Martin Green (professor)

Martin Green AM FRS FAA
Martin Green in 2015
Born	Martin Andrew Green (1948-07-20) 20 July 1948 (age 76) Brisbane, Australia
Citizenship	Australian
Alma mater	University of Queensland (BSc) McMaster University (PhD)
Awards	Pawsey Medal (1981) M. A. Sargent Medal (1994) Australia Prize (1999) Right Livelihood Award (2002) Millennium Technology Prize (2022) VinFuture Prize (2023)
Scientific career
Fields	Photovoltaics Solar Cells Solar energy Thermophotonics
Thesis	Properties and applications of the metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunnel diode  (1974)
Doctoral advisor	John Shewchun [1]
Website	research.unsw.edu.au/people/scientia-professor-martin-green

Martin Andrew Green AM FRS FAA (born 20 July 1948) is an Australian engineer and professor at the University of New South Wales who works on solar energy. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} He was awarded the 2021 Japan Prize for his achievements in the "Development of High-Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaic Devices". ^[8] He is editor-in-chief of the academic journal Progress in Photovoltaics . ^[9]

Education

Green was born in Brisbane on 20 July 1948, ^[10] 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.

Research

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. ^[2]

In the early 1980s, Green developed numerous technologies that increased the efficiency of solar power generation. ^{[11] : 143} Many of Green's students during this period later became significant in the development of China's solar industry, including Shi Zhengrong. ^{[11] : 143}

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. ^[12] Green also served on the Board of the Sydney-based Pacific Solar Pty Ltd (later known as CSG Solar), as Research Director.^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards and honours

Green has received many awards including:

• 1981 Pawsey Medal (Australian Academy) ^[13]
• 1988 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Energy Research^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1990 IEEE Cherry Award ^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1992 CSIRO External Medal^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1995 IEEE Ebers Award ^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1999 Australia Prize ^[14]
• 2000 Gold Medal from the Spanish Engineering Academy^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2000 Medal of Engineering Excellence for Distinguished Achievement in the Service of Humanity from the World Engineering Federation (Hannover, 2000)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2000 Millennium Award from the World Renewable Congress^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2002 Right Livelihood Award for "his dedication and outstanding success in the harnessing of solar energy, the key technological challenge of our age." ^[15]
• 2003 Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit Award from the University of Delaware ^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2006 Finalist, European Inventor of the Year (together with Stuart Wenham)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2008 Winner, 2008 New South Wales Scientist of the Year Award ^[16]
• 2009 Zayed Future Energy Prize finalist, recognised at the award ceremony for his ground breaking research in photovoltaic (PV) technology that will result in increased efficiencies, bringing solar energy closer to grid parity. ^[17]
• 2012 Member of the Order of Australia "for service to science education as an academic and researcher, particularly through the development of photovoltaic solar cell technology, and to professional associations."^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of London ^{[18] [19]}

His nomination for the Royal Society reads:

Professor Green is cited for his extensive and distinguished contributions to photovoltaic science and technology. These include identifying the fundamental limits upon silicon solar cell performance and then leading his team to demonstrate experimental devices approaching this limit, with 25% cell efficiency now demonstrated. This is over 50% relatively higher in performance than at the beginning of his work. He has also developed innovative commercial versions of these high performance devices and pioneered the field of "third generation" photovoltaics, investigating advanced photovoltaic device concepts targeting Carnot-like solar conversion efficiencies. ^[19]

• 2015 James Cook Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales
• 2016 Ian Wark Medal and Lecture ^[20]
• 2018 Celebrated Members of IEEE Electron Devices Society^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2018 The Global Energy Prize for research, development and educational activities in the field of photovoltaics that have revolutionized the efficiency and costs of solar photovoltaics, making this now the lowest cost option for bulk electricity supply ^[21]
• 2021 Japan Prize ^[22]
• 2022 Millennium Technology Prize ^{[23] [24]}
• 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for invention of PERC solar photovoltaic technology, alongside Andrew Blakers, Aihua Wang, and Jianhua Zhao. ^[25] On December 20, 2023, he was awarded the VinFuture Grand Prize for his involvement in the same innovation, along with M. Stanley Whittingham, Rachid Yazami, and Akira Yoshino. ^[26]
• 2024 Sydney Ferries named a brand new Parramatta River-class ferry after Martin Green ^[27]

References

1. Green, M. A.; Shewchun, J. (1974). "Current multiplication in metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunnel diodes". Solid-State Electronics. 17 (4): 349. Bibcode:1974SSEle..17..349G. doi:10.1016/0038-1101(74)90127-0.
2. Wolfe, Philip (22 May 2018). The Solar Generation. Wiley - IEEE. pp. 157, 258. ISBN   9781119425588.
3. Martin Green's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
4. Green, M. A.; Emery, K.; Hishikawa, Y.; Warta, W.; Dunlop, E. D. (2012). "Solar cell efficiency tables (version 39)". Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. 20: 12–20. doi:10.1002/pip.2163. S2CID   97769917.
5. Zhao, J.; Wang, A.; Green, M. A.; Ferrazza, F. (1998). "19.8% efficient "honeycomb" textured multicrystalline and 24.4% monocrystalline silicon solar cells". Applied Physics Letters. 73 (14): 1991. Bibcode:1998ApPhL..73.1991Z. doi:10.1063/1.122345.
6. Pillai, S.; Catchpole, K. R.; Trupke, T.; Green, M. A. (2007). "Surface plasmon enhanced silicon solar cells" (PDF). Journal of Applied Physics. 101 (9): 093105–093105–8. Bibcode:2007JAP...101i3105P. doi:10.1063/1.2734885. hdl: 1885/16942 .
7. Green, M. A.; Emery, K.; Hishikawa, Y.; Warta, W. (2011). "Solar cell efficiency tables (version 37)". Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. 19: 84–92. doi: 10.1002/pip.1088 . S2CID   97915368.
8. "The Japan Prize Foundation". www.japanprize.jp.
9. Progress in Photovoltaics, Editorial Board. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
10. "GREEN, Prof. Martin Andrew". Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
11. Lan, Xiaohuan (2024). How China Works: An Introduction to China's State-led Economic Development. Translated by Topp, Gary. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-981-97-0080-6. ISBN   978-981-97-0079-0.
12. http://gcep.stanford.edu/pdfs/QeJ5maLQQrugiSYMF3ATDA/2.2.6.green_06.pdf Archived 18 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
13. "Pawsey Medal | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
14. "13 Nov 2017 - Professor Martin A Green (Australia) and Professor Stuart R Wenham (Australia) - Trove". webarchive.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
15. Biography on Right Livelihood Award Archived 31 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
16. "Honour Roll | Chief Scientist". www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
17. "Zayed Future Energy Prize - 2009 PRESS RELEASES". Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
18. "Royal Fellowship for Australian scientists | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
19. "Martin Green | Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
20. "2016 awardees | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
21. Jones, Rachael (10 June 2018). "Sydney professor becomes first Australian to win prestigious Global Energy Prize". ABC News. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
22. "Fellows update—February 2021 | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
23. O'Malley, Nick (25 October 2022). "NSW professor wins world's best technology prize". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
24. Templeton, Louise (26 October 2022). "UNSW Sydney solar pioneer wins Europe's biggest technology innovation prize". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
25. "PERC Solar Photovoltaic Technology". Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
26. Nhu, Quynh (21 December 2023). "Battery researchers win $3M Vietnamese awards". VnExpress .
27. miguelholland (28 January 2025). "Sydney's newest ferry named after solar pioneer". Transdev Australasia. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

External links

• Australia Prize website
• Buried grid technology ("laser grooved buried contact solar cells").