Professor Klaus Weber
BEng (U.Adelaide), PhD (ANU)
ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
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+61 2 6125 9734
Areas of expertise
- Photodetectors, Optical Sensors And Solar Cells 090605
- Electrical And Electronic Engineering 0906
- Renewable Power And Energy Systems Engineering (Excl. Solar Cells) 090608
Biography
Klaus Weber is Associate Professor in the Research School of Engineering at the ANU. He co-invented and developed several thin film cell technologies including SLIVER technology, for which he was closely involved in the commercial development including the current ARENA project (formerly with Transform Solar).
He is a recipient of the Weeks Award by the International Solar Energy Society and the Alan Walsh Medal for Service to Industry by the Australian Institute of Physics. His work on SLIVER technology received numerous other awards including the Banksia Award and the Aichi World Expo Global Eco-Tech 100 award. He has authored over 250 journal and conference publications.
His research is focoused on facilitating the commercial application of new technologies by addressing key materials and device challenges. He has worked with a number of companies including photovoltaic panel manufacturers and equipment manufacturers.
Available student projects
Projects are available in the area of solar cells which covers material synthesis, characterisation, device fabrication and measurements. For most of these projects, some background in semiconductores (e.g. having done ENGN3334 Semiconductors) would be highly beneficial.
Projects are also available that focus on encapsulation of solar cells, which do not need an understanding of semiconductors.
Additional projects are available looking at broader energy and climate change issues. The exact topic can be determined in discussion with the individual student. They would be suitable for a student completing the Renewable Energy Systems major.
Publications
- Wu, Y, Shen, H, Walter, D et al 2016, 'On the Origin of Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 26, no. 37, pp. 6807-6813.
- 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.
- Duong, T, Mulmudi, H, Shen, H et al. 2016, 'Structural engineering using rubidium iodide as a dopant under excess lead iodide conditions for high efficiency and stable perovskites', Nano Energy, vol. 30, pp. 330-340.
- Grant, D, Catchpole, K, Weber, K et al 2016, 'Design guidelines for perovskite/silicon 2-terminal tandem solar cells: An optical study', Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 22, pp. A1454-A1470.
- Harikesh, P, Mulmudi, H, Ghosh, B et al. 2016, 'Rb as an Alternative Cation for Templating Inorganic Lead-Free Perovskites for Solution Processed Photovoltaics', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 28, no. 20, pp. 7496-7504.
- Jacobs, D, Fu, X, Weber, K et al 2016, 'Modelling of slow transient processes in organo-metal halide perovskites', International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2016, ed. de Sterke M.,Poulton C.,Piprek J.,Steel M., IEEE, Piscataway, New Jersey, pp. 185-186.
- Yang, X, Zheng, P, Bi, Q et al. 2016, 'Silicon heterojunction solar cells with electron selective TiOx contact', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 150, pp. 32-38.
- Ernst, M, Walter, D, Fell, A et al 2016, 'Efficiency Potential of P-Type Al2O3/SiNx Passivated PERC Solar Cells With Locally Laser-Doped Rear Contacts', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 624-631.
- 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.
- Sio, H, Chong, T, Surve, S et al. 2016, 'Characterizing the Influence of Crystal Orientation on Surface Recombination in Silicon Wafers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 412-418.
- Yang, X, Bi, Q, Ali, H et al. 2016, 'High-Performance TiO2-Based Electron-Selective Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells', Advanced Materials, vol. 28, no. 28, pp. 5891-5897.
- Yang, X, Muller, R, Xu, L et al. 2015, 'Ion-Implanted Laser-Annealed p(+) and n(+) Regions: A Potential Solution for Industrially Feasible High-Efficiency N-Type Interdigitated Back-Contact Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 87-93.
- Grant, N, Kho, T & Weber, K 2015, 'High-Level Silicon Surface Passivation by Anodically Grown Silicon Dioxide and Silicon Nitride Stacks', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1047-1052.
- Walter, D, Ernst, M, Allen, T et al 2015, 'Nanosecond laser ablation of dielectric films for the formation of p-type doped silicon for photovoltaic applications', The 13th Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA-2015), The 13th Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA-2015) , Canberra, pp. 1pp.
- Yang, X & Weber, K 2015, 'N-type silicon solar cells featuring an electron-selective TiO2 contact', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, IEEE, TBC, pp. 4pp.
- Liang, W, Suh, D, Yu, J et al. 2015, 'Degradation of the surface passivation of plasma-assisted ALD Al2O3 under damp-heat exposure', Physica Status Solidi A, vol. 212, no. 2, pp. 274-281.
- 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.
- Yang, X, Bullock, J, Bi, Q et al. 2015, 'High efficiency n-type silicon solar cells featuring passivated contact to laser doped regions', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 106, no. 11, pp. 1-3.
- 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.
- Walter, D, Fell, A, Ernst, M et al 2015, 'Electronic properties of Al p(+) surfaces formed by laser doping from aluminium oxide precursors: implications for PERC cell design and performance', Energy Procedia, vol. 77, pp. 321-330.
- Xu, L, Weber, K, Yang, X et al 2015, 'The impact of N-2 anneal on laser processed silicon', Energy Procedia, vol. 77, pp. 759-765.
- Yang, X, Bullock, J, Xu, L et al. 2015, 'Passivated contacts to laser doped p(+) and n(+) regions', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 140, pp. 38-44.
- Chong, T, Bullock, J, White, T et al. 2015, 'Nanoporous silicon produced by metal-assisted etching: A detailed investigation of optical and contact properties for solar cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 538-544.
- 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.
- Yang, X, Fell, A, Franklin, E et al 2015, 'High efficiency n-type silicon solar cells with local back surface fields formed by Laser Chemical Processing', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, IEEE, TBC, pp. -.
- Fu, X, Cong, J, Shen, H et al 2015, 'Time- and Excitation-dependent Photoluminescence Characterisation of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite films', Light, Energy and the Environment 2015, Optical Society of American (OSA), America.
- Grant, D, Weber, K, Stocks, M et al. 2015, 'Optical Optimization of Perovskite-Silicon Reflective Tandem Solar Cells', Light, Energy and the Environment 2015, Optical Society of American (OSA), America.
- Barugkin, C, Allen, T, Chong, T et al 2015, 'Light trapping efficiency comparison of Si solar cell textures using spectral photoluminescence', Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. A391-A400.
- 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.
- 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.
- Chong, T, White, T & Weber, K 2014, 'Optical Modelling of MAE textured Nanoporous Silicon', Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics, Optical Society of American (OSA), USA.
- Suh, D & Weber, K 2014, 'Effective silicon surface passivation by atomic layer deposited Al2O3/TiO2 stacks', Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 40-43.
- Fell, A, Surve, S, Franklin, E et al 2014, 'Characterization of laser-doped localized p-n junctions for high efficiency silicon solar cells', IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 1943-1949.
- 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.
- Yang, X, Müller, R, Shalav, A et al. 2014, 'Boron implanted, laser annealed p(+) emitter for n-type interdigitated back-contact solar cells', Energy Procedia, vol. 55, pp. 320-325.
- Xu, L, Weber, K, Fell, A et al 2014, 'The Influence of Thermal Effects and Dielectric Films on the Electronic Quality of p(+)-Doped Silicon Processed by Nanosecond Laser', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1220-1227.
- Fell, A, Walter, D, Yang, X et al 2014, 'Quantitative surface recombination imaging of single side processed silicon wafers obtained by photoluminescence modeling', 4th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, SiliconPV 2014, ed. e A.Sinton R.Hahn G., Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 63-70.
- 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.
- Xu, L, Hameiri, Z, Weber, K et al 2014, 'Comparison between secondary electron microscopy dopant contrast image (SEMDCI) and electron beam induced current (EBIC) for laser doping of crystalline silicon', 4th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, SiliconPV 2014, ed. e A.Sinton R.Hahn G., Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 179-185.
- 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.
- Fell, A, Vago, N, Franklin, E et al 2014, 'Reduced feature size and improved quality of liquid jet guided laser processing by controlling the intensity profile', Optics for Solar Energy, Optical Society of American (OSA), USA.
- Xu, L, Weber, K, Fell, A et al. 2014, 'The impact of SiO22/SiNx Stack Thickness on Laser Doping of Silicon Solar Cell', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 594-600.
- Liang, W, Weber, K & Thomson, A 2014, 'Effective SiNx:H Capping Layers on 1-nm Al2O3 for p(+) Surface Passivation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 1405-1412.
- Xu, L, Weber, K, Phang, S et al. 2013, 'Secondary electron microscopy dopant contrast image (SEMDCI) for laser doping', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 762-768.
- Yang, X, MacDonald, D, Fell, A et al. 2013, 'Imaging of the relative saturation current density and sheet resistance of laser doped regions via photoluminescence', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 114, no. 5, p. 6.
- Fell, A, Walter, D, Kluska, S et al 2013, 'Determination of injection dependent recombination properties of locally processed surface regions', Energy Procedia, vol. 38, no. 38, pp. 22-31.
- Suh, D, Choi, D & Weber, K 2013, 'Al2O3/TiO2 stack layers for effective surface passivation of crystalline silicon', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 114, no. 15.
- Suh, D, Choi, D, Yu, J et al. 2013, 'Surface passivation by atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3/TiO2 stacks', 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013, IEEE, Tampa, FL, pp. 1304-1306.
- 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.
- Liang, W, Weber, K, Walter, D et al. 2013, 'Emitter saturation current densities determined by self-consistent calibration: Impact of laterally non-uniform lifetime distribution on calibration accuracy', Energy Procedia, vol. 38, pp. 114-123.
- Yang, X, Fell, A, Xu, L et al 2013, 'Laser chemical processing (LCP) doping formed through differenct dielectric layers', 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition 2013, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich Germany, pp. 1057-1060.
- Liang, W, Weber, K & Ren, Y 2013, 'Impact of laterally non-uniform carrier lifetime on photoconductance-based lifetime measurements with self-consistent calibration', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 1640-1644.
- Liang, W, Weber, K, Suh, D et al. 2013, 'Surface Passivation of Boron-Diffused p-Type Silicon Surfaces With (1 0 0) and (1 1 1) Orientations by ALD Al2O3 Layers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 678-683.
- Liang, W, Weber, K, Suh, D et al. 2013, 'Humidity degradation and repair of ALD Al2O3 passivated silicon', 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013, IEEE, Tampa, FL, pp. 38-44.
- Fell, A, Franklin, E, Walter, D et al 2012, 'Laser doping from Al2O3 Layers', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2012, ed. S.Nowak, A.Jager-Waldau, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 706-708.
- Suh, D, Liang, W & Weber, K 2012, 'The study of Al2O3 passivation by corona charge', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2012, ed. S.Nowak, A.Jager-Waldau, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 896-899.
- Liang, W, Weber, K, Suh, D et al 2012, 'Investigation of field-effect passivation and interface state parameters at the Al2O3/Si interface', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2012, ed. S.Nowak, A.Jager-Waldau, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, pp. 1258-1261.
- Ren, Y, Weber, K, Karouta, F et al 2012, 'Charge trapping and storage in SiNx thin films deposited with Oxford PlasmaLab 100 system', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2012), Curran Associates, Inc., Austin, TX, USA, pp. 1094-1097.
- Xu, L, Weber, K, Phang, S et al. 2012, 'Dopant mapping for laser doping using secondary electron image', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2012, ed. S.Nowak, A.Jager-Waldau, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, p. 4.
- 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.
- Ren, Y, Weber, K & Nursam, N 2011, 'Modeling the charge decay mechanism in Nitrogen-rich silicon nitride films', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 98, no. 12, pp.122909/1-3
- 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.
- Nursam, N, Ren, Y & Weber, K 2010, 'PECVD Silicon Nitride Passivation on Boron Emitter: The Analysis of Electrostatic Charge on the Interface Properties', Advances in OptoElectronics, vol. 2010, pp. 487406/1-8.
- Zhang, C & Weber, K 2010, 'The Thermal Stability of Atomic H Plasma Produced Interface Defects on Si-Si02 Stack', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2010, IEEE, Honolulu, HI, pp. 00327-003241.
- Benick, J, Richter, A, & Li, T et al 2010, 'Effect of a post-deposition anneal on AL2O3/SI interface properties', Proceeding of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 20-25, 2010, pp. 000891-000896.
- Nursam, N, Weber, K & Ren, Y 2010, 'Characterization of boron surface doping effects on PECVD silicon nitride passivation', Proceeding of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Hawaii, U.S.A, June 2010, pp. 003214 - 003219.
- Nursam, N, Weber, K, Jin, H & Ren, Y et al 2010, 'Investigation of interface properties in oxide passivated boron diffused silicon', Current Applied Physics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. S361-S364.
- Ren, Y, Nursam, N, Wang, D et al 2010, 'Charge stability in LPCVD silicon nitride for surface passivation of silicon solar cells', Proceeding of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A, June 20-25, 2010. pp. 000897 - 000901.
- Ren, Y, Weber, K & Nursam, N et al 2010, 'Effect of deposition conditions and thermal annealing on the charge trapping properties of SiNx films', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 97, no. 20, pp. 202907/1-3.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Paudyal, B et al 2009, 'Introduction of Negative Charges in Nitride for PV Applications', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2009), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 000017-000021.
- Weber, K & Jin, H 2009, 'Improved silicon surface passivation achieved by negatively charged silicon nitride films', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 94, pp. 063509/1-3.
- Zhang, C, Weber, K & Jin, H 2009, 'Effect of atomic H exposure on thermally oxidized Si/Si02 interfaces', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, pp. 570-574.
- Zhang, C, Weber, K & Jin, H 2009, 'Passivation and depassivation of Si-SiO2 interfaces with atomic hydrogen', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 156, no. 11, pp. H836-H840.
- Weber, K, Jin, H, Zhang, C et al 2009, 'Surface passivation using dielectric films: How much charge is enough?', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EUPVSEC 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, pp. 534-537.
- Zhang, C, Weber, K, Jin, H et al. 2009, 'The effect of exposure of Si-Si02 structure to atomic H by PECVD reactor', IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2009), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 000164-000168.
- 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, 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.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Zhang, C 2009, 'Effect of Phosphorus Diffusion to the Recombination at the Si-SiO2 Interface', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 177-181.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Zhang, C & Ren, Y et al 2009, 'Low SI surface recombination through negatively charged Si3N4 films', 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2009, ed. W. Sinke, H.Ossenbrink, P.Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, pp. 72-76.
- Jin, H & Weber, K 2008, 'Relationship between interface defect density and surface recombination velocity in (111) and (100) Silicon / Silicon Oxide structure', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Conference Organising Committee, Munich, pp. 244-247.
- Zhang, C, Jin, H, Jellett, W et al 2008, 'Hydrogen introduction by acid solution to Si/Si02 interface', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Conference Organising Committee, Munich, pp. 287-289.
- Jin, H, Jellett, W, Chun, Z et al 2008, 'The effect of boron diffusions on the defect density and recombination at the (111) silicon-silicon oxide interface', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 92, no. 12, pp. 122109-1 to 122109-3.
- Jin, H, Jellett, W, Zhang, C et al 2008, 'Effect of diffusions on Si surface passivation', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Conference Organising Committee, Munich, pp. 1342-1345.
- Zhang, C, Jin, H, Jellett, W et al 2008, 'The influence of corona charging on the Si/Si02 interface', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Conference Organising Committee, Munich, pp. 261-264.
- 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 & Smith, P 2007, 'Characterization of the Si-SiO2 Interface Following Room Temperature Ammonia Plasma Exposure', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 154, no. 6, pp. H417-H421.
- Jellett, W & Weber, K 2007, 'Accurate measurement of extremely low surface recombination velocities on charged, oxidized silicon surfaces using a simple metal-oxide-semiconductor structure', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 4, p. 142104.
- Barton, D, Blakers, A, Cuevas, A et al 2007, 'Solar@ANU', Solar Progress, vol. 28, no. 1.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jellett, W, Weber, K & Jin, H 2007, 'Influence of boron diffusion on the Si Surface passivation', European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, WIP-Renewable Energies, Germany, p. 1.
- 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.
- Everett, V, Blakers, A, Weber, K et al 2007, 'Sliver Cells: The Low cost PV Electricity Alternative', Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference (Solar 2007), ed. Howard Pullen, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES), Australia.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Dang, N et al. 2007, 'Defect generation at the Si-SiO2 interface following corona charging', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 26, pp. 262109 1-3.
- 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 & Weber, K 2007, 'The effect of LPCVD silicon nitride deposition on the Si-SiO2 interface of oxidised silicon wafers', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 154, no. 1-4, pp. H5-H8.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deenapanray, P, Athukorala, C, MacDonald, D et al 2006, 'Reactive ion etching of dielectrics and silicon for photovoltaics', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 603-614.
- 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.
- Jin, H, Weber, K, Deenapanray, P et al 2006, 'Hydrogen reintroduction by forming gas annealing to LPCVD silicon nitride coated structures', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 153, no. 8-9, pp. G750-G754.
- Jin, H, Weber, K & Smith, P 2006, 'Defect generation at SiO2/Si interfaces by low pressure chemical vapor deposition of silicon nitride', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 9, pp. 092120-1 - 092120-3.
- 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.
- Blakers, A & Weber, K 2006, Semiconductor texturing process, ZA200405144, Other International.
- 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.
- Deenapanray, P, Horteis, M, MacDonald, D et al 2005, 'Minority Carrier Lifetime Properties of Reactive Ion Etched p-Type Float Zone Si', Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. G78-G81.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Blakers, A & Weber, K 2005, Semiconductor processing, US2005272225, United States.
- Buie, D, McCann, M, Weber, K et al 2004, 'Full day simulations of anti-reflection coatings for flat plate silicon photovoltaics', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 13-24.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, 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.
- 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.
- Weber, K & Catchpole, K 1999, 'Surface morphology of silicon layers grown on patterned silicon substrates by liquid-phase epitaxy', Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 204(4), pp. 453-461.
- 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.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Perovskite modules that are stable under real-world conditions (Primary Investigator)
- Next Generation Industrial Bifacial Silicon Solar Cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Development of stable electrodes for perovskite solar cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Monolithic Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Cells: Towards Commercial Reality (Secondary Investigator)
- Engineering stable, efficient perovskite solar cells (Secondary 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 (Primary Investigator)
- High quality laser doping for solar cells through improved characterisation techniques (Primary Investigator)
- ASI scholarship for Thomas Allen - Negatively-charged dielectric films for surface passivation of silicon solar cells (Secondary Investigator)
- US-Australia Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics (Photovoltaics Collaboration) USASEC Centre (Secondary Investigator)
- Local Doping using Laser Chemical Processing (LCP) Technology for Advanced Silicon Solar Cells (Primary Investigator)
- Industry ready n-type silicon solar cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Advanced Sliver Solar Cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Next generation SLIVER solar cells (Primary Investigator)
- Advanced EPR Facilities for Chemical, Biological and Materials Sciences (Secondary Investigator)
- Spray-on Hydrogenated Films for Solar Cells (Secondary Investigator)
- Minimising charge carrier recombination at silicon surfaces with improved dielectric coatings (Primary Investigator)
- ARC Centre for Solar Energy Systems (Secondary Investigator)
