National Facility for High Resolution CL Analysis of Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices
Lead Research Organisation:
Loughborough University
Abstract
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.
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.
Organisations
- Loughborough University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Swansea University (Project Partner)
- University of Sheffield (Project Partner)
- CTF Solar GmbH (Project Partner)
- Oxford Photovoltaics (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- University of Surrey (Project Partner)
- University of Liverpool (Project Partner)
- Imperial College London (Project Partner)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Swift Solar (Project Partner)
- First Solar (United States) (Project Partner)
- University of Cambridge (Project Partner)
- University of Bristol (Project Partner)
- Durham University (Project Partner)
- Nanoco Technologies (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- University of Oxford (Project Partner)
- IQE (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- University of Southampton (Project Partner)
- University of Edinburgh (Project Partner)
- NSG Group (UK) (Project Partner)