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Dr Nino BOROJEVIC
Employment experience:
2020 – 2022: Research Fellow (UNSW)
2016 – 2023: Engineer, Solar Industrial Research Facility (UNSW)
2015 – 2016: Research Associate (UNSW)
2006 – 2015: Research Assistant (UNSW)
Education:
2006 – 2015: Doctor of Philosophy in Photovoltaic Engineering (UNSW)
2001 – 2005: Bachelor of Photovoltaics Engineering (UNSW)
Research interests:
Novel passivation techniques for surfaces and contacts 
Application of passivated contacts for industrial high efficiency solar cells   
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Why is your research important? 
The introduction of passivated contacts in solar cell designs has raised the bar for cell efficiencies in the recent years, demonstrating their potential to become a game changer for the PV industry. To fulfill this, a commercially viable integration of passivated contacts into high volume solar cell manufacturing is required which forms the core purpose of this research. The overall result should provide a technological pathway for PV manufactures to move on from the current low efficiency cell designs to more state-of-the-art concepts demonstrated recently.
What do you like about research? 
I have an opportunity to apply my passion, knowledge, and creativity to explore the unknown, not to mention that it is contributing to a wider goal of helping humanity.
What do you like to do when you are not saving the world?
I love to enjoy all that this same world has to offer.