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Australian scientist

Anita Ho-Baillie is an Australian scientist who is the John Hooke Chair of Nanoscience at the University of Sydney. Her research considers the development of durable perovskite solar cells and their integration into different applications. She was named as one of the Web of Science’s most highly cited researchers in 2019–2022.

Early life and education[edit]

Ho-Baillie was attended Monte Sant’Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney.[1] She was an undergraduate student at the University of New South Wales, where she studied electrical engineering. She remained at UNSW for her graduate studies, where she developed contacting techniques for buried contact solar cells.[2] After earning her doctorate, Ho-Baillie joined the faculty at the UNSW as a Senior Research Fellow. In 2008, she was one of the team who developed the record-breaking efficiency for a silicon solar cell.[3] The following year they showed a multi-cell architecture comprising the record-breaking silicon solar cell could convert 43% of sunlight into electricity, another world first.[3] She eventually moved to perovskite solar cells, and in 2016 broke the efficiency record for large area devices (12.1%).[4][5][6]

Research and career[edit]

In 2016, Ho-Baillie was appointed Program Manager for Perovskite Solar Cell Research at the Australian Centre for Photovoltaics. She joined the faculty at Macquarie University as an associate professor in 2019, before moving to the University of Sydney as the John Hooke Chair of Nanoscience.[7] She is particularly interested in the translation of perovskites into real-world devices, including their integration into double-glazed windows.[8][6][9]

Ho-Baille was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to develop photovoltaics.[10] She has worked to improve the durability of perovskite solar cells. Under stress, perovskite solar cells become unstable and release gas.[11][12] Ho-Baille has made use of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry to identify the degradation pathways of perovskite solar cells. She showed it is possible to prevent degassing using a low-cost polymer-glass stack, which protects the perovskite solar cells from damage.[13] In 2020 her perovskite solar cells passed rigorous heat and humidity tests.[14] She has demonstrated that all inorganic perovskite quantum dots make for highly efficient photovoltaics, with good mechanical stability.[15]

Awards and honours[edit]

  • 2001 University of New South Wales Photovoltaics Thesis Prize[1]
  • 2016 Lane Cove Council Citizenship Award in Leadership[citation needed]
  • 2019 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher[16]
  • 2020 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher[17][18]
  • 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prize Finalist[19]
  • 2021 Australian Research Council Future Fellowship[20]
  • 2021 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher[21]
  • 2022 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher[21]
  • 2022 Warren Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales[22]

Selected publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b “Associate Professor Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie”. research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ Ho, Anita Wing Yi (2004). A novel rear contacting tecnique for buried contact solar cells (Thesis). OCLC 225604735.
  3. ^ a b Anonymous (4 November 2008). “Magic solar milestone reached”. UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ z3509982 (2 December 2016). “Trendy solar cells hit new world efficiency record”. UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ^ “‘Solar cells are no longer limited to rigid structures such as panels’“. NewsComAu. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b “Subscribe to The Australian | Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps”. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ^ “Anita Ho-Baillie announced as inaugural John Hooke Chair of Nanoscience”. www.myscience.org. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ^ Jewell, Cameron (7 June 2017). “The holy grail of glazing: high-insulating, energy-generating glass on the way”. The Fifth Estate. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ^ Hannam, Peter (21 May 2020). “Australian scientists ‘drastically improve’ new solar cell technology”. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  10. ^ “Sydney Nano wins $2.5m federal funding for solar energy research”. The University of Sydney. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  11. ^ AnitaABCWeekendMorning, retrieved 22 June 2021
  12. ^ ABCRN, retrieved 22 June 2021
  13. ^ “Next-generation solar cells pass strict international tests”. The University of Sydney. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  14. ^ “Australian researchers claim world first in global race to develop better solar panels”. the Guardian. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  15. ^ Hu, Long; Zhao, Qian; Huang, Shujuan; Zheng, Jianghui; Guan, Xinwei; Patterson, Robert; Kim, Jiyun; Shi, Lei; Lin, Chun-Ho; Lei, Qi; Chu, Dewei (20 January 2021). “Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture”. Nature Communications. 12 (1): 466. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12..466H. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20749-1. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7817685. PMID 33473106. S2CID 221712245.
  16. ^ z3525214 (20 November 2019). “UNSW academics abound on list of world’s most influential researchers”. UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  17. ^ “Highly Cited Researchers”. publons.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  18. ^ “Sydney has the most influential academics in Australia”. The University of Sydney. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  19. ^ “2021 Eureka Prize finalists announced”. The University of Sydney. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  20. ^ “Nine Sydney researchers awarded ARC Future Fellowships”. The University of Sydney. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  21. ^ a b “Ho-Baillie, Anita”. Web of Science. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  22. ^ “Three scientists win Royal Society of NSW awards”. The University of Sydney. Retrieved 8 December 2022.