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Biography
Udo Bach is a full professor at Monash University and the Monash Node Leader of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science. He received his PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL, Switzerland) working in the research group of Prof Michael Grätzel and worked for 3 years in a technology start-up company in Dublin (Ireland). Subsequently he spent 15 months as a postdoc in the group of Prof. Paul Alivisatos in UC Berkeley (USA) before moving to Monash University in November 2005 to establish his own research group.
Prof Bach has a strong background in the area of photovoltaics and nanofabrication. He is involved in fundamental and applied research in the area of perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells. He has additional research activities in the area of nanofabrication, DNA-directed self-assembly, nanoprinting, plasmonics for sensing and combinatorial photovoltaic materials discovery.
Monash teaching commitment
- MTE 3545, MTE4597
Research interests
- Dye-sensitized Tandem Solar Cells
- Back-Contact Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
- Novel Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Tandem Solar Cells
- New infrared sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells
- Size-selective separation of gold-nanoparticles
- Templated placement of individual nanoparticles onto surface nanopatterns through DNA-directed self-assembly
- Stamping of nanoparticle assemblies
- DNA-Directed Nanofabrication
Research area keywords
- Thin Film Solar Cells
- Perovskite Solar Cells
- Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells
- Nanofabrication Self-Assembly
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Semiconductor Photoisomerisation - A New class of Switchable Materials
Bach, U. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Stranks, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Mao, W. (Partner Investigator (PI))
29/06/26 → 28/06/29
Project: Research
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ACAP #3: ARENA Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics #3 (to 2033)
Jasieniak, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Bach, U. (Chief Investigator (CI))
12/05/26 → 14/05/35
Project: Research
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OPTEXC: Optical excitations in organic and inorganic semiconductors: Understanding and control through external stimuli
Mulvaney, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McNeill, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bach, U. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jasieniak, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Funston, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Smith, T. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jones, D. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Koehler, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mitchell, V. D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Koehler, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Herink, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Herzig, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kuemmel, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Leppert, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lippitz, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Panzer, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Retsch, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Thelakkat, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Novel Coating Technology for Stealth and Shielding Applications in Defence
Kashif, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bach, U. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mulvaney, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & White, B. (Partner Investigator (PI))
16/05/24 → 16/11/25
Project: Research
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ACAP 1 - R4 Fellowship - Development of efficient energy materials for stable photovoltaics
Saripally, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bach, U. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Jasieniak, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/24 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Enhanced Carrier Mobility and Diffusion Length in Formamidinium-Rich Hybrid Perovskites: Effects of Grain-Size and Electron–Phonon Coupling
Oldfield, M., Beane, G., Fürer, S., Nguyen, T. P., Holzhey, P., Tan, B., Mao, W., Snaith, H., Bach, U. & Schiffrin, A., 7 May 2026, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 17, 18, p. 5197-5206 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Hybrid Heterostructures of Nanostructured Si Membrane and MoS2 for Self-Powered Photodetectors
Liu, J., Wan, Z., Mu, H., Deng, S., Hossain, M. M., Bach, U., Lin, S., Ou, Q. & Mokkapati, S., 25 May 2026, In: Advanced Electronic Materials. 12, 10, 9 p., e70416.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Light-Driven Intraoctahedral Halide Isomerization in Two-Dimensional Mixed Halide Perovskites
Mao, W., Haque, E., Bird, S. A., Dubajic, M., Lu, Y., Chua, X. W., Xu, Z., Li, X., Oldfield, M., Li, J., Yan, W., Hall, C. R., Lin, Q., Zhao, J., Chesman, A. S. R., Beane, G., Schiffrin, A., Ducati, C., Medhekar, N. & Stranks, S. D. & 1 others, , 28 Jan 2026, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148, 3, p. 3051-3062 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Mass-customization of organic photovoltaics and data production for machine learning models precisely predicting device behavior
An, N. G., Ng, L. W. T., Liu, Y., Song, S., Gao, M., Zhou, Y., Ma, C. Q., Wei, Z., Kim, J. Y., Bach, U. & Vak, D., 15 Sept 2025, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 18, p. 9524-9537 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Synthesis and Photovoltaic Characterization of Cs3Sb2Br9 Thin Films
Yan, W., Glück, N., Mao, W., Fürer, S. O., Reddy, S. S., Chesman, A. S. R., Simonov, A. N. & Bach, U., Apr 2025, In: Solar RRL. 9, 8, 8 p., 2400815.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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