Allen Barnett

Dr. Barnett is co-inventor of the UTSi solar cell technology. He was Professor of Advanced Photovoltaics in the School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) at UNSW, Australia. He also served as Deputy Head of School (Strategy) for SPREE. His research is focused on new high efficiency solar cell modules; thin crystalline silicon (20+%) and tandem solar cells on silicon (30+%). Previously, he joined the University of Delaware (UD) in 1976 as Director of the Institute of Energy Conversion and Professor of Electrical Engineering. He left UD in 1993 to devote full time to AstroPower which became the largest independent solar cell manufacturer and the 4th largest in the World. He returned to UD in 2003.