Doctoral advisor John Shewchun Name Martin Green | Role Professor Academic advisor John Shewchun | |
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Born Martin Andrew Green July 20, 1948 (age 76) ( 1948-07-20 ) Thesis Properties and applications of the metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunnel diode (1974) Notable awards | ||
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Martin Andrew Green AM ForMemRS (born 20 July 1948) is an Australian professor at the University of New South Wales who works on solar energy. He is editor-in-chief of the academic journal Progress in Photovoltaics.
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- Education
- Research
- Awards and honours
- References
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Education
Green was born in Brisbane and was educated at the selective Brisbane State High School, graduated from University of Queensland and completed his PhD on a Commonwealth Scholarship at McMaster University in Canada, where he specialised in solar energy. In 1974, at the University of New South Wales, he initiated the Solar Photovoltaics Group which soon worked on the development of silicon solar cells. The group had their success in the early 80s through producing a 20% efficient silicon cell, which now has been improved to 25%.
Research
Green has published several books on solar cells both for popular science and deep research. The "buried contact solar cell" was developed at UNSW in 1984. Green also serves on the Board of the Sydney-based Pacific Solar Pty Ltd. (now known as CSG Solar), as Research Director. Green's portrait was painted with fellow scientist, Ross Garnaut for the Archibald Prize 2010. The painting was a finalist, losing to a portrait of Tim Minchin.
Awards and honours
Green has received several awards including:
His nomination for the Royal Society reads: