
Jiexi Fu is a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Bram Hoex and Dr. Fiacre Rougieux at the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. She began her studies in the field of Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering at Xiangtan University in 2017 and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2021. In 2022, she completed her Master of Engineering in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy at the University of New South Wales. Her master’s thesis focused on the impact of flux-induced corrosion on TOPCon solar cell degradation by damp heat test. Currently, her research interests lie in further exploring the reliability of crystalline silicon cells and tracing the root causes of degradation.