Australia-Germany Collaborative Solar R&D Funding Call

The Australia-Germany collaboration is based on ASI Memoranda of Understanding with the Fraunhofer Institute, and Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).

More than $2 million has been allocated to support collaborative solar R&D projects between Australian and German researchers, with an aggregate leveraged project value of approximately $6 million.

• Melbourne University: Enhancing efficiencies in printed solar cells by controlling morphology development (PDF 324KB)
• The University of NSW: Si nanocrystals embedded in silicon oxide and nitrate as nanoscale heterojunction for third generation photovoltaics (PDF 393KB)
• BlueScope Steel Limited: Expanding the value proposition for Building Integrated Photovoltaics: Thin-film Building Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal retrofitting of buildings (PDF 323KB)
• Australian National University: Local doping using Laser Chemical Processing technology for advanced silicon solar cells (PDF 318KB)
• The University of NSW: Time and spectrally resolved photoluminescence for silicon solar cell characterisation (PDF 350KB)