Professor Andrew Blakers is Director of the Australian National University Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, which employs 60 staff. He is responsible for several innovations in solar energy photovoltaic technology, including "Sliver cells". Blakers has secured many research grants and won several awards. Sliver cell Sliver Cell photovoltaic technology uses just one tenth of the costly silicon used in conventional solar panels while matching power, performance, and efficiency. Blakers invented the technology with colleague Dr Klaus Weber and developed it with funding from energy supplier Origin Energy and the Australian Research Council. Honours Blakers and Klaus Weber won the Australian Institute of Physics' Walsh Medal for their solar research work. He was 2012 state finalist for the Australian of the year award, in the Australian Capital Territory. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2020. See also Martin Green Solar Cell Solar energy Solar power in Australia Photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering in Australia Renewable energy commercialization International Renewable Energy Agency References External links Centre for sustainable energy systems Living people People associated with solar power Australian National University faculty Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales