Harnessing Nanostructure for Printed Photovoltaics

Jacek Jasieniak completed his PhD in 2008 at the University of Melbourne in the area of solution processed quantum dot lasers. He then joined CSIRO where he initiated work on nanostructured solar cells using inorganic nanoparticles. His team developed a simple (and scalable) process for making high-efficiency, multi-layer devices. He is currently serving a secondiment, enabled by both the Fulbright and the Australian Solar Institute Fellowship schemes, at the University of California Santa Barbara under Nobel Prize winner Prof. Alan Heeger, where he working towards developing solution processed tandem solar cells.

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