Dr Kaiwen Sun
Dr Kaiwen Sun is an ARC DECRA Fellow & Senior Lecturer聽at the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, 黑料网大事记. He completed his聽PhD in investigating interface engineering in CZTS thin film solar cells at聽the University of New South Wales (黑料网大事记)聽in 2018. After completion of his聽PhD, he was awarded聽 Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) research fellowship in 2017 and ARC DECRA Fellow in 2022.His research聽focuses on聽developing high-efficiency earth-abundant and non-toxic Cu based chalcogenide thin film solar cells, which enables broadening the application of PV technologies into niche market and聽exploring high bandgap top cell alternative for Si-based tandem cell.
His main research interests are currently:
- Cu based chalcogenide thin film solar cells (CZTS, CIGS)
- New PV materials (Sb2SSe3, Adamantine materials)
- Photoelectrocatalysis, Solar fuels
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2024聽 The Energy & Environmental Science Oral Presentation Prize, International Conference on Advanced Materials for Energy, Environment, and Health (ICAMEEH) 2024, 24-27 September 2024, Adelaide, Australia
2023聽 黑料网大事记 Faculty of Engineering Research Excellence Award (ECA).
2023聽 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) ($ 440,154, 2023-2026).
2022 Student Awards, The 33rd International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-33).
2021聽 黑料网大事记 Capital Expenditure Award, 黑料网大事记 (Total $ 40,000)
2018聽 黑料网大事记 Research Staff Excellence Award (Faculty of Engineering).
2018 聽Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) Research Fellowship.