Dr Matt Edwards

BEng UNSW (Class 1 Hons), PhD UNSW

Technology Transfer Team, Program Manager

Contact Details
Office Location: Room 220, TETB (H6) Building
Email: matte@unsw.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9385-6048
Fax: +61 2 9385-7762


Matt Edward's CV (PDF 42 kb)

Teaching Areas

  • Solar Cells and Systems
  • Sustainable and Renewable Energy

Research Interests

  • Commercialisation of first generation photovoltaics
  • N-type solar cells
  • Solar cell metallisation

Selected Publications

  • M. Edwards, J. Bocking, J. Cotter, N. Bennett, “Screen-print selective diffusions for high-efficiency industrial silicon solar cells”, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 16(1), 2008.
  • M. Edwards, S. Bowden, U. Das, M. Burrows, “Effect of Texturing and Surface Preparation on Lifetime and Cell Performance in Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 92(11), 2008.
  • A. Sugianto, L. Mai, M. Edwards, B. Tjahjono, and S. Wenham “Investigation of Al-Doped Emitter on N-Type Rear Junction Solar Cells”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 57(2), 2010.
  • M. Edwards, S. Bowden, U. Das, “Texturing for Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells”, Conference Record of the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Milan, Italy, 2007. (Oral presentation)
  • M. Edwards, J. Bocking, J. Cotter, “Application of Photoluminescence to Screen Printed Silicon Solar Cell Fabrication”, Conference Record of the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Milan, Italy, 2007. (Oral presentation)
  • M. Edwards, G. Yao, F. Chen, J. Cotter, “Metallisation for n-type, stencil printed silicon solar cells”, Technical Digest of the 15th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Shanghai, China, 2005. (Oral presentation)
  • L. Mai, B. Tjahjono, A. Sugianto, M. Edwards, Z. Hameiri, S. Wenham, “Aluminium-Alloyed Rear Junction Laser Doped Contact Solar Cells On Cz N-Type Silicon”, Technical Digest of the 18th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Kolkata, India, 2009. (Oral presentation)
  • L. Mai, Z. Hameiri, B. Tjahjono, A. Sugianto, M. Edwards, S. Wenham, "Rear Junction Laser Doped Solar Cells on CZ N-Type Silicon", Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, USA. (Oral presentation)
  • M. Edwards, J. Cotter, “Simple structures for n-type, screen and stencil printed silicon solar cells”, Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference, Canberra, Australia, 2006. (Oral presentation)
  • N. Bennett, M. Edwards, J. Cotter, “Initial investigations of localised screen print diffusions for solar cells” Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference, Canberra, Australia, 2006. (Oral presentation)