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Invitation to the ACAP Perovskite Stability Workshop December 6

ANU's Professor Klaus Weber is hosting a workshop for all ACAP members focused on stability in perovskites. Dec 6, 2025 UNSW.

ACAP teams are collaborating across Nodes and disciplines to speed up progress

ACAP's uniquely collaborative model is providing an unparalleled ecosystem for innovation. Research teams from different member...

Invitation to the ACAP Mini-Symposium on PV Characterisation

Invitation to the ACAP Mini-Symposium on Characterisation at UNSW

ACAP researchers share their deep knowledge at Japanese conference PVSEC-35

The breadth of progress in PV technology development being made by ACAP members and their teams is often on display at large global PV...

Open Instruments' high grade, specialist PL imaging tools can fast track perovskite R&D

ACAP research grant recipient Open Instruments is a small Sydney-based company building specialised, high-performance research-grade...

Will solar manufacturing in Australia cause prices to rise?

This was one of the questions put to the panel discussing Australia’s solar supply chain opportunity and the Albanese Government’s...

Outstanding PV research by ACAP-supported students recognised at EUPVSEC 2024

ACAP congratulates UNSW researchers Xutao Wang and Soma Zandi who were two of 16 Student Award Finalists at EUPVSEC 2024, the largest PV...

ACAP and CSIRO’s new roll-to-roll PV film printing/laminating facility is ready for industry partnerships

With ACAP support, Australia's national science agency CSIRO has commissioned a roll-to-roll (R2R) coater and lamination machine for the...

Aiko Solar Signs $4M R&D Partnership with ACAP to Revolutionise Silicon Solar Cells Efficiency

Aiko Solar, a global leader in solar cell manufacturing, has partnered with the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) in a...

ANU's Professor Andrew Blakers, co-inventor of PERC solar cell and expert in off-river pumped hydro, receives Clunies Ross Technology Innovation Award

ACAP member Professor Andrew Blakers is the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Clunies Ross Technology Innovation Award.

Invitation to the 2024 ACAP Conference, 6 December

Members of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, ACAP's Partners and ARENA are invited to our 2024 Conference.

ACAP and UNSW advance understanding of CZTS solar cell efficiency limitations

ACAP researchers show understanding the different atomic arrangements of CZTS is key to lifting efficiency of CZTS-based solar cells.

Is it possible for Australia to set up a competitive solar manufacturing industry?

ACAP ED Renate Egan explains to a Parliamentary inquiry why Australia should build capacity in the solar PV supply chain at home.

Professor Hao's multiple world record efficiencies with rising star kesterite solar cells

This article is extracted from ACAP 10 Years - Creating a Pipeline of Opportunities Featuring: Professor Xiaojing Hao ARC Future Fellow,...

ACAP-UNSW perovskite crystallisation breakthrough sports the front cover of prestigious energy journal

UNSW’s Dr. Meng Zhang and his co-researchers have made a giant stride towards commercialisation of perovskite solar cells, and a creative...

ACAP and Sydney University's perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell achieves 30% efficiency, joining an elite club

ACAP Sydney University Node Lead Professor Anita Ho Baillie and her team are making important progress towards commercial viability of...

ACAP researchers develop 'gold standard' tech for diagnosis of defects in solar utility plants using daytime photoluminescence imaging

With ACAP support, large scale surveillance of solar utility plants is now possible using PL imaging in daylight.

ACAP support propels Australian silicon PV research to world record efficiencies

Associate Professor Daniel Macdonald co-leads the silicon solar research at ANU as well as the University’s engagement with ACAP.

Who is leading on solar cell efficiency?

ACAP and other institutions focus on longer-term prospects in new materials and compositions that are more efficient, cheaper and greener.

ACAP institutes get free use of the SunSolve solar simulation tools through ARENA funding

SunSolve Yield and SunSolve Power are available free of charge to ACAP’s member institutes for three years.