Associate Professor Fiona J Beck
PhD in Engineering, MSci in Physics
FERL Fellow, ARC DECRA Fellow
ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
Areas of expertise
- Photodetectors, Optical Sensors And Solar Cells 090605
- Nanophotonics 100711
Research interests
I lead a research group working to integrate optoelectronics and nanophotonics to advance renewable energy and energy saving technologies. I am also theConvener of the Hydrogen Fuels Project in the ANU's Zero-carbon energy for the Asia-Pacific Grand Challenge, working with a transdisciplinary team from across ANU to help transform Australia into a leading exporter of renewable fuels in our region.
My research interests include:
- Nanophotonic approaches to photochemistry
- Hot electron science and applications
- Solar (photoelectrochemical) hydrogen generation
- The hydrogen economy and the energy transition
Biography
Dr Beck currently holds a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the ARC, as well as the Future Engineering Research Leader (FERL) Fellowship from the ANU. She joined the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University as a research fellow and lecturer in 2015. She spent the previous four years as a Marie Curie Research Fellow at ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, employing plasmonics to enhance the performance of novel optoelectronic devices. She obtained a PhD from the ANU in 2011, with a thesis on designing plasmonic light trapping schemes for applications in solar cells. She has an MSci degree in Physics from The University of Glasgow, and was awarded the Eve and Ravenscroft prize for the most distinguished graduate from the Faculty of Physical Sciences.
Dr Beck tweets about optoelectronics, nano-optics, and saving the world with renewable energy @Fiona_J_Beck
Publications
- Longden, T, Beck, F, Jotzo, F et al. 2022, ''Clean' hydrogen? – Comparing the emissions and costs of fossil fuel versus renewable electricity based hydrogen', Applied Energy, vol. 306, Part B, pp. 1-14.
- Burke, P, Beck, F, Aisbett, E, Hunt J.et al. 2022, 'Contributing to regional decarbonization: Australia's potential to supply zero-carbon commodities to the Asia-Pacific', Energy, vol. 248, pp. 1-12.
- White, L, Fazeli, R, Cheng, W et al. 2020, 'Towards emissions certification systems for international trade in hydrogen: the policy challenge of defining boundaries for emissions accounting', Energy, vol. 215, no. A.
- Karuturi*, S, Shen* (co-first author, co-corresponding author), H, Sharma, A et al. 2020, 'Over 17% Efficiency Stand-Alone Solar Water Splitting Enabled by Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Absorbers', Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 10, no. 28, pp. 1-9.
- Baldwin, K, Aisbett, E, White, L, Dreise, T, Hunt, J, O'Neill, L, Thorburn, K, Riley, B, Bai, X, Peng, Y, Beck, F, Brahmadesham Venkataraman, M, Blakers, A, Stocks, M, Lu, B, Bridges, T, Purchase, R, Burke, P, Anjum, Z, 2019, Submission to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation: WA Climate Change Strategy Issues Paper.
- Jacobs, D, Shen, H, Pfeffer, F et al 2018, 'The two faces of capacitance: New interpretations for electrical impedance measurements of perovskite solar cells and their relation to hysteresis', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 124, no. 22, pp. 1-15.
- Baerhujin, C, Beck, F & Catchpole, K 2017, 'Diffuse reflectors for improving light management in solar cells: A review and outlook', Journal of Optics, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. -.
- Jacobs, D, Wu, Y, Shen, H et al. 2017, 'Hysteresis phenomena in perovskite solar cells: The many and varied effects of ionic accumulation', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 3094-3103.
- Fu, X, Jacobs, D, Beck, F et al 2016, 'Photoluminescence study of time- and spatial-dependent light induced trap de-activation in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 18, no. 32, pp. 22557-22564.
- Beck, F, Stavrinadis, A, Lasanta, T et al 2016, 'Understanding light trapping by resonant coupling to guided modes and the importance of the mode profile', Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 759-772.
- Jacobs, D, Catchpole, K, Beck, F et al 2016, 'A re-evaluation of transparent conductor requirements for thin-film solar cells', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 4490-4496.
- Beck, F, Lasanta, T & Konstantatos, G 2014, 'Plasmonic Schottky Nanojunctions for Tailoring the Photogeneration Profile in Thin Film Solar Cells', Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 493-500.
- Mihi, A, Beck, F, Lasanta, T et al 2014, 'Imprinted electrodes for enhanced light trapping in solution processed solar cells', Advanced Materials, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 443-448.
- Mokkapati, S, Beck, F, Wilson, J et al. 2014, 'Nanophotonics for Light Trapping', in Thomas Alured Faunce (ed.), Nanotechnology Toward the Sustainocene, Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, pp. 49-80pp.
- Beck, F, Stavrinadis, A, Diedenhofen, S et al 2014, 'Surface plasmon polariton couplers for light trapping in thin-film absorbers and their application to colloidal quantum dot optoelectronics', ACS Photonics, vol. 1, no. 11, pp. 1197-1205.
- Basch, A, Beck, F, Soderstrom, T et al 2012, 'Combined plasmonic and dielectric rear reflectors for enhanced photocurrent in solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, no. 24, pp. 1-5.
- Basch, A, Beck, F, Soderstrom, T et al 2012, 'Enhanced light trapping in solar cells using snow globe coating', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 837-842.
- Beck, F, Garcia de Arquer, F, Bernechea, M et al 2012, 'Electrical effects of metal nanoparticles embedded in ultra-thin colloidal quantum dot films', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 1-5.
- Garcia de Arquer, F, Beck, F, Bernechea, M et al 2012, 'Plasmonic light trapping leads to responsivity increase in colloidal quantum dot photodetectors', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 1-4.
- Beck, F, Mokkapati, S & Catchpole, K 2011, 'Nanoplasmonics for light trapping in solar cells', in D. Kane, A. Micolich, J. Rabau (ed.), Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of Early Career Research, Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, pp. 41-80.
- Catchpole, K, Mokkapati, S, Beck, F et al 2011, 'Plasmonics and nanophotonics for photovoltaics', MRS Bulletin, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 461-467pp.
- Garcia de Arquer, F, Beck, F & Konstantatos, G 2011, 'Absorption Enhancement in Solution Processed Metal-Semiconductor Nanocomposites', Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 21, pp. 21038-21049.
- Beck, F, Verhagen, E, Mokkapati, S et al 2011, 'Resonant SPP modes supported by discrete metal nanoparticles on high-index substrates', Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. A146-A156.
- Beck, F, Mokkapati, S & Catchpole, K 2011, 'Light trapping with plasmonic particles: beyond the dipole model', Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 25, pp. 25230-25241.
- Mokkapati, S, Beck, F, de Waele, R et al 2011, 'Resonant nano-antennas for light trapping in plasmonic solar cells', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 44, no. 18, p. 9.
- Pillai, S, Beck, F, Catchpole, K et al 2011, 'The effect of dielectric spacer thickness on surface plasmon enhanced solar cells for front and rear side depositions', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 109, no. 7, pp. 073105-1-073105-8.
- K.R. Catchpole, S. Mokkapati, F.J. Beck. 2011, 'Comparing nanowire, multijunction, and single junction solar cells in the presence of light trapping', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 109, no. 8, pp. 084519.
- S. Mokkapati, F. J. Beck and K. R. Catchpole, 'Analytical approach for design of blazed dielectric gratings for light trapping in solar cells', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 44, 055103, 2011
- Ouyang, Z, Pillai, S, Beck, F et al 2010, 'Effective light trapping in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells by means of rear localized surface plasmons', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 96, no. 26, pp. 1-3.
- Beck, F, Mokkapati, S & Catchpole, K 2010, 'Plasmonic light-trapping for Si solar cells using self-assembled, Ag nanoparticles', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 500-504.
- Beck, F, Mokkapati, S, Polman, A et al 2010, 'Asymmetry in photocurrent enhancement by plasmonic nanoparticle arrays located on the front or on the rear of solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 1-3.
- Gibson, G, Barron, L, Beck, F et al 2007, 'Optically controlled grippers for manipulating micron-sized particles', New Journal of Physics, vol. 9, pp. -.
- Mokkapati, S, Beck, F, Polman, A et al 2009, 'Designing periodic arrays of metal nanoparticles for light-trapping applications in solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, pp. 053115/1-3.
- Ouyang, Z, Beck, F, Kunz, O et al 2009, 'Enhanced photocurrent in evaporated solid-phase-crystallised poly-SI thin-film solar cells using rear surface plasmons', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, p. 3.
- Beck, F, Polman, A & Catchpole, K 2009, 'Tunable light trapping for solar cells using localized surface plasmons', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 105, pp. 114310/1-7.
- Beck, F, Mokkapati, S, Polman, A et al 2009, 'Light Trapping For Solar Cells Using Localised Surface Plasmons in Self-Assembled Ag Nanoparticles', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, p. 4.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- HILT.RP2.001 - Green hydrogen supply modelling for industry (Secondary Investigator)
- ANU Solar Hydrogen Generation R&D Project (Secondary Investigator)
- Plasmonic hot-electron technologies for nanoscale energy conversion (Primary Investigator)
