*The colloquium will be in English, the event is open to the public, light refreshments will be served after the talk.

Abstract:
The evolution of photovoltaic technology are examined, looking at pioneers in the industry and the shift in commercial production to cells with higher conversion efficiency. Different photovoltaic cell technologies are compared, and future trends for photovoltaic solar energy, not only as a major renewable energy source, but as a significant overall source of primary energy will be discussed.

About the speaker:
Martin Green is currently Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia and Director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics involving several other Australian Universities.

His group's contributions to photovoltaics are well known and include a massive 50% improvement in the efficiency of silicon solar cells from 1983, listed in Elsevier’s Handbook of Energy as one of the “Top Ten” Milestones in photovoltaics history. Other contributions include demonstrating the first conversion of sunlight to electricity with over 40% efficiency and commercialization of several different cell technologies, including PERC cells, invented at UNSW and expected to dominate commercial cell production in the 2020s.

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 This event is part of the CyI Colloquium Series