Featured in In conversation – 08-2018

“It’s all about controlling the hydrogen”

When pioneering and award-winning solar researcher Stuart Wenham passed away suddenly shortly before Christmas last year, some in the PV industry may have wondered what would become of his research into the role of hydrogen in crystalline silicon cells. His daughter, Alison Ciesla is answering that question alongside Wenham’s former team at UNSW, advancing its work into the crucial role of hydrogen in the degradation of silicon cells.

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Jonathan Gifford

08 Aug 2018

Alison Ciesla (née Wenham) is a postdoctoral fellow at UNSW’s School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE). | Image: UNSW

You presented recently at the Plenary Session at the WCPEC-7 conference in Hawaii. You presented then using the name Ciesla née Wenham. Why is that?In some ways, it was difficult living in my dad’s shadow, because there are a lot of implications that come with that and occasions that people think your work is not …

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