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Centre of Excellence location in Sydney. |
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The ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence is located at
the Kensington campus of the University of New South Wales,
about 6 km from the heart of Sydney and close to its world
famous beaches including Bondi, Coogee and Maroubra .
Organisationally, the Centre of Excellence is located within
the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
within the
Faculty of Engineering. The Centre of Excellence has a large
range of laboratory facilities; these include the Photovoltaics
Research Laboratory, the Device Characterisation Laboratory,
the Optoelectronic Research area, the Thin-Film Cell Laboratory
and the Industry Collaborative Laboratory. Facilities developed
in 2003 include the acquisition of the Thin-Film Cleanroom
facility at Botany, 5km south-west of the main campus; the
extension of the equipment inventory and functionality of
the Optoelectronics characterization area; and continuing
development of the Industry Collaborative Laboratory. Systems
work is also accessible through the Little Bay Research Facility,
near Maroubra. |