The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) has partnerships, publications, awards and world records.  ACAP also supports the next generation of researchers: PhD, Master students, Early Career Researchers and Honour students.  Below are some of ACAP’s highlights for 2019.

Partnerships

• 21 Partners
• 6 Australian Organisations
• 8 Industry Partners
• 7 US Partners

Since 2013, we have published

• 27 Hot Papers
• 56 Highly Cited Papers
• 1,050 Total Publications

Through 2019, we have

• Been mentioned in newspaper and magazine articles 227 times
• Delivered 134 keynote and plenary talks, public lectures and other outreach events
• Applied for 45 new patents and
• Had 5 publications on the cover of influential journals in the field.

AWARDS

7 International Awards and 9 National Awards received by individuals and teams working within ACAP throughout 2019.

Technology Development: Efficiency Records – 11 Independently confirmed world records since 2013

• Split-spectrum concentrator – 40.6%
• One-sun minimodule – 34.5%
• Tandem cell stack – 30%
• Rear contact cell – 25%
• Solar-grade silicon cell – 25%
• 1.02 cm² Perovskite cell – 21.6%
• 2D perovskite cell – 16%
• PbSe CQD cell – 10.4%
• 0.1cm² OPV – 9.75%

Next Generation

We have supported

• 101 Master students (30 new in 2019)
• 124 Early Career Researchers (16 new)
• 211 Honours students (25 new)
• 313 PhD students (19 new)

For more information, please download the 2019 ACAP Annual Report