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Associate Professor Stephen Bremner
Associate Professor

Associate Professor Stephen Bremner

Engineering
Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

Dr. Stephen Bremner is an Associate Professor in the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

Teaching Areas

  • Engineering Design (ENGG1000)
  • Electronic Devices (SOLA2060)

Research interests

  • Third generation Photovoltaics including materials for hot carrier solar cells
  • Nanostructures for novel Photovoltaic Devices, including nanowires
  • III-V compound semiconductor growth by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
  • Multi-junction solar cells, collaborating with Ohio State University (USA) - currently hold III-V on silicon world record
  • Limiting Efficiencies of novel Photovoltaic paradigms 
  • Novel processing for conventional silicon solar cells

 

Current PhD opportunities:

Molecular Beam Epitaxy growth of III-V materials on Silicon

Growth and Characterisation of InAs/GaAs(Sb) quantum dot structures for PV devices

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of Gallium Arsenide Bismide

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of low band gap materials such as InSb for novel energy applications  

Novel rear contacting process for Silicon solar cells

Silicon sub-cell optimisation for III-V on silicon multi-junction solar cells

Nanowires for hot carrier solar cells
Phone
+61 2 9065 8844
E-mail
spbremner@unsw.edu.au
Location
Office Location: 217, Tyree Energy Technologies Building
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Mahmud MA; Zheng J; Tang S; Liao C; Wang G; Bing J; Leung TL; Bui AD; Chen H; Yi J; Bremner SP; Nguyen HT; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2023, 'Water-Free, Conductive Hole Transport Layer for Reproducible Perovskite-Perovskite Tandems with Record Fill Factor', ACS Energy Letters, vol. 8, pp. 21 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02164
    Journal articles | 2023
    Zheng J; Duan W; Guo Y; Zhao ZC; Yi H; Ma FJ; Granados Caro L; Yi C; Bing J; Tang S; Qu J; Fong KC; Cui X; Zhu Y; Yang L; Lambertz A; Arafat Mahmud M; Chen H; Liao C; Wang G; Jankovec M; Xu C; Uddin A; Cairney JM; Bremner S; Huang S; Ding K; McKenzie DR; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2023, 'Efficient monolithic perovskite-Si tandem solar cells enabled by an ultra-thin indium tin oxide interlayer', Energy and Environmental Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ee04007g
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chen H; Zheng J; Ballestas-Barrientos A; Bing J; Liao C; Yuen AKL; Fois CAM; Valtchev P; Proschogo N; Bremner SP; Atwater HA; Boyer C; Maschmeyer T; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2022, 'Solar-Driven Co-Production of Hydrogen and Value-Add Conductive Polyaniline Polymer', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202204807
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chen H; Zheng J; Ballestas‐Barrientos A; Bing J; Liao C; Yuen AKL; Fois CAM; Valtchev P; Proschogo N; Bremner SP; Atwater HA; Boyer C; Maschmeyer T; Ho‐Baillie AWY, 2022, 'Solar‐Driven Co‐Production of Hydrogen and Value‐Add Conductive Polyaniline Polymer (Adv. Funct. Mater. 52/2022)', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 32, pp. 2270299 - 2270299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202270299
    Journal articles | 2022
    Mahmud MA; Zheng J; Tang S; Wang G; Bing J; Bui AD; Qu J; Yang L; Liao C; Chen H; Bremner SP; Nguyen HT; Cairney J; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2022, 'Cation-Diffusion-Based Simultaneous Bulk and Surface Passivations for High Bandgap Inverted Perovskite Solar Cell Producing Record Fill Factor and Efficiency', Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202201672
    Journal articles | 2022
    Shahrokhi S; Dubajic M; Dai ZZ; Bhattacharyya S; Mole RA; Rule KC; Bhadbhade M; Tian R; Mussakhanuly N; Guan X; Yin Y; Nielsen MP; Hu L; Lin CH; Chang SLY; Wang D; Kabakova IV; Conibeer G; Bremner S; Li XG; Cazorla C; Wu T, 2022, 'Anomalous Structural Evolution and Glassy Lattice in Mixed-Halide Hybrid Perovskites', Small, vol. 18, pp. e2200847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202200847
    Journal articles | 2022
    Yang Y; Bremner S; Menictas C; Kay M, 2022, 'Modelling and optimal energy management for battery energy storage systems in renewable energy systems: A review', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 167, pp. 112671 - 112671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112671
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zheng J; Wang G; Duan W; Mahmud MA; Yi H; Xu C; Lambertz A; Bremner S; Ding K; Huang S; Ho-Baillie AWY, 2022, 'Monolithic Perovskite-Perovskite-Silicon Triple-Junction Tandem Solar Cell with an Efficiency of over 20%', ACS Energy Letters, vol. 7, pp. 3003 - 3005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01556
    Journal articles | 2021
    Fast J; Aeberhard U; Bremner SP; Linke H, 2021, 'Hot-carrier optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor nanowires', Applied Physics Reviews, vol. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0038263
    Journal articles | 2021
    Isaza A; Kay M; Evans JP; Bremner S; Prasad A, 2021, 'Validation of Australian atmospheric aerosols from reanalysis data and CMIP6 simulations', Atmospheric Research, vol. 264, pp. 105856 - 105856, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105856
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lepkowski DL; Grassman TJ; Boyer JT; Chmielewski DJ; Yi C; Juhl MK; Soeriyadi AH; Western N; Mehrvarz H; Römer U; Ho-Baillie A; Kerestes C; Derkacs D; Whipple SG; Stavrides AP; Bremner SP; Ringel SA, 2021, '23.4% monolithic epitaxial GaAsP/Si tandem solar cells and quantification of losses from threading dislocations', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 230, pp. 111299 - 111299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111299
    Journal articles | 2021
    Poddar S; Evans JP; Kay M; Prasad A; Bremner S, 2021, 'Estimation of future changes in photovoltaic potential in Australia due to climate change', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2a64
    Journal articles | 2021
    Prasad AA; Yang Y; Kay M; Menictas C; Bremner S, 2021, 'Synergy of solar photovoltaics-wind-battery systems in Australia', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 152, pp. 111693 - 111693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111693
    Journal articles | 2021
    Pusch A; Bremner SP; Tayebjee MJY; Daukes NJE, 2021, 'Microscopic reversibility demands lower open circuit voltage in multiple exciton generation solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0049120
    Journal articles | 2021
    Pusch A; Dubajic M; Nielsen MP; Conibeer GJ; Bremner SP; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2021, 'Optoelectronic reciprocity in hot carrier solar cells with ideal energy selective contacts', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 29, pp. 433 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3386
    Journal articles | 2021
    Sun Z; Yi C; Hameiri Z; Bremner SP, 2021, 'Investigation of the selectivity-mechanism of copper (I) sulfide (Cu2S) as a dopant-free carrier selective contact for silicon solar cells', Applied Surface Science, vol. 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149727
    Journal articles | 2020
    Yi C; Ma FJ; Mizuno H; Makita K; Sugaya T; Takato H; Mehrvarz H; Bremner S; Ho-Baillie A, 2020, 'Application of polydimethylsiloxane surface texturing on III-V//Si tandem achieving more than 2 % absolute efficiency improvement', Optics Express, vol. 28, pp. 3895 - 3904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.380972
    Journal articles | 2020
    Yi C; Western NJ; Ma FJ; Ho-Baillie A; Bremner SP, 2020, 'The Role of Grown-In Defects in Silicon Minority Carrier Lifetime Degradation during Thermal Treatment in Epitaxial Growth Chambers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 10, pp. 1299 - 1306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3008791
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zhao J; Ho-Baillie A; Bremner SP, 2020, 'Pulsed laser deposition nickel oxide on crystalline silicon as hole selective contacts', Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Nanotechnology and Microelectronics, vol. 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.5124840
    Journal articles | 2019
    Yang Y; Bremner S; Menictas C; Kay M, 2019, 'A mixed receding horizon control strategy for battery energy storage system scheduling in a hybrid pv andwind power plant with different forecast techniques', Energies, vol. 12, pp. 2326 - 2326, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12122326
    Journal articles | 2019
    Zhang Z; Ghosh K; Faleev NN; Wang H; Honsberg CB; Reece P; Bremner SP, 2019, 'Sb dissociative surface coverage model for incorporation of antimony in GaAsSb layers grown on GaAs (0 0 1) substrates', Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 526, pp. 125231 - 125231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2019.125231
    Journal articles | 2018
    Yang Y; Bremner S; Menictas C; Kay M, 2018, 'Battery energy storage system size determination in renewable energy systems: A review', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 91, pp. 109 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.047
    Journal articles | 2018
    Zhao J; Ma FJ; Ding K; Zhang H; Jie J; Ho-Baillie A; Bremner SP, 2018, 'Advanced interface modelling of n-Si/HNO 3 doped graphene solar cells to identify pathways to high efficiency', Applied Surface Science, vol. 434, pp. 102 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.10.163
    Journal articles | 2017
    Conibeer G; Zhang Y; Bremner SP; Shrestha S, 2017, 'Towards an understanding of hot carrier cooling mechanisms in multiple quantum wells', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.091201
    Journal articles | 2017
    Huang S; Cao W; Yuan L; Patterson R; Wen X; Tapping P; Kee T; Puthen-Veettil B; Zhang P; Zhang Z; Oiuyang Z; Reece P; Bremner S; Shrestha S; Conibeer G, 2017, 'Difference in hot carrier cooling rate between  Langmuir-Blodgett and drop cast PbS QDs films due to strong electron-phonon coupling', Nanoscale, vol. 9, pp. 17133 - 17142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7nr05247b
    Journal articles | 2017
    Liao Y; Zhang P; Bremner S; Shrestha S; Huang S; Conibeer G, 2017, 'Resonant Tunneling through Monolayer Si Colloidal Quantum Dots and Ge Nanocrystals', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201605348
    Journal articles | 2017
    Limpert S; Burke A; Chen IJ; Anttu N; Lehmann S; Fahlvik S; Bremner S; Conibeer G; Thelander C; Pistol ME; Linke H, 2017, 'Bipolar Photothermoelectric Effect Across Energy Filters in Single Nanowires', Nano Letters, vol. 17, pp. 4055 - 4060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00536
    Journal articles | 2017
    Limpert S; Burke A; Chen IJ; Anttu N; Lehmann S; Fahlvik S; Bremner S; Conibeer G; Thelander C; Pistol ME; Linke H, 2017, 'Single-nanowire, low-bandgap hot carrier solar cells with tunable open-circuit voltage', Nanotechnology, vol. 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa8984
    Journal articles | 2017
    Zhang Z; Huang Y; Reece PJ; Bremner SP, 2017, 'Influence of GaAsSb structural properties on the optical properties of InAs/GaAsSb quantum dots', Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, vol. 94, pp. 7 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2017.07.007
    Journal articles | 2017
    Zhang Z; Tan S; Kim Y; Liu Z; Reece PJ; Bremner SP, 2017, 'Effect of Sb and As spray on emission characteristics of InAs quantum dots with AlAs capping layer', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aa8660
    Journal articles | 2016
    Bremner SP; Yi C; Almansouri I; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2016, 'Optimum band gap combinations to make best use of new photovoltaic materials', Solar Energy, vol. 135, pp. 750 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.06.042
    Journal articles | 2016
    Green MA; Bremner SP, 2016, 'Energy conversion approaches and materials for high-efficiency photovoltaics', Nature Materials, vol. 16, pp. 23 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat4676
    Journal articles | 2016
    Smyth T; Dvorak M; Tayebjee MJY; Yasarapudi VB; Xia H; Feng Y; Wang Y; Puthen-Veettil B; Huang S; Shrestha S; Bremner SP; Schmidt TW; Sugiyama M; Conibeer GJ, 2016, 'Hot carrier cooling in In0.17Ga0.83As/GaAs0.80P0.20 multiple quantum wells: The effect of barrier thickness', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 6, pp. 166 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2480222
    Journal articles | 2016
    Zhang Y; Tayebjee MJY; Smyth S; Dvořák M; Wen X; Xia H; Heilmann M; Liao Y; Zhang Z; Williamson T; Williams J; Bremner S; Shrestha S; Huang S; Schmidt TW; Conibeer GJ, 2016, 'Extended hot carrier lifetimes observed in bulk In0.265±0.02Ga0.735N under high-density photoexcitation', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4945594
    Journal articles | 2015
    Almansouri I; Bremner S; Ho-Baillie A; Mehrvarz H; Hao X; Conibeer G; Grassman TJ; Carlin JA; Haas A; Ringel SA; Green MA, 2015, 'Designing bottom silicon solar cells for multijunction devices', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, pp. 683 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2381875
    Journal articles | 2015
    Almansouri I; Ho-Baillie A; Bremner SP; Green MA, 2015, 'Supercharging Silicon Solar Cell Performance by Means of Multijunction Concept', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, pp. 968 - 976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2395140
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dai L; Bremner SP; Tan S; Wang S; Zhang G; Liu Z, 2015, 'Raman scattering study on Sb spray InAs/GaAs quantum dot nanostructure systems', Nanoscale Research Letters, vol. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-0908-1
    Journal articles | 2015
    Limpert SC; Bremner SP, 2015, 'Hot carrier extraction using energy selective contacts and its impact on the limiting efficiency of a hot carrier solar cell', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928750
    Journal articles | 2015
    Western NJ; Perez-Wurfl I; Wenham SR; Bremner SP, 2015, 'Point-contacting by localised dielectric breakdown: Characterisation of a metallisation technique for the rear surface of a solar cell', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4927282
    Journal articles | 2015
    Western NJ; Perez-Wurfl I; Wenham SR; Bremner SP, 2015, 'Point-contacting by localized dielectric breakdown with breakdown fields described by the weibull distribution', IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 62, pp. 1826 - 1830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2015.2423292
    Journal articles | 2014
    Dai L; Bremner SP; Tan S; Wang S; Zhang G; Liu Z, 2014, 'Suppression of dislocations by Sb spray in the vicinity of InAs/GaAs quantum dots', Nanoscale Research Letters, vol. 9, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-278
    Journal articles | 2013
    Bremner SP; Ban KY; Faleev NN; Honsberg CB; Smith DJ, 2013, 'Impact of stress relaxation in GaAsSb cladding layers on quantum dot creation in InAs/GaAsSb structures grown on GaAs (001)', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4819962
    Journal articles | 2013
    Western NJ; Sung AY; Wenham SR; Bremner S, 2013, 'Localized ohmic contact through a passivation dielectric for solar cell rear surface design', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 102, pp. 4 pp., http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4809820
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ban KY; Kuciauskas D; Honsberg CB; Bremner S, 2012, 'Observation of band alignment transition in InAs/GaAsSb quantum dots by photoluminescence', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4717766
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ikpi ME; Atkinson P; Bremner SP; Ritchie DA, 2012, 'Fabrication of a self-aligned cross-wire quantum-dot chain light emitting diode by molecular beam epitaxial regrowth', Nanotechnology, vol. 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/23/22/225304
    Journal articles | 2011
    Ban KY; Hong WK; Bremner S; Dahal S; McFelea H; Honsberg CB, 2011, 'Controllability of the subband occupation of InAs quantum dots on a delta-doped GaAsSb barrier', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 109, pp. 014312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3527039
    Journal articles | 2010
    Ban KY; Bremner S; Liu G; Dahal S; Norman A; Honsberg CB, 2010, 'Use of a GaAsSb buffer layer for the formation of small, uniform, and dense InAs quantum dots', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 96, pp. 183101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3409691
    Journal articles | 2010
    Bremner S; Ghosh K; Nataraj L; Cloutier SG; Honsberg CB, 2010, 'Influence of Sb/As soak times on the structural and optical properties of GaAsSb/GaAs interfaces', Thin Solid Films, vol. 519, pp. 64 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.07.060
    Journal articles | 2010
    Dahal S; Bremner S; Honsberg CB, 2010, 'Identification of candidate material systems for quantum dot solar cells using a k.p method to include strain', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 18, pp. 233 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.937
    Journal articles | 2008
    Atkinson P; Schmidt OG; Bremner SP; Ritchie DA, 2008, 'Formation and ordering of epitaxial quantum dots', Comptes Rendus Physique, vol. 9, pp. 788 - 803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crhy.2008.10.014
    Journal articles | 2008
    Bremner SP; Levy MY; Honsberg CB, 2008, 'Analysis of tandem solar cell efficiencies under AM1.5G spectrum using a rapid flux calculation method', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 16, pp. 225 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.799
    Journal articles | 2008
    Bremner SP; Levy MY; Honsberg CB, 2008, 'Limiting efficiency of an intermediate band solar cell under a terrestrial spectrum', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2907493
    Journal articles | 2006
    Atkinson P; Bremner SP; Anderson D; Jones GAC; Ritchie DA, 2006, 'Size evolution of site-controlled InAs quantum dots grown by molecular beam epitaxy on prepatterned GaAs substrates', Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 24, pp. 1523 - 1526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.2190674
    Journal articles | 2006
    Atkinson P; Ward MB; Bremner SP; Anderson D; Farrow T; Jones GAC; Shields AJ; Ritchie DA, 2006, 'Site control of InAs quantum dot nucleation by ex situ electron-beam lithographic patterning of GaAs substrates', Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, vol. 32, pp. 21 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2005.12.007
    Journal articles | 2006
    Atkinson P; Ward MB; Bremner SP; Anderson D; Farrow T; Jones GAC; Shields AJ; Ritchie DA, 2006, 'Site-control of InAs quantum dots using Ex-situ electron-beam lithographic patterning of GaAs substrates', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers, vol. 45, pp. 2519 - 2521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.45.2519
    Journal articles | 2006
    Gell JR; Atkinson P; Bremner SP; Sfigakis F; Kataoka M; Anderson D; Jones GAC; Barnes CHW; Ritchie DA; Ward MB; Norman CE; Shields AJ, 2006, 'Surface-acoustic-wave-driven luminescence from a lateral p-n junction', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, pp. 243505 - 243505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2405419
    Journal articles | 2006
    Gevaux DG; Atkinson P; Anderson D; Bennett AJ; Bremner SP; Griffiths J; Ellis DJP; Stevenson RM; Jones GAC; Ritchie DA; Shields AJ, 2006, 'Controlling spontaneous emission from quantum dots using photonic crystal microcavities', Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, vol. 3, pp. 3676 - 3679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.200671514
  • Preprints | 2023
    Hanif M; Dubajic M; Sreerag SJ; Kini RN; Conibeer GJ; Nielsen MP; Bremner SP, 2023, Long-Lived Coherent Acoustic Phonons in Epitaxially Grown III-V Adiabatic Cavities
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Lepkowski DL; Boyer JT; Yi C; Soeriyadi AH; Blumer ZH; Juhl MK; Derkacs D; Kerestes C; Stavrides A; Mehrvarz H; Ho-Baillie AWY; Bremner S; Ringel SA; Grassman TJ, 2020, 'Loss Analysis and Design Strategies Enabling >23% GaAsP/Si Tandem Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1884 - 1886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300787
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Conibeer G; Shrestha S; Bremner S; Zhang Y; Tayebjee M; Dubajic M, 2019, 'Slowed hot carrier cooling in multiple quantum wells for application to hot carrier solar cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2513176
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Grassman TJ; Lepkowski DL; Boyer JT; Chmielewski DJ; Yi C; Western N; Mehrvarz H; Ho-Baillie A; Kerestes C; Derkacs D; Whipple SG; Stavrides AP; Bremner SP; Ringel SA, 2019, 'Toward >25% Efficient Monolithic Epitaxial GaAsP/Si Tandem Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 734 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980574
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Yi C; Western N; Ma FJ; Ho-Baillie A; Bremner S, 2019, 'On the Origin of Silicon Lifetime Degradation during Anneal in III-V Material Growth Chambers', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1074 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980846
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Ekins-Daukes NJ; Soeriyadi A; Zhao W; Bremner S; Pusch A, 2018, 'Loss analysis for single junction concentrator solar cells', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5053511
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Yang Y; Bremner S; Menictas C; Meng K; Dong ZY; Kay M, 2018, 'An economic optimization for BESS sizing in a hybrid PV and wind power plant', in 2017 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia: Smart Grid for Smart Community, ISGT-Asia 2017, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2017.8378353
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Yang Y; Menictas C; Bremner S; Kay M, 2018, 'A Comparison Study of Dispatching Various Battery Technologies in a Hybrid PV and Wind Power Plant', in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585803
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Ye Q; Western NJ; Liao A; Bremner SP, 2018, 'Thermally Diffused Point Contacting by Localized Dielectric Breakdown Solar Cells with Boron Etch Back', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 1086 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548148
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Yi C; Ma FJ; Mehrvarz H; Lepkowski D; Boyer J; Chmielewski D; Carlin JA; Ringel SA; Grassman TJ; Ho-Baillie A; Bremner S, 2018, 'Effect of Silicon Front Surface Doping Profile on GaP/Si Heterostructure for III-V/GaP/Si Multi-junction Solar Cells', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, IEEE, Waikoloa Village, HI, USA, pp. 275 - 278, presented at World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7) 2018, Waikoloa Village, HI, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547600
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Zhao J; Xu Y; Ma F; Ho-Baillie A; Zhang H; Bremner S, 2018, 'Simulation of Solar Cells Employing 2 Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide - Silicon Front Surfaces', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 2092 - 2096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547793
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Conibeer G; Zhang Y; Bremner S; Shrestha S, 2017, 'Hot carrier cooling mechanisms in multiple quantum wells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2251927
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Liao A; Western NJ; Ye Q; Bremner SP, 2017, 'Investigation of voltage processing window for point-contacting by localised dielectric breakdown', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 59 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366693
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Liao A; Western NJ; Ye Q; Bremner SP, 2016, 'Investigation of voltage processing window for point-contacting by localised dielectric breakdown', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2938 - 2942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750197
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Grassman TJ; Carlin JA; Carnevale SD; Al Mansouri I; Mehrvarz H; Bremner S; Ho-Baillie A; García-Tabarés E; Rey-Stolle I; Green MA; Ringe SA, 2014, 'Progress toward a Si-plus architecture: Epitaxially-integrable Si sub-cells for III-V/Si multijunction photovoltaics', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver, CO, USA, pp. 3439 - 3442, presented at 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Denver, CO, USA, 08 June 2014 - 18 June 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC-Vol2.2014.7588253
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Limpert S; Ghosh K; Wagner H; Bowden S; Honsberg C; Goodnick S; Bremner S; Ho-Baillie A; Green M, 2014, 'Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 836 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925045
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Ringel SA; Carlin JA; Grassman TJ; Galiana B; Carlin AM; Ratcliff C; Chmielewski D; Yang L; Mills MJ; Mansouri A; Bremner SP; Ho-Baillie A; Hao X; Mehrvarz H; Conibeer G; Green MA, 2013, 'Ideal GaP/Si heterostructures grown by MOCVD: III-V/active-Si subcells, multijuntions, and MBE-to-MOCVD III-V/Si interface science', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 3383 - 3388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745175
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Western NJ; Bremner SP, 2013, 'Localized ohmic contact through a passivation dielectric for novel rear surface design solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 904 - 907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744290

Current Grants

ARENA 2014 RND068 Towards Ultimate Performance Commercial Silicon Solar Cells

ARENA 2017 RND008 Next Generation Silicon sub-cells for high efficiency III-V/Si multi-junction solar cells

Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP170102677 Uncovering hot carrier cooling mechanisms in nano structures

Sub-contracts

US Department of Energy SunShot program DE-FOA-0001387 GaAsP/Si Tandem Solar Cells: Pathway to Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Photovoltaics