Stuart Wenham
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Stuart Wenham (15 July 1957, Sydney – 23 December 2017)[1] was, at the time of his death, the director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics and Director of Academic Studies of the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales.
Wenham grew up in Bexley North, a suburb of Sydney. On his graduation from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 1981, he received the university medal in electrical engineering.[2]
Solar power
With Dr Bruce Godfrey of UNSW, Wenham set up Australia's first solar cell manufacturing line. He invented advanced hydrogenation technology which boosted the efficiency of solar cells one hundredfold, a major contribution to the well-being of the planet and for which colleagues considered him "the Einstein of the solar world".[2]
Wenham played a key role in commercialising the advanced hydrogenation technology, forging strong industry collaborations to ensure ongoing support for the advanced hydrogenation and related projects at the UNSW School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy (SPREE). He was also the Chief Technology Officer of Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd, at one time the world's leading supplier of solar cells.[2]
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