Silicon solar cells dominate the commercial PV industry, but the highest performance solar cells consist of multiple compounds of “III-V” materials (multi-junction solar cells). A key barrier for III-V materials is cost, both in terms of fabrication, and the platform. In the III-V on Silicon group, we are working to combine the performance advantages of III-V materials with the cost advantages of a Silicon platform. 

Integrating the high efficiency silicon solar cell designs and processes developed at UNSW with the high quality deposited III-V materials from our collaborators at Ohio State University will enable more cost-effective high-performance solar cells. Already our work has led to two world record devices with more improvements expected in the near future.  

Our people

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Find more information on all the interesting projects we’re working on and request access to our materials 

Stephen Bremner
E: s.bremner@unsw.edu.au 

Research partnerships  

If you’re interested in becoming a postgraduate research candidate at SPREE, please connect with us. We also welcome partnerships with industry and would love to talk to you. 

Julie Lui (postgraduate enquiries) 
E: j.lui@unsw.edu.au

Bram Hoex (research partnerships) 
E: b.hoex@unsw.edu.au