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Dr Thien Truong is currently a research fellow in the School of Engineering. He is working on the applications of advanced characterization techniques for photovoltaic materials and devices, and the fabrication of silicon solar cells with the novel passivating-contact technology. Thien is also serving as a Student Activities Coordinator (2022 and 2023 Terms) for the IEEE ACT Section, Student Activities Chair for the 2023 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), and Academic Representative for the 2022 CECS WHS Committee.
Thien received his Degree of Engineer in Machinery Manufacturing Technology from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam, in 2015, a Master of Science degree in Intelligent Micro Nano Systems from Konkuk University, South Korea, in 2018, and recently a PhD in Engineering (photovoltaics) from ANU in July 2022.
Personal website: www.thientruong.net
Thien is currently a Guest Lecturer for the following courses in School of Engineering:
| Code | Title | Year 20.. | Semester |
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20-23 20 |
S1 S2 |
| Code | Title | Year 20.. | Semester |
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20-23 20 |
S1 S2 |
Some research topics of interest:
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Silicon Solar Cells
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Novel characterisation techniques for photovoltaics
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Energy and Functional Materials
Current student projects
Publications chosen for cover art design:
Frontispiece Inside Back Cover
DOI:10.1002/solr.201900476. DOI: 10.1002/solr.202170125.
Selected peer-reviewed publications
- T. N. Truong, The Australian National University, PhD Thesis, 2022.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Solar RRL (2021), DOI: 10.1002/solr.202100653. (Selected as Inside Back Cover).
- Z. Ding, T. N. Truong (co-first, corresponding author), et al., ACS Applied Energy Materials (2021),DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00550.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications (2021), DOI: 10.1002/pip.3411
- T. N. Truong, et al., Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110602
- T. N. Truong, et al., ACS Applied Energy Materials (2019), DOI:10.1021/acsaem.9b01771.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Solar RRL (2019), DOI:10.1002/solr.201900476. (Selected as Frontispiece).
- T. N. Truong, et al., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019), DOI:10.1021/acsami.8b19989.
Conference presentations
- T. N. Truong, et al., Proceedings of the 2022 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC), Newcastle, Australia (2022), Oral presentation.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (IEEE PVSC), Philadelphia, USA (2022), Oral presentation.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (IEEE PVSC), Online, (2021), Oral presentation.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Proceedings of the 2020 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC), Online, (2020), Oral presentation.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Proceedings of the 2020 European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC), Online, (2020), DOI:10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-2AO.4.5, Oral presentation. (Student Award Finalists, selected for journal publication).
- T. N. Truong, et al., Proceedings of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC), Canberra, Australia (2019), Oral presentation.
- T. N. Truong, et al., Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (IEEE PVSC, Chicago, USA (2019), DOI: 10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980647, Poster presentation.
Some selected awards
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03/2021 - DAAD Short-term Research Grant 2021, for a collaborative research project at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.
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08/2020 - Notable mentions in CECS's 2020 Remote Teaching and Student Experience awards for exceptional support to the convenor and students in course ENG4524/ENGN6524 Photovoltaic Technologies
Thien is currently an active reviewer for:
Journals
- Nature Scientific Reports
- Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells
- Physica Status Solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters
- Solar RRL
- Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
- Solar Energy
Conferences
- 2022 IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, US.
- 2022 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC), Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
- 2023 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), UNSW Canberra, Australia.
Selected news featuring
- 09/2020: Finalist for Student Award at 37th EUPVSEC - Link
- 12/2019: Two-pronged approach to improved solar - Australia Microscopy
- 05/2019: A (much) better solar cell - ANU Reporter
- 02/2019: ANU at the forefront of ground-breaking solar research - ANU, PV Magazine, AZoCleantech, PACE (Process & Control Engineering),
myScience, Sustainability Matters, Ferret, Vietnamplus, Vietnamnet, tuoitrenews, etc. - 10/2018: Lab of the Month - Linkam Scientific, UK
