• Csiro, Undefined

Abstract

The Solar Technologies Group represents CSIRO’s core capability in solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies for power generation and energy storage. Our research activities cover the entire technology chain including new materials discovery, component design, fabrication and optimisation, materials and characterization. We operate Australia’s largest pilot scale concentrated solar thermal fields, towers and receivers as a dedicated R&D facility and have established and operate the Southern Hemisphere’s only accredited facility for standard performance measurement of photovoltaics (IEC17025) and flash and outdoor module testing through our Photovoltaics Performance Laboratory (PVPL).In this talk I will provide an overview of the CSIRO Solar Technologies Group and Capability and then focus on our R&D into high-performance photovoltaics based on perovskite semiconductors, illustrated by a recent international collaboration where we discover that new levels of structural variation and compressive strain on the grain-scale manifest in increased defect levels which ultimately lower performance [1] and end with an overview of CSIRO’s technical approach to scaling these materials reducing a barrier for commercialisation: lateral scale-up.

Topics

• perovskite
• grain
• semiconductor
• defect