Scientia Prof. Martin Green
BE MEngSc Qld., PhD McMaster, FAA, FTS, FIEEE
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Executive Research Director, ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence Contact Details |
Teaching Areas
- High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells
Research Interests
- Semiconductor Device physics
- Novel Semiconductor devices
- Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion
- Silicon Solar Cells
- Photovoltaic module design
- Photovoltaic device fabrication and characterisation
- Semiconductor device modelling
- Electrical energy storage
- Thin film crustalline silicon photovoltaic devices
Selected Publications
Author of 5 books, 9 book chapters, numerous reports, patents and conference papers, and over 300 papers in international refereed journals in the area of semiconductors, micro-electronics and solar cells. Several publications considered among his career best are:
- Green, M.A., and Shewchun, J., "Current Multiplication in Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) Tunnel Diodes", Solid-State Electronics 17, pp. 349-365, 1974.
- Green, M.A., "Limits on the Open Circuit Voltage and Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Imposed by Intrinsic Auger Processes", IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 31, pp. 671-8, 1984.
- Green, M.A., "Intrinsic Carrier Concentration, Effective Densities of States and Effective Mass in Silicon", J Applied Physics 67, pp.2944-2954, 1990.
- Green, M.A., "Depletion Region Recombination in Silicon Thin-Film Multilayer Solar Cells", Progress in Photovoltaics 4, pp. 375-380, 1996.
- Zhao, J., Wang, A., Green, M.A., and Ferrazza, F., "19.8% Efficient "Honeycomb" Textured Crystalline and 24.4% Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells", Applied Physics Letters 73, pp.1991-1993, 1998.
- Green, M.A., "Third Generation Photovoltaics: Ultra-High Efficiency at Low Cost", Progress in Photovoltaics 9, 123-135, 2001.
- Green, M.A., Zhao, J., Wang, A., Reece, P.J., Gal, M., "Efficient Silicon Light Emitting Diodes", Nature 405, pp. 805-808, 2001.
** More of Prof. Green's publications can be viewed in the Publications section of this website.


