Emeritus Professor Andrew Blakers
BSc, PhD
Professor of Engineering
ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
T:
+61 2 6125 5905
Areas of expertise
- Photovoltaic Power Systems 400808
- Electrical Energy Generation (Incl. Renewables, Excl. Photovoltaics) 400803
- Electrical Energy Storage 400804
- Electrical Energy Transmission, Networks And Systems 400805
Research interests
I am Professor of Engineering at the Australian National University. In the 1980s and 1990s I co-produced silicon solar cells with world record efficiencies. I was a lead developer of the PERC silicon solar cell, for which I was joint winner of the top global engineering Queen Elizabeth Prize in 2023. PERC technology comprises half of all solar panels ever made, and has cumulative panel sales of US$150 billion, and is mitigating 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions through displacement of coal. Currently I focus on analysis of energy systems with 80-100% penetration by wind and solar photovoltaics supported by storage for which I was joint winner of the 2018 Eureka Prize for Environmental Research. Our team have developed a comprehensive global atlas of a million off-river pumped hydro energy storage sites which is highly influential in the renewable energy storage industry, and with projects stemming from the atlas worth tens of billions of dollars.
Biography
Employment: Engineering at ANU (1991-); Fellowships: ARC Senior (ANU, 1992-97); ARC Queen Elizabeth II (UNSW, 1986-91); Alexander von Humboldt (Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Germany, 1989-90); Radio Research Board (UNSW, 1984-86).
Recent distinctions
- Election to the Australian Academy of Science (2024)
- Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2023)
- Eureka Prize for Environmental Research (2018)
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Australian Institute of Physics, the Australian Institute of Energy and the Royal Society of New South Wales
Grants and industry engagement
- Design & fabrication of the 1st reported silicon solar cells with 18%, 19%, 20% and 22% efficiency
- First author of the first 3 papers for PERC silicon solar cell technology which represents about half of all solar panels ever made. Cumulative PERC panel sales are ~A$250 billion. PERC modules are mitigating about 2% of global emissions through displacement of coal generation.
- Co-inventor of Sliver solar cell technology, the subject of a $240 million commercialisation effort by Transform Solar (Origin Energy & Micron) ($12 million royalties paid to ANU)
- Founded the solar cell research group at ANU in 1991 (currently 60 staff and PhD students)
- Research funds procured since 1979 (as a Chief Investigator, current dollars) ~A$180 million
- Leading the 100% renewable energy futures group and the global pumped hydro energy storage project
Available student projects
100% renewable energy
Projects are available in the general area of 100% renewable energy. This could include examining options for high levels of renewables in a particular country, province or city; calculating pathways to high levels of renewables; options for PV panels in densely populated countries such as floating, maritime, rooftop and agrivoltacs; balancing high levels of renewables with extra transmission and storage; critiques of renewables modelling by organisations such as the IEA, IPCC or national & state Governments; Renewable Energy Zones; and renewable electrification of transport, air & water heating and industrial heating.
Publications
- Cheng, C, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2022, '100% renewable energy in Japan', Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 255, no. 1 March 2022, 115299.
- Harvey, A, Cheng, C, Lu, B et al. 2022, 'Fully electrified land transport in 100% renewable electricity networks dominated by variable generation', Renewable Energy, vol. 182, pp. 562-577.
- Lu, B, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2021, 'A zero-carbon, reliable and affordable energy future in Australia', Energy, vol. 220, pp. 1-10.
- Lohani, S & Blakers, A 2021, '100% renewable energy with pumped-hydro-energy storage in Nepal', Clean Energy, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 243-253.
- Hayes, L, Stocks, M & Blakers, A 2021, 'Accurate long-term power generation model for offshore wind farms in Europe using ERA5 reanalysis', Energy, vol. 229, pp. 1-12.
- Blakers, A, Stocks, M, Lu, B et al. 2021, 'A review of pumped hydro energy storage', Progress in Energy, vol. 3.
- Liang, W, Kho, T, Tong, J et al. 2021, 'Highly reproducible c-Si texturing by metal-free TMAH etchant and monoTEX agent', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 222.
- Stocks, M, Stocks, R, Lu, B et al. 2021, 'Global Atlas of Closed-Loop Pumped Hydro Energy Storage', Joule, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 270-284.
- Blakers, A, Stocks, M, Lu, B et al. 2021, 'The observed cost of high penetration solar and wind electricity', Energy, vol. 233, pp. 1-9.
- Victoria, M, Haegel, N, Peters, I et al. 2021, 'Solar photovoltaics is ready to power a sustainable future', Joule, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 1041-1056.
- Lu, B, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2021, 'Low-cost, low-emission 100% renewable electricity in Southeast Asia supported by pumped hydro storage', Energy, vol. 236, pp. 1-15.
- Blakers, A 2021, 'Enabling technologies: Solar photovoltaics', in Kenneth G. H. Baldwin , Mark Howden , Michael H. Smith , Karen Hussey , Peter J. (ed.), Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision-Makers, Cambridge University Press, Australia.
- Booker, K, Osorio Mayon, Y, Jones, C et al. 2021, 'GaAs Sliver solar cells for linear microconcentrator applications', 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, United States, pp. 0990-0992.
- Osorio Mayon, Y, Stocks, M, Booker, K et al. 2021, 'GaAs/Silicon Tandem Micro-Concentrator Module', 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, United States, pp. 2197-2199.
- Stocks, M, Stocks, R, Lu, B et al. 2021, 'Increasing the value of solar: the opportunity for bulk energy storage with pumped hydro in the United States', 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, United States, pp. 586-589.
- Blakers, A, Stocks, M, Lu, B et al. 2021, 'The low cost of balancing solar PV and wind', 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, United States, pp. 617-620.
- Silalahi, D, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2021, 'Solar PV Resource Assesment for Indonesia's Energy Future', 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, United States, pp. 178-181.
- Silalahi, D, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2021, 'Indonesia's vast solar energy potential', Energies, vol. 14, no. 17.
- Blakers, A 2020, 'Gas as a transition fuel is a bit-player', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 153, no. 2, pp. 191-193.
- Qian, J, Ernst, M, Walter, D et al. 2020, 'Destructive reverse bias pinning in perovskite/silicon tandem solar modules caused by perovskite hysteresis under dynamic shading', Sustainable Energy & Fuels, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 4067-4075.
- Kho, T, Fong, K, Stocks, M et al. 2020, 'Excellent ONO passivation on phosphorus and boron diffusion demonstrating a 25% efficient IBC solar cell', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1034-1044.
- Duong, T, Pham, H, Kho, T et al. 2020, 'High Efficiency Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: Effect of Surface Coating versus Bulk Incorporation of 2D Perovskite', Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 1-15.
- Liang, W, Tong, J et al. 2020, 'Impact of Al Doping on Surface Passivation of TiOx on Si', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 940-944.
- Booker, K, Rahman, S, Stocks, M et al. 2019, 'Fabrication of high aspect ratio structures in silicon independent of crystal orientation using metal assisted etching', Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1-5.
- Blakers, A, Stocks, M, Lu, B et al. 2019, 'Pathway to 100% Renewable Electricity', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1828-1833.
- Grant, N, Kho, T, Fong, K et al. 2019, 'Anodic oxidations: Excellent process durability and surface passivation for high efficiency silicon solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 203, pp. 1-8.
- Cheng, C, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2019, 'Pumped hydro energy storage and 100 % renewable electricity for East Asia', Global Energy Interconnection, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 386-392.
- Qian, J, Ernst, M, Wu, N et al. 2019, 'Unravelling Optical and Electrical Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells and Impact on Perovskite/Silicon Monolithic Tandem Modules', 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019, IEEE, United States, pp. 1187-1190.
- Stocks, M, Blakers, A, Cheng, C et al. 2019, 'Towards 100% renewable electricity for Indonesia: The role for solar and pumped hydro storage', 2019 International Conference on Technologies and Policies in Electric Power and Energy, TPEPE 2019, IEEE, United States, pp. 1-4.
- Qian, J, Clement, C, Ernst, M et al. 2019, 'Analysis of Hotspots in Half Cell Modules Undetected by Current Test Standards', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 842-848.
- Blakers, A 2019, 'Development of the PERC Solar Cell', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 629-635.
- Qian, J, Ernst, M, Wu, N et al. 2019, 'Impact of perovskite solar cell degradation on the lifetime energy yield and economic viability of perovskite/silicon tandem modules', Sustainable Energy & Fuels, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 1439-1447.
- Kho, T, Fong, K, McIntosh, K et al. 2019, 'Exceptional silicon surface passivation by an ONO dielectric stack', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 189, pp. 245-253.
- 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.
- Qian, J, Thomson, A, Blakers, A et al. 2018, 'Comparison of Half-Cell and Full-Cell Module Hotspot-Induced Temperature by Simulation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 834-839.
- Zin, N, McIntosh, K, Bakhshi, S et al. 2018, 'Polyimide for silicon solar cells with double-sided textured pyramids', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 183, pp. 200-204.
- Qian, J, Thomson, A, Wu, Y et al. 2018, 'Impact of Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Module Design on Hot-Spot Temperature', ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol. 1, no. 7, pp. 3025-3029.
- Blakers, A, Lu, B, Stocks, M et al. 2018, 'Pumped hydro energy storage to support 100% renewable electricity', 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, IEEE, United States, pp. 3672-3675pp.
- Ernst, M, Huyeng, J, Walter, D et al. 2018, 'Unravelling the Origins of Contact Recombination for Localized Laser-Doped Contacts', 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, IEEE, United States, pp. 2195-2199pp.
- Huyeng, J, Ernst, M, Fong, K et al. 2018, 'Implications of laser-doping parameters and contact opening size on contact resistivity', 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, IEEE, United States, pp. 1008-1012pp.
- Lu, B, Stocks, M, Blakers, A et al. 2018, 'Geographic information system algorithms to locate prospective sites for pumped hydro energy storage', Applied Energy, vol. 222, pp. 300-312.
- Qian, J, Thomson, A, Ernst, M et al. 2018, 'Two-Dimensional Hot Spot Temperature Simulation for c-Si Photovoltaic Modules', Physica Status Solidi A, vol. 215, no. 21, pp. 1-7.
- Fong, K, Kho, T, Liang, W et al. 2018, 'Phosphorus diffused LPCVD polysilicon passivated contacts with in-situ low pressure oxidation', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 186, pp. 236-242.
- Zin, N, McIntosh, K, Bakhshi, S et al. 2018, 'Erratum: Polyimide for silicon solar cells with double-sided textured pyramids', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 186, no. 57.
- Fong, K, Kho, T, Liang, W et al. 2018, 'Optimization and Characterization of Phosphorus Diffused LPCVD Polysilicon Passivated Contacts with Low Pressure Tunnel Oxide', 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, IEEE, United States, pp. 2002-2005pp.
- Zin, N, McIntosh, K, Kho, T et al 2018, 'Rounded Rear Pyramidal Texture for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells', 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, ed. IEEE, IEEE, TBC, pp. 2548-2553pp.
- Blakers, A, Lu, B & Stocks, M 2017, '100% renewable electricity in Australia', Energy, vol. 133, pp. 471-482pp.
- McIntosh, K, Zin, N, Nguyen, H et al. 2017, 'Optical Evaluation of Silicon Wafers With Rounded Rear Pyramids', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1596-1602.
- McIntosh, K, Zin, N, Nguyen, H et al. 2017, 'Optical Evaluation of Silicon Wafers With Rounded Rear Pyramids', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1596-1602.
- Ernst, M, Franklin, E, Fell, A et al. 2017, 'Fabrication of a 22.8% Efficient Back Contact Solar Cell With Localized Laser-Doping', Physica Status Solidi A, vol. 214, no. 11, pp. 4pp.
- Duong, T, Wu, Y, Shen, H et al 2017, 'Rubidium Multication Perovskite with Optimized Bandgap for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem with over 26% Efficiency', Advanced Energy Materials, vol. Online, pp. 11pp.
- Lu, B, Blakers, A & Stocks, M 2017, '90-100% renewable electricity for the South West Interconnected System of Western Australia', Energy, vol. 122, pp. 663-674.
- Zin, N, McIntosh, K, Kho, T et al. 2016, 'Rounded Rear Pyramidal Texture for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells', 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, IEEE Xplore, Online, pp. 2548-2553pp.
- Rosengarten, G, Stanley, C, Ferrari, D et al. 2016, 'The rise of non-imaging optics for rooftop solar collectors', Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIII - Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nonimaging Optics, ed. J M Gordon and R Winston, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 1-14pp.
- Ernst, M, Thomson, A, Haedrich, B et al. 2016, 'Comparison of Ground-based and Satellite-based Irradiance Data for Photovoltaic Yield Estimation', 6th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, SiliconPV 2016, ed. A Weeber, J Poortmans, Elserier, TBC, pp. 546-553.
- Zin, N, McIntosh, K, Kho, T et al. 2016, 'Rounded Rear Pyramidal Texture for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells', 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, IEEE Xplore, Online, pp. 2548-2553pp.
- Stanley, C, Mojiri, A, Rahat, A et al. 2016, 'Performance testing of a spectral beam splitting hybrid PVT solar receiver for linear concentrators', Applied Energy, vol. 168, pp. 303-313.
- Mojiri, A, Stanley, C, Rodriguez-Sanchez, D et al. 2016, 'A spectral-splitting PV-thermal volumetric solar receiver', Applied Energy, vol. 169, pp. 63-71.
- Duong, T, Lal, N, Grant, D et al. 2016, 'Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cell With Sputtered Front and Rear Electrodes for a Four-Terminal Tandem', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 679-687.
- Fong, K, Padilla, M, Fell, A et al. 2016, 'Perimeter Recombination Characterization by Luminescence Imaging', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 244-251.
- Banal, J, Soleimaninejad, H, Jradi, F et al 2016, 'Energy Migration in Organic Solar Concentrators with a Molecularly Insulated Perylene Diimide', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 120, no. 24, pp. 12952-12958.
- Duong, T, Grant, D, Rahman, S et al 2016, 'Filterless spectral splitting perovskite-silicon tandem system with >23% calculated efficiency', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 1432-1439.
- Franklin, E, Fong, K, McIntosh, K et al. 2016, 'Design, fabrication and characterisation of a 24.4% efficient interdigitated back contact solar cell', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 411-427.
- Ahnood, A, Fox, K, Apollo, N et al 2016, 'Diamond encapsulated photovoltaics for transdermal power delivery', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 77, pp. 589-597.
- Fong, K, Kho, T, Fell, A et al. 2015, 'Contact Resistivity of Evaporated Al Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 1304-1309.
- Banal, J, White, J, Lam, T et al 2015, 'A Transparent Planar Concentrator Using Aggregates of gem-Pyrene Ethenes', Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 5, no. 19.
- Thomson, A, Haedrich, B, Ernst, M et al. 2015, 'Prospecting solar energy in Australia: accounting for temperature losses', 2015 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, ed. R. Egan, R. Passey, Australian Photovoltaic Institute, Canberra.
- Lu, B, Blakers, A, Li, X et al. 2015, 'Short-Term Off-River Energy Storage to facilitate a 100% wind & photovoltaics scenario for the South West Interconnected System in Western Australia', 2015 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, ed. R. Egan, R. Passey, Australian Photovoltaic Institute, Canberra.
- Corkish, R, Green, M, Blakers, A et al 2015, 'An overview of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and the Australia-US Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics', MRS Spring Symposium, 2015 Symposium E: Advanced Solar Cells: Components to Systems, Cambridge University Press, US.
- Blakers, A 2015, 'Sustainable Energy Options', Asian Perspective, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 559-589.
- Thomsen, E, Ratcliff, T, Stocks, M et al. 2015, 'Dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator structure for vertical bifacial photovoltaic receivers', Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XII, ed. Gordon J.M.Winston R, SPIE, USA, pp. -.
- Booker, K, Rahman, S, Brauers, M et al 2015, 'Metal-assisted etching of high aspect ratio structures for solar cell applications: Controlling the porosity of Au thin films', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, IEEE, TBC, pp. 1-4.
- Walter, D, Fell, A, Franklin, E et al. 2015, 'Damage-free ultraviolet nanosecond laser ablation for high efficiency back contact solar cell fabrication', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 136, pp. 1-10.
- Booker, K, Rahman, S, Chong, T et al. 2015, 'A Robust Metal-Assisted Etching Process for Ag-Catalyzed Texturing of Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 766-773.
- Zin, N, McIntosh, K, Nguyen, H et al. 2015, 'Evaluation of double-sided pyramidal texture for IBC solar cells', 2015 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, ed. R. Egan, R. Passey, Australian Photovoltaic Institute, Canberra.
- Blakers, A 2015, 'PERC Solar Cells', 2015 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, ed. R. Egan, R. Passey, Australian Photovoltaic Institute, Canberra, pp. 23pp.
- Fong, K, Franklin, E, McIntosh, K et al. 2015, 'Towards 26% Silicon IBC Solar Cells', 2015 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, ed. R. Egan, R. Passey, Australian Photovoltaic Institute, Canberra.
- Middleton PhD, R, Jones, C, Thomsen, E et al. 2014, 'A general purpose characterization system for rooftop hybrid microconcentrators', 10th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2014, ed. Riley D.Kurtz S.Kins, AIP Publishing LLC, New York, pp. 285-289.
- Stocks, M, Franklin, E, Everett, V et al. 2014, 'Four Terminal, Reflective Tandem Cells for Silicon Efficiency Greater than 30%', 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany.
- Booker, K, Brauers, M, Crisp, E et al. 2014, 'Metal Assisted Etching of Sliver Solar Cells', 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany.
- Blakers, A 2014, 'Mass energy storage using off-river pumped hydro', Solid-State and Organic Lighting SOLED 2014, Optical Society of American (OSA), United States.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, Franklin, E et al. 2014, 'Etch-back simplifies interdigitated back contact solar cells', 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, IEEE, USA, pp. 3046-3050.
- McIntosh, K, Kho, T, Fong, K et al. 2014, 'Quantifying the optical losses in back-contact solar cells', 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, IEEE, USA, pp. 115-123.
- Chong, T, Weber, K, Booker, K et al. 2014, 'Characterization of MAE-textured nanoporous silicon for solar cells application: Optics and surface passivation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1235-1242.
- Ratcliff, T, Shalav, A, Fong, K et al. 2014, 'Influence of implantation damage on emitter recombination', Energy Procedia, vol. 55, pp. 272-279.
- Fell, A, Fong, K, McIntosh, K et al. 2014, '3-D simulation of interdigitated-back-contact silicon solar cells with Quokka including perimeter losses', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1040-1045.
- Ratcliff, T, Fong, K, Shalav, A et al. 2014, 'The effect of annealing ambient on carrier recombination in boron implanted silicon', Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 827-830.
- Chong, T, Weber, K, Booker, K et al. 2014, 'Optical and electronic properties of MAE textured nanoporous Silicon', 4th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, SiliconPV 2014, ed. e A.Sinton R.Hahn G., Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 762-768.
- Booker, K, Brauers, M, Crisp, E et al. 2014, 'Metal-assisted chemical etching for very high aspect ratio grooves in n-type silicon wafers', Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 24, no. 12, p. 125026.
- Fong, K, Kho, T, McIntosh, K et al. 2013, 'Optimisation of N+ Diffusion and Contact Size of IBC Solar Cells', 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition 2013, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich Germany, pp. 851 - 855.
- Wu, Y, Everett, V, Thomsen, E et al 2013, 'Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of the Optical Properties of Thermal Transfer Fluids for Hybrid CPV-T Systems', 9th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems: CPV-9, ed. Frank Dimroth, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Melville, New York, pp. 317-320.
- Middleton PhD, R, Jones, C, Everett, V et al. 2013, 'A Domestic-Use Demonstrator For A Rooftop Micro-Concentrator', 9th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems: CPV-9, ed. Frank Dimroth, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Melville, New York, pp. 1-4.
- Chong, T, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2013, 'Forming random-micropores by optimized 2-step metal assisted etching process', 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013, IEEE, Tampa, FL, pp. 1672-1676.
- Blakers, A, Fong, K, Franklin, E et al. 2013, '24.6% efficient back contact cell with oxide - nitride passivation', 23rd International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Conference Organising Committee, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Blakers, A, Zin, N, McIntosh, K et al. 2013, 'High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells', Energy Procedia, vol. 33, pp. 1-10.
- Blakers, A 2013, 'What is photovoltaic solar energy?', in Andrew Jaspan (ed.), From Deja Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums, CSIRO Publishing, Victoria, Australia, pp. 80-82.
- Ratcliff, T, Fong, K & Blakers, A 2013, 'N+ Regions Formed by Phosphorus Implantation and Solid Phase Epitaxial Regrowth', 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition 2013, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich Germany, pp. 1935-1938.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, McIntosh, K et al. 2013, 'Continued Development of All-Back-Contact Silicon Wafer Solar Cells at ANU', PV Asia Pacific Conference 2012, Elsevier, Online only, pp. 50-63.
- Vivar, M, Everett, V, Fuentes, M et al 2013, 'Initial field performance of a hybrid CPV-T microconcentrator system', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 1659-1671.
- Fong, K, McIntosh, K & Blakers, A 2013, 'Accurate Series Resistance Measurement of Solar Cells', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 490-499.
- Blakers, A, Everett, V, Muric-Nesic, J et al 2012, 'Thin Single Crystalline Elongate Silicon Solar Cells', International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2011, ed. Junqiao Xiong, Elsevier, On line only, pp. 58-66.
- Everett, V, Harvey, J, Surve, S et al 2012, 'Evaluation of electrical and thermal performance of a rooftop-friendly hybrid linear CPV-T micro-concentrator system', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2011), Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook USA, pp. 1-6.
- Everett, V, Harvey, J, Surve, S et al 2012, 'Reliability Assessment of a Linear PV-Thermal Micro-Concentrator Receiver Based on IEC 62108', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2011), Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook USA.
- Everett, V, Wu, Y, Resch, A et al 2012, 'Towards an Innovative Spectral Splitting Hybrid PV-T Microconcentrator', International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems 2012, ed. Frank Dimroth, Francisca Rubio, Ignacio Anton, American Institute of Physics (AIP), USA, pp. 230-234.
- Vivar, M, Everett, V, Fuentes, M et al 2012, 'Results from the first ANU-chromasun CPV-T microconcentrator prototype in Canberra', International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems 2012, ed. Frank Dimroth, Francisca Rubio, Ignacio Anton, American Institute of Physics (AIP), USA, pp. 114-117.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, Franklin, E et al. 2012, 'Laser-Assisted Shunt Removal on High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2012, ed. S.Nowak, A.Jager-Waldau, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, p. 4.
- Blakers, A, Luther, J & Nadolny, A 2012, 'Asia Pacific Super Grid: Solar electricity generation, storage and distribution', Green, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 189-202.
- Fong, K, McIntosh, K, Blakers, A et al. 2011, 'Series resistance as a function of current and its application in solar cell analysis', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference PVSC 2011, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 002257-002261.
- Franklin, E, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al 2011, 'Sliver Solar Cell Technology: Pushing the Material Boundaries', Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2011, Cambridge Journals, San Francisco USA, p. 12.
- Zin, N & Blakers, A 2011, 'Boron Spots Induced Shunts', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference PVSC 2011, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, p. 4.
- Everett, V, Harvey, J, Surve, S et al. 2011, 'Hybrid CPV-T Micro-concentrator System', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference PVSC 2011, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA.
- Fong, K, McIntosh, K, Blakers, A et al. 2011, 'Series Resistance as a Function of Current and its Application in Solar Cell Analysis', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference PVSC 2011, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 002257-002261.
- Everett, V, Harvey, J, Surve, S et al 2011, 'Evaluation of electrical and thermal performance of a linear hybrid CPV-T micro-concentrator system', International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems 2011, Conference Organising Committee, Las Vegas USA, pp. 262-265.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, Franklin, E et al. 2011, 'Progress in the development of All-Back-Contacted Silicon Solar Cells', PV Asia Pacific Conference 2011, ed. Junqiao Xiong, Elsevier, Electronic Only, p. 9.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, McIntosh, K et al. 2011, '19% Efficient N-Type All-Back-Contact Silicon Wafer Solar Cells With Planar Front Surface', Australian Solar Energy Society Conference 2011, Australian Solar Energy Society, Sydney Australia, pp. 1-7.
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- Zin, N & Blakers, A 2011, 'Boron diffusion induced shunts', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference PVSC 2011, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 166-170.
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- Zin, N & Blakers, A 2010, 'Characterization of dielectric layer, laser damage and edge recombination in miniature silicon solar cells', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2010, IEEE, Honolulu, HI, pp. 003647 - 003653.
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- Zin, N, Blakers, A & Weber, K 2010, 'RIE-induced carrier lifetime degradation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 214-220.
- Thomsen, E, Ratcliff, T, Muric-Nesic, J et al. 2010, 'Analysis of Components and Structures in Flexible High-Efficiency PV Modules', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2010, IEEE, Honolulu, HI, pp. 1-10.
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- Zin, N, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al. 2009, 'Investigation of Lifetime Degradation of RIE-Processed Silicon Samples for Solar Cells', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2009), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 39-43.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A & Everett, V 2009, 'Development of Silicon Solar Cells for Six-Junction Tandem Stack Cells', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2009), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 44-47.
- Fong, K & Blakers, A 2009, 'Plank Cells: Ultra Thin and Flexible Solar Cell', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, pp. 1-3.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al. 2009, 'RIE-Induced Lifetime Degradation of Silicon Solar Cells and Methods to Reverse Degradations', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, pp. 1-5.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, Everett, V et al. 2009, 'Silicon Solar Cells Tested under Infrared Illumination', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2009), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Townsville Australia, pp. 1-8.
- Zin, N, Blakers, A, Everett, V et al. 2009, 'Progress in the Development of Silicon Solar Cells for Six-Junction Tandem Stack Cells', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, pp. 1-5.
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- Blakers, A 2009, 'Solar Energy', Indo-Pacific Energy Security Round-table 2009, Future Directions International, Perth, p. 4.
- Blakers, A 2009, 'Solar Power Energy of the Future', in Nirmala Rao Hkadrekar (ed.), Solar Power Energy of the Future, ICFAI University Press, India, pp. 3-19.
- Lal, N & Blakers, A 2009, 'Sliver cells challenge conventional silicon solar cells', SPIE Newsroom, vol. 27 April 2009, pp. 1-3.
- Everett, V, Blakers, A, Cotsell, J et al 2009, 'Improving the Efficiency of Linear Concentrator Receiver Systems', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2009), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Townsville Australia, pp. 1-11.
- Blakers, A & Armour, T 2009, 'Flexible silicon solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 93, no. 8, pp. 1440-1443.
- Lal, N & Blakers, A 2009, 'Sliver Cells in Thermophotovoltaic Systems', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 167-175.
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- Zin, N & Blakers, A 2008, 'Silicon Solar cells in Tandem Solar Cell package for a mobile Battery Charging Application', NanoE3 Conference: Nanotechnology for Electronics, Electronic and Electro-mechanical systems, ed. Conference Program Committee, University of Western Australia Press, Perth Australia, p. 1.
- Blakers, A 2008, 'Research in the Real World', in (ed.), Outcomes: Results of Research in the Real World, Australian Research Council, Sydney.
- Blakers, A & Skryabin, I 2008, 'Ultra-thin elongate solar cells: A route to performance and durability', Land Warfare Conference 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Commonwealth Department of Defence, Brisbane.
- Blakers, A 2008, 'Photovoltaics: an elegant technology for electricity', Focus: The Journal of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, vol. 152.
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- Zin, N, Blakers, A & Everett, V 2008, 'Miniature Silicon Solar Cells for High Efficiency Tandem Cells', International Conference on Electronic Materials (ICEM 2008), ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, p. 6.
- Zin, N & Blakers, A 2008, 'Silicon Solar Cells for Tandem High-Efficiency Solar Cells (VHESC)', International Solar Energy Society Conference, Asia Pacific Region incorporating the ANZSES Conference 2008, ed. D. Prasad, G. Morrison, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Sydney, p. 12.
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- Franklin, E, Blakers, A, Everett, V et al 2008, 'Sliver Solar Cells', Device and Process Technologies for Microelectronics, MEMS, Photonics, and Nanotechnology IV 2007, ed. H H Tan, J-C Chiao, L Faraone, C Jagadish, J Williams, A R Wilson, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, USA, p. 11.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2007, 'Hydrogen Passivation of LPCVD Si3N4/SiO2/Si Stacks by Ammonia Plasma Treatment', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 154, no. 6, pp. H430-H434.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Jellett, W et al 2007, 'Influence of Phosphorous Diffusion on the Si Surface Passivation', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Dang, N et al. 2007, 'Influence of corona charging on the electrical properties of Si-SiO2 interface', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2007), ed. Howard Pullen, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Australia.
- Smeltink, J & Blakers, A 2007, 'A Hybrid PV-Thermal Linear Microconcentrator for Domestic Application', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany.
- Lal, N & Blakers, A 2007, 'Sliver Cells in Thermophotovoltiac Systems', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2007), ed. Howard Pullen, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Australia.
- Blakers, A, Everett, V, Weber, K et al 2007, 'Advanced Solar Modules for Battlespace Power Utilising 20% Efficient Flexible Elongate Solar Cells', Land Warfare Conference 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, Adelaide Australia.
- Smeltink, J & Blakers, A 2007, 'Performance Monitoring of a PV Thermal Concentrator System', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany.
- Everett, V, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al 2007, 'Handling and Encapsulating Billions of Sliver SOLAR cells at Low Cost', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany.
- Everett, V, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al 2007, 'Very High Efficiency Solar Cells', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2007), ed. Howard Pullen, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Australia, p. 8.
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- Blakers, A 2007, 'Silicon concentrator solar cells', in Antonio L. Luque, Viacheslav M. Andreev (ed.), Concentrator Photovoltaics, Springer, Berlin, pp. 51-66.
- Barton, D, Blakers, A, Cuevas, A et al 2007, 'Solar@ANU', Solar Progress, vol. 28, no. 1.
- Blakers, A 2007, '1st report by the photovoltaic working group of the international science panel on renewable energies', International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC 2007), ed. Conference Program Committee, Elsevier, Netherlands.
- Smeltink, J & Blakers, A 2007, 'ANU Micro-Concentrator Collector', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2007), ed. Howard Pullen, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Australia.
- Franklin, E, Everett, V, Blakers, A et al 2007, 'Sliver solar cells: high efficiency, low cost PV technology', Advances in OptoElectronics, vol. 2007, no. Article ID 35383, pp. 1-9.
- Franklin, E, Blakers, A, Everett, V et al 2007, 'A 20% efficient Sliver solar cell', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, p. 6.
- Jin, H, Zellweger, H, Weber, K et al 2006, 'Comparison of the thermal stabilityof thermally grown silicon dioxide on silicon before and after LPCVD deposition', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Canberra Australia, p. 5.
- Smeltink, J & Blakers, A 2006, 'The ANU Roof Mounted PV-Thermal Concentrator System', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Canberra Australia, pp. 1-6.
- Weber, K, Blakers, A, Everett, V et al 2006, 'Results of a cost model for Sliver cells', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Germany, pp. 1-4.
- Smeltink, J & Blakers, A 2006, '40KW PV thermal roof mounted concentrator system', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, OmniPress, Waikoloa Hawaii, p. 4.
- Franklin, E, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al 2006, 'Towards a simplified 20% efficient sliver cell', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, OmniPress, Waikoloa Hawaii, p. 4.
- Franklin, E, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al 2006, '20% efficient Sliver cells fabricated with a simplified processing sequence', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Canberra Australia, p. 6.
- Blakers, A, Weber, K, Everett, V et al 2006, 'Sliver cells - a complete photovoltaic solution', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, OmniPress, Waikoloa Hawaii, p. 4.
- Weber, K, Everett, V, Deenapanray, P et al 2006, 'Modeling of static concentrator modules incorporating lambertian or v-groove rear reflectors', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 90, no. 12, pp. 1741-1749.
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- Jin, H, Weber, K, Smith, P et al 2006, 'Defect generation concomitant with plasma nitridation to Si/SiO2 stacks at room temperature', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Canberra Australia.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2006, 'Characterization of low pressure chemical vapour deposited Si3N4 films', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Canberra Australia, pp. 1-5.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2006, 'The effect of a post oxidation in-situ nitrogen anneal on Si surface passivation', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, OmniPress, Waikoloa Hawaii, pp. 1-3.
- Gatzert, C, Blakers, A, Deenapanray, P et al 2006, 'Investigation of reactive ion etching of dielectrics and Si in CHF3/O2 or CHF3/Ar for photovoltaic applications', Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1857-1865.
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- Jin, H, Weber, K, Blakers, A et al 2006, 'Comparison of plasma NH3 and atomic H effects to Si-SiO2 interface', International Conference on New Energy Materials, Academic Press, not provided.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2006, 'Plasma ammonia passivation of SiN/SiO2/Si stacks', International Conference on New Energy Materials, Academic Press, not provided.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Li, W et al. 2006, 'Introduction of atomic hydrogen into Si3N4/SiO2/Si stacks', Rare Metals, vol. 25, no. Special Issue, pp. 150-152.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Jayaprasad, A et al 2006, 'Si-SiO2 interface passivation by plasma NH3 and atomic H', Rare Metals, vol. 25, no. Special Issue, pp. 146-149.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2006, 'Passivation of LPCVD nitride silicon stacks by atomic H', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, OmniPress, Waikoloa Hawaii, pp. 1-4.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2006, 'Depassivation of Si-SiO2 interface following rapid thermal annealing', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, OmniPress, Waikoloa Hawaii, pp. 1-3.
- Coventry, J & Blakers, A 2006, 'Direct measurement and simulation techniques for analysis of radiation flux on a linear PV concentrator', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 14, pp. 341-352.
- Blakers, A & Weber, K 2006, Semiconductor texturing process, ZA200405144, Other International.
- Everett, V & Blakers, A 2006, A solar cell (Sliver) submodule formation, PCT/AU2005/001193 WO 2006/015430, Australia.
- Everett, V & Blakers, A 2006, A solar cell interconnection process, WO2006133507, WO2006AU00840, Australia.
- Weber, K, Blakers, A, Deenapanray, P et al 2005, 'Sliver Solar Cells', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2005), ed. not listed, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 991-994.
- Blakers, A, Deenapanray, P, Everett, V et al 2005, 'Recent developments in sliver cell technology', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2005, ed. W Palz, H Ossenbrink, P Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 682-685.
- Deenapanray, P, Athukorala, C, MacDonald, D et al 2005, 'Influence of reactive ion etching on the minority carier lifetime in p-type Si', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2005, ed. W Palz, H Ossenbrink, P Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 643-646.
- Coventry, J, Blakers, A, Franklin, E et al. 2005, 'Analysis of the radiation flux profile along a PV trough concentrator', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2005, ed. W Palz, H Ossenbrink, P Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 2027-2030.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2005, 'Silicon/silicon oxide/LPCVD silicon nitride stacks: the effect of oxide thicknoww on bulk damage and surface passivation', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2005, ed. W Palz, H Ossenbrink, P Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 230-232.
- Smeltink, J, Blakers, A & Coventry, J 2005, 'Description of 40kW roof mounted PV termal concentrator system', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2005, ed. W Palz, H Ossenbrink, P Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 2015-2018.
- Blakers, A, Jin, H, Weber, K et al 2005, 'SLIVER Solar Cells', International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC 2005), ed. Cui Rongqiang, Chen Tingjin, Li Guoxin, Sun Tietun, Shanghai Scientific & Technological Literature Publishing House, Shanghai, pp. 320-321.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2005, 'A Compare Study of LPCVD Silicon Nitride Deposited on (100) and (111) Silicon Surface', International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC 2005), ed. Cui Rongqiang, Chen Tingjin, Li Guoxin, Sun Tietun, Shanghai Scientific & Technological Literature Publishing House, Shanghai, pp. 301-302.
- Weber, K & Blakers, A 2005, 'A Novel Silicon Texturization Method Based on Etching Through a Silicon Nitride Mask', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 691-695.
- McCann, M, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2005, 'Surface Passivation by Rehydrogenation of Silicon-nitride-coated Silicon Wafers', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 195-200.
- Blakers, A & Weber, K 2005, Semiconductor processing, US2005272225, United States.
- Barton, D & Blakers, A 2004, 'Using social research to investigate barriers to renewable energy on remote developed islands. A case study: Norfolk Island', Annual Environmental Engineering Research Conference 2004, ed. Long Nghiem, Luke Scott, Mike Dennis, Kate Murphy, University of Wollongong Press, Wollongong, pp. 275-285.
- Weber, K, Blakers, A, Deenapanray, P et al. 2004, 'The effect of bifacial sliver module orientation on energy production', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2004, ed. W Hoffmann, J-L Bal, H Ossenbrink, W Palz, P Helm, WIP Munich and ETA-Florence, Florence, pp. 2792-2795.
- Everett, V, Haji Babaei, J, Deenapanray, P et al. 2004, 'Characterisation of the thermal response of sliver cells and modules', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2004, ed. W Hoffmann, J-L Bal, H Ossenbrink, W Palz, P Helm, WIP Munich and ETA-Florence, Florence, pp. 750-753.
- Blakers, A, Weber, K, Everett, V et al. 2004, 'Sliver modules - a crystalline silicon technology of the future', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2004, ed. W Hoffmann, J-L Bal, H Ossenbrink, W Palz, P Helm, WIP Munich and ETA-Florence, Florence, pp. 431-434.
- Franklin, E & Blakers, A 2004, 'Sliver cells for concentrator systems', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2004, ed. W Hoffmann, J-L Bal, H Ossenbrink, W Palz, P Helm, WIP Munich and ETA-Florence, Florence, pp. 1149-1152.
- Weber, K, Everett, V, MacDonald, J et al. 2004, 'Modelling of Sliver modules incorporating a lambertian rear reflector', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2004, ed. W Hoffmann, J-L Bal, H Ossenbrink, W Palz, P Helm, WIP Munich and ETA-Florence, Florence, pp. 754-757.
- Weber, K, Haji Babaei, J, Deenapanray, P et al. 2004, 'Silicon as a photovoltaic material', Materials Forum, vol. 27, pp. 9-14.
- Blakers, A, Weber, K, Everett, V et al 2004, 'Sliver Solar Cells and Modules', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2004), Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Perth, pp. 1-3.
- Deenapanray, P, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al 2004, 'Embodied energy of sliver modules', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2004, ed. W Hoffmann, J-L Bal, H Ossenbrink, W Palz, P Helm, WIP Munich and ETA-Florence, Florence, pp. 1233-1236.
- Blakers, A 2004, 'Sustainable Energy', in J Goldie, B Douglas, B Furnass (ed.), In Search of Sustainability, CSIRO Publishing, Canberra, pp. 109-121.
- Keogh, W, Blakers, A & Cuevas, A 2004, 'Constant voltage I-V curve flash tester for solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 183-196.
- Keogh, W & Blakers, A 2004, 'Accurate Measurement, Using Natural Sunlight, of Silicon Solar Cells', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-19.
- Weber, K, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2004, 'A Novel Low-Cost, High Efficiency Micromachined Silicon Solar Cell', IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 37-39.
- Stocks, M, Weber, K, Blakers, A et al. 2003, '65-micron thin monocrystalline silicon solar cell technology allowing 12-fold reduction in silicon usage', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2003, ed. K Kurokawa, L L Kazmerski, B McNelis, M Yamaguchi, C Wronski, W C Sinke, IEEE Explore, Japan, pp. 1PD304_1-4.
- McCann, M, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2003, 'An early deposited LPCVD silicon nitrid: allowing the possibility of novel cell designs', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2003, ed. K Kurokawa, L L Kazmerski, B McNelis, M Yamaguchi, C Wronski, W C Sinke, IEEE Explore, Japan, pp. 4P-A8-82-1-4.
- Weber, K, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2003, 'Thin silicon cells using novel LASE process', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2003, ed. K Kurokawa, L L Kazmerski, B McNelis, M Yamaguchi, C Wronski, W C Sinke, IEEE Explore, Japan, pp. 4PB430_1-4.
- Weber, K, Blakers, A, Stocks, M et al. 2003, 'Silicon liquid phase epitaxy for epilift solar cells', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2003, ed. K Kurokawa, L L Kazmerski, B McNelis, M Yamaguchi, C Wronski, W C Sinke, IEEE Explore, Japan, pp. 4PB432_1-3.
- Franklin, E & Blakers, A 2003, 'Concentrator Sliver Cells for CHAPS Concentrator Systems', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2003), ed. Lu Aye, W W S Charters, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Melbourne, pp. 419-423.
- Catchpole, K, Blakers, A & Weber, K 2003, 'Modelling a Monolithically Integrated Vertical Junction Cell in Low and High Injection', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 113-124.
- Stocks, M, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2003, 'Fabrication of solar cells using epilift technique', World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2003, ed. K Kurokawa, L L Kazmerski, B McNelis, M Yamaguchi, C Wronski, W C Sinke, IEEE Explore, Japan, pp. 4PB432_1-4.
- Blakers, A 2003, 'Solar Energy Research at the Australian National University', Solar World Congress 2001, ed. W.Y. Saman, W.W.S. Charters, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Adelaide, pp. 1231-1235.
- Blakers, A, Weber, K, Stocks, M et al. 2003, 'SliverTM Solar Cells', Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Materials and Processes 2003, ed. B.L. Sopori, Conference Organising Committee, Colorado, pp. 3-6.
- McCann, M, Weber, K & Blakers, A 2003, 'High Lifetime, Well Passivated Silicon with and Oxide/LPCVD Nitride Stack as an Antireflection Coating', Solar World Congress 2001, ed. W.Y. Saman, W.W.S. Charters, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Adelaide, pp. 1543-1547.
- Blakers, A & Weber, K 2003, METHOD OF MAKING THIN SILICON SHEETS FOR SOLAR CELLS, AU2002349175, Australia.
- McCann, M, Weber, K, Petravic, M et al 2002, 'Boron doping of silicon layers grown by liquid phase epitaxy', Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 241, no. 1-2, pp. 45-50.
- Catchpole, K & Blakers, A 2002, 'Modelling the PERC structure for industrial quality silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 189-202.
- Stuckings, M, Fischer, B, Giroult, G et al. 2001, 'Gallium Contacts on p-type Silicon Substrates', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 9, pp. 409-416.
- Catchpole, K, McCann, M, Weber, K et al 2001, 'A review of thin-film crystalline silicon for solar cell applications. Part 2: Foreign substrates', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 68, pp. 173-215.
- McCann, M, Catchpole, K, Weber, K et al 2001, 'A review of thin-film crystalline silicon for solar cell applications. Part 1: Native substrates', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 68, pp. 135-171.
- Catchpole, K, McCann, M, Weber, K et al 2000, 'Review of Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon for Solar Cell Applications', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2000, ed. H. Scheer, B McNelis, W Palz, H A Ossenbrink and P Helm., James and James, London, pp. 1165-1168.
- McCann, M, Weber, K, Stocks, M et al. 2000, 'Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells made with the Epilift Process', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2000, ed. H. Scheer, B McNelis, W Palz, H A Ossenbrink and P Helm., James and James, London, pp. 1711-1714.
- Catchpole, K & Blakers, A 2000, 'Modelling of the PERC structure with stripe and dot back contacts', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2000, ed. H. Scheer, B McNelis, W Palz, H A Ossenbrink and P Helm., James and James, London, pp. 1719-1722.
- Smeltink, J & Blakers, A 2000, 'The ANU 20kW PV/Trough Concentrator', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2000, ed. H. Scheer, B McNelis, W Palz, H A Ossenbrink and P Helm., James and James, London, pp. 2390-2393.
- Keogh, W & Blakers, A 2000, 'Measurement of Silicon Solar Cells under Natural Sunlight', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2000), ed. Brisbane, Australia, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Brisbane, Australia.
- Blakers, A 2000, 'Solar and Wind Electricity in Australia', Australian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. Volume 7, pp. 223 - 236.
- Blakers, A 1999, 'Substrates for thin crystalline silicon solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, no. 51, pp. 385-392.
- Weber, K, Blakers, A & Catchpole, K 1999, 'The Epilift technique for silicon solar cells', Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 195-199.
- Stuckings, M & Blakers, A 1999, 'A study of shading and resisting loss from the fingers of encapsulated solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 59(3), pp. 233-242.
- Weber, K, Catchpole, K & Blakers, A 1999, 'Epitaxial lateral overgrowth of Si on (100) Si substrates by liquid phase epitaxy', Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 186, p. 369.
Projects and Grants
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- Phase II of Water-energy integration options to support the Mekong River Commissions Proactive Regional Planning (PRP) (Secondary Investigator)
- Thailand Solar Transitions (Primary Investigator)
- ACAP 2.0 Head Agreement (Secondary Investigator)
- Development of an interactive land parcel-grid proximity heat map, incorporating transmission routes (Primary Investigator)
- Heat Maps for South West Interconnected System (SWIS) (Primary Investigator)
- PROC5056 Optimal Site Selection Mapping for Large-Scale Solar and Wind Energy Development (Primary Investigator)
- Low-cost integration of on-site PV for large-scale industrial heat supply (Secondary Investigator)
- Pump Hydro Energy Storage Potential in Malaysia (Primary Investigator)
- Renewable energy heat maps - CSIRO Innovations Connection (Primary Investigator)
- Technical and Economic Potential Assessment Pumped Storage Hydropower in Canada (Primary Investigator)
- Scoping Study on Australian Engagement in Energy and Climate Change Sectors in Vietnam (Secondary Investigator)
- Low cost substrates for thermophotovoltaic energy storage system (Primary Investigator)
- Singlet Fission enhanced silicon solar cells-Uni Melbourne led (Secondary Investigator)
- Heterocontact-Polysilicon Hybrid IBC Solar Cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Pathways to achieve a solar cell efficiency above 26% (Secondary Investigator)
- Australia-Germany Energy Transition Hub (Secondary Investigator)
- Short Term Off River Storage 2 (STORES 2) (Primary Investigator)
- Tandem PV Micro concentrator (Primary Investigator)
- Next Generation Industrial Bifacial Silicon Solar Cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Pumped Hydro Energy Storage in Indonesia and Australia (Primary Investigator)
- Advanced light trapping for high efficiency silicon solar cells (Primary Investigator)
- ARENA Industry-Research Collaboration Round: Real-time Operational Distributed PV Simulations for Distribution Network Service Providers (Secondary Investigator)
- Sustainable Mobility Solution for Canberra City (Primary Investigator)
- Asia Pacific Super Grid (Primary Investigator)
- High-Efficiency Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Cells and Modules: Demonstration and CommercialEvaluation (externally led by UNSW) (Secondary Investigator)
- Advanced Surface and Contact Technologies for Industrial Silicon Photovoltaics (Secondary Investigator)
- PV Modules for The Australian Environment (PV-MATE) (Secondary Investigator)
- US-Australia Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics (Photovoltaics Collaboration) USASEC Centre (Secondary Investigator)
- Development of high efficiency interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells with advanced fabrication techniques and simplified processes. (Primary Investigator)
- "MUSIC" - ASI USASEC SRI Centers (Secondary Investigator)
- Machine-learning-based forecasting of distributed solar energy production (Secondary Investigator)
- Local Doping using Laser Chemical Processing (LCP) Technology for Advanced Silicon Solar Cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Investigation of Camouflage Capability for Elongate Solar Panels (Primary Investigator)
- Soldier Integrated Power System (Primary Investigator)
- Roof-mounted hybrid CST system for distributing generation of heating, cooling and electricity (Primary Investigator)
- Industry ready n-type silicon solar cells (Secondary Investigator)
- ASI Top Up Scholarship for Thomas Ratcliff (Primary Investigator)
- Advanced Sliver Solar Cells (Primary Investigator)
- Next generation SLIVER solar cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Efficient PV Thermal Micro-concentrator (Primary Investigator)
- Indo-Australian Workshop on Solar Energy (Secondary Investigator)
- Elongate solar cells for energy generation (Primary Investigator)
- Australian Solar Institute Foundation Project Funding Agreement (Primary Investigator)
- Efficient power/thermal co-generation from linearly concentrated sunlight by liquid-immersed solar cells (Primary Investigator)
- Technical and ecomomic assessment of improved Solar Photovoltaic linear Concentrators and determination of market potential in India (Primary Investigator)
- Increasing efficiency of linear concentrators to capture solar energy (Primary Investigator)
- ARC Centre for Solar Energy Systems (Primary Investigator)
