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On 28 March, Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources Peter Batchelor announced $6 million in funding for the Organic Solar Cell consortium, involving the Monash node of ACES as a participant. Funding of $2million over the next three years will contribute directly to ACES research to develop and increase the efficiency of organic solar cells as an alternative to silicon based cells in the generation of solar power. |
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Boost to solar cell research |
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On Wednesday 16 May ACES hosted the inaugural Alan MacDiarmid symposium on organic conductors in memory of the late Nobel Prize winner. Professor MacDiarmid won the Nobel Prize for the revolutionary discovery that plastic can, after certain modifications, be made electrically conductive. Professor MacDiarmid died on February 7 this year and the Alan MacDiarmid Symposium on Organic Conductors has been established in his honour. The symposium will be held on alternative years in Australia and New Zealand. |
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Memorial symposium honours Prof MacDiarmid |
Issue No. 2 - June 2007
In this issue: Fast Read ¨ Prof Doug MacFarlane awarded ARC Federation Fellowship ¨ Key staff recognised by AAS ¨ Boost to solar cell research ¨ New laboratories for Monash node ¨ Energy Futures Network launched ¨ MacDiarmid Symposium success ¨ Research recognised in innovation competition Project Spotlight ¨ Energy Conversion Facilities Focus ¨ SECM ¨ Solar simulator ¨ TGA People Profile ¨ Dr Attila Mozer (UoW) ¨ Dr Udo Bach (Monash) Global activities ¨ ACES visits Ireland, Korea & Iran Calendar of Events News Index |