A/Prof. Murad Tayebjee

Group Leader & ARC Future Fellow

I use lasers to understand how light and matter interact. My overarching aim is to be able to design new solar energy harvesting devices.

As an educator I’m interested in the best way of training the generation students that must solve society’s sustainability challenges

I completed my PhD at The University of Sydney in 2012. After this, I was awarded an ARENA Postdoctoral Fellowship at UNSW from 2013-2016. I moved to The University of Cambridge after winning a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship (2016-2018), before returning to UNSW in 2018 and founding the spectre research group. I began an ARC Future Fellowship as an Associate Professor in January 2024.

Munavvar Fairoos Mele Kavungathodi

Postdoctoral Researcher

My research focuses on the photochemistry of light-absorbing molecules, charge/energy transfer dynamics, time-resolved absorption/emission spectroscopy and photovoltaic device fabrication.

I received my M.Sc.Tech. degree in Chemistry from National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India. Then, I moved to CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), India as a project fellow, where I worked on the CSIR-TAPSUN project to develop photovoltaic technologies for solar energy utilization. In 2019, I was awarded the University of Wollongong (UOW) HDR Scholarship to pursue a doctoral degree in Chemistry. My PhD thesis was focussed on the electron transfer dynamics at the electrode-bound dye/electrolyte interface. I joined spectre in 2023.

Jingnan (Taffy) Tong

Postdoctoral Researcher

My research focuses on the preparation of atomic layer deposited surfaces to facilitate both the passivation and interfacing of silicon solar cells with organic materials.

I completed my PhD at UNSW in 2018 on surface and contact passivation for silicon solar cells. Then I joined ANU as a research fellow where I worked on several ARENA projects developing interlayers for passivated contact solar cells. I was awarded an ACAP Postdoctoral Fellowship at ANU in 2021 before returning to UNSW in 2023.

Alvin Mo

RTP PhD Scholar

My research is primarily focused on the innovative application of singlet fission in photovoltaic devices, aiming to surpass the conventional thermodynamic limit. My ongoing research delves into exploring the carrier transport layer in singlet fission sensitized silicon solar cells, employing atomic layer deposition (ALD) techniques. This advanced method enables the precise fabrication of extremely thin and uniform passivation layers at the atomic level, which is crucial for optimizing the carrier transport layer in these specialized solar cells.

I currently work under the guidance of Prof. Bram Hoex and A/Prof. Murad Tayebjee at the School of Photovoltaic and Solar Energy Engineering (SPREE) at UNSW. I received an “Excellence Award” in 2020 in recognition of his outstanding academic achievements during his Master’s degree in Engineering Science, specializing in Photovoltaic and Solar Energy, at UNSW.

Miles Collins

RTP and SQA PhD Scholar

In my research, I try to understand how electron spin affects the performance of organic electronic devices, especially those that utilise triplet excitons for high-efficiency solar cells.

 

I'm a 3rd year PhD student under the joint supervision of A/Prof. Murad Tayebjee and Prof. Dane McCamey.

Ayrat Bayanov

4th year undergraduate

I’m studying ways to more efficiently drive excitons to where we want them.

I’m in my 4th year of a Bachelor of Engineering doing a thesis supervised by A/Prof. Murad Tayebjee

Zhangfan Qiao

Master’s student

Shaon Ahmed

4th year undergraduate student

MInh-Huy Vu-Tran

4th year undergraduate student

I’m studying the effect of passivation layer thickness on the overall passivation of silicon solar cells.

I’m a 2nd year Masters student, being supervised by Dr Taffy Tong and A/Prof. Murad Tayebjee

I’m studying the best way to make molecular layers for solar cells.

I’m a 4thd year undergraduate student, being supervised by Dr Munavvar Kavungathodi and A/Prof. Murad Tayebjee

I’m studying ways to passivate silicon using cheap solution processing.

I’m a 4th year undergraduate student, being supervised by Dr Taffy Tong and A/Prof. Murad Tayebjee