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Dr. Zin won the federally funded 2020 Department of Energy DOE SETO Grant with the total award value of $380,000.

Through this DOE project, we expect the following outcomes:

    1. The development of a novel Ozone Oxide, a tunneling layer to be used in the high efficiency crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells
    2. Development of the comprehensive characterization techniques to determine the performance degradation of the Ozone Oxide
    3. These characterization techniques can be applied widely on other existing tunneling dielectrics
    4. Exploiting the advantages of the novel Ozone Oxide, high efficiency c-Si solar cells can be developed with low cost and high throughput techniques

The central objectives of our DOE project are:

    1. Adopting the techniques developed in this project, we expect to lower the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of manufacturing c-Si solar cells by 8 to 13%, relative to PERC technology
    2. Postdocs and students in this project will have the first hands to learn advanced characterization techniques and relevant PV technologies
    3. This project will also nurture next generation research leaders with necessary skills applicable to PV and other related industry sectors
    4. This project will pave the way for winning the multi-year funding from the funding agencies such as DOE with the total award value of up to 3 to 4 million.