Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455328

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0455328

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Enhancing the Understanding and Performance of Passivating TiO2 Coatings for Photovoltaic Devices. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been widely used as an antireflection coating in the silicon (Si) photovoltaics industry as it exhibits excellent optical properties and low deposition cost. However, recently manufacturers have been turning to alternatives such as hydrogenated silicon nitride coatings that exhibit greatly improved electronic properties, but cost 4 - 10 times more to deposit. This project seeks to understand the fundamental limitations behind the poor surface passivation afforded by TiO2 to a Si wafer, and subsequently develop a passivating TiO2 coating that can reduce the cost of electricity generated by Si solar cells.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-08-2005

End Date: 30-03-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Engineering And Technology Not Elsewhere Classified | Mathematical Physics | Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-photoelectric | Instrumentation not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity | Engineering And Technology Not Elsewhere Classified | Instrumentation not elsewhere classified | Mathematical Physics | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics | Solar-photoelectric

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