For processing large batches of conducting polymers
Electrochemical cells and equipment
This flow cell was designed in IPRI.
For producing carbon nanotubes
Atomate CVD machine
CVD Dual Stage Tube furnace for CNT production
Sputter coater
Plastic Solar Cell Laboratory established early 2007.
Solar Simulator and IPCE
Solar simulators are scientific light sources that mimicks the solar spectra of the sun, so provides a calibrated means to control artificial sunlight during testing of photovoltaic cells. The solar simulator defines a precise spectrum which allows us to calculate the polychromatic efficiency of the photovoltaic cells for outdoor photovoltaic applications.
IPCE measures photocurrent as a function of monochromatic light wavelength to give the incident photon to current collection efficiency spectrum (IPCE). The IPCE is the product of three parameters: absorption efficiency, carrier generation efficiency and carrier collection efficiency.
These critical pieces of equipment coupled with important physical characterisation equipment (e.g. SECM) forms the cornerstone of the UoW's plastic solar cell laboratory.
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A selection of some of the electrochemical flow cells in IPRI
SEMs of carbon nanotubes grown at IPRI with the atomate.
Aligned CNT sheets from the dual stage furnace
Targets used in sputter coating at IPRI: gold, platinum, aluminium and ITO.
solar simulator
IPCE
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