Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160101252

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160101252

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Passivating Cadmium free Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cell by contact engineering. The project aims to develop new solar cells made of low cost abundant elements. The cells are cadmium-free copper zinc tin sulphide (CZTS) cells formed by rear contact passivation and damage-free evaporated front layers. CZTS has the same efficiency potential as current commercial copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) cells, but consists of low cost, abundant elements. Concepts and methods will be developed for passivation of CZTS solar cells via both back and front contact engineering. The cadmium- free buffer layer will be investigated and the application of CZTS will be expanded. This work may be applied to CIGS improvement and could give CZTS materials a significant role in the rapidly growing photovoltaic industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2016

End Date: 30-06-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $321,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Compound Semiconductors | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-Photovoltaic Energy |

Other Keywords

Compound Semiconductors | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy

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