National Facility for High Resolution CL Analysis of Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics)
Not Energy Related

Equipment

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Professor J Walls
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Loughborough University

Standard

EPSRC

31 January 2023

30 January 2026

36 months

£2,668,403

Materials sciences

East Midlands

NC : Infrastructure

Professor J Walls, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University

Professor K Barth, CRES, Loughborough University
Dr J Bowers, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University
Dr M Jepson, Inst of Polymer Tech and Materials Eng, Loughborough University
Dr K Morrison, Physics, Loughborough University
Dr P Panchmatia, Chemistry, Loughborough University
Dr Z Zhou, Inst of Polymer Tech and Materials Eng, Loughborough University

Project Contact, University of Liverpool
Project Contact, Nanoco Technologies Ltd
Project Contact, Imperial College London
Project Contact, University of Southampton
Project Contact, De Montfort University
Project Contact, Swansea University
Project Contact, Bournemouth University
Project Contact, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA
Project Contact, University of Surrey
Project Contact, First Solar Inc, USA
Project Contact, CTF Solar GmbH
Project Contact, Brunel University
Project Contact, NSG Group (UK)
Project Contact, University of Edinburgh
Project Contact, Swift Solar
Project Contact, Oxford Photovoltaics Limited
Project Contact, IQE Plc
Project Contact, University Centre Somerset
Project Contact, Havant and South Downs College
Project Contact, Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
Project Contact, Argyll College
Project Contact, Lakes College West Cumbria
Project Contact, Bexhill College
Project Contact, Bury College
Project Contact, University of Oxford
Project Contact, Sandwell College
Project Contact, Durham University
Project Contact, University of Bristol
Project Contact, University of Cambridge
Project Contact, University of Sheffield

To establish a National Facility for High Resolution Cathodoluminescence (CL) analysis of photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices. The facility will enable university and industrial researchers to correlate luminescence with defects, microstructure and composition down to the nanoscale. The facility will comprise:1. CL on a dual beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipped with a Xenon plasma Focused Ion Beam (FIB). The Xe FIB will be used to extract lamellae from features detected in the SEM-CL for high resolution Transmission Electron Microscope analysis.2. CL on a dedicated Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) for nanoscale analysis.The facility will be unique world-wide and help maintain the UK's position as a research leader in photovoltaic and optoelectronic device development.

29/03/23