techniques to enable the new nanostructures to be fabricated quickly and cheaply but with a high degree of control. Such cells will allow open the door to higher efficiencies, and lower costs, than is achievable with conventional solar cells.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $843,636.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Nanophotonics | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy |

Other Keywords

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Nanophotonics | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy

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