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Competitive advantage
- 200 experts in photovoltaic and renewable energy technology
- World-first degree in photovoltaics
- Proven track record in commercialising technologies
- Extensive alumni network, with many in senior industry leadership roles
Impact
- Solar cells across the rooftops of the world
Successful applications
- First 25.0% silicon solar cell more than a decade before others
- PERC solar cell structure developed at UNSW dominates the industry
- Current world-record holder for large area perovskite, CZTS, and one-sun system efficiency
Capabilities and facilities
- Solar Energy Research Facility (SERF)—an on-campus R&D pilot line for silicon wafer solar cells
- State-of-the-art labs for cutting edge academic research in silicon wafer, perovskite, CZTS, organic, and silicon-based tandem (including III-V) fabrication and characterisation