Biography

Dr The Duong completed his BS degree in Electrical Engineering in Oregon, United States, with the highest distinction. During his PhD at the Australian National University, he achieved the highest efficiency of 26.4% for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, which was highlighted in many media and news. He was awarded the Best PhD. Thesis Award from the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability in 2017. Subsequently, The Duong has won two competitive Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) Postdoctoral Fellowship grants to develop high-efficiency perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells further. He has also expanded his research interest to solar to hydrogen production and semiconductor gas sensors. His work on direct solar-to-hydrogen generation was listed as one of the top 10 innovations by the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) in 2020. In early 2025, his team achieved a certified efficiency of 26.29% for single-junction n-i-p perovskite solar cells, which is among the highest efficiencies recorded for this type of device.

Research

Dr Duong's research focuses on perovskite solar cells, perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, solar to hydrogen production, and semiconductor gas sensors.

More information on the ANU Perovskite group research can be found on their website.

Interests

Materials engineering, photodetectors, optical sensors, solar cells, composite and hybrid materials, sensor technology (chemical aspects).

Activities Awards

• Best Poster Award – Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics, January 2026

• Excellent in Supervision – HDR Supervisor of the Month Award from ANU, January 2023

• Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, 2017

For more details, please see the Perovskite group website.