(Zisapel building)
The center was established to provide basic and advanced tools for the fabrication and characterization of photovoltaic devices.
Academic supervisor: Prof. Gadi Eisenstein, gad@ee.technion.ac.il
Center manager: Dr. Wolf Andrey, andreyw@technion.ac.il, Phone : 04 -829-5014
List of equipment:
Solar simulator (Oriel Sol3A, Newport inc.): an ozone free 1000W arc. lamp with a 6"x6" beam size, and power output tunable between 1 to 1.5. Sun (100–150 W/cm2) in the 400-1100 nm wavelength range.
Quantum Efficiency measurement kit - (Oriel QE-PV-SI, Newport Inc.): measures the quantum efficiency of a photovoltaic cell at any wavelength in the 180-2500 nm range (with a resolution of 0.15 nm). The system is equipped with a Cornerstone 260 monochromator with a Merlin and a preamplifier.
Controlled Intensity Modulated Photocurrent Spectroscopy (CIMPS, Zahner Electrik): an impedance-based spectroscopy system capable of measuring the response of a photovoltaic cell to modulations in the intensity of the incident light in a wide range of frequencies, 4M- 10μ Hz, and wavelengths, 365-880 nm.
Spectrophotometer (Cary 5000, Agilent): The UV-VIS-NIR beam spectrophotometer can measure the transmission, reflection and absorption of different solid and liquid samples in a wide range of wavelengths (200-3300nm).
Elipspmeter (J.A. Woollam Co., Inc.): capable of measuring the thickness of thin films and their refractive and absorption indexes (n, k) in a wide wavelength range (240-2100 nm).
Fabrication equipment: Molecular vapor deposition system (MVD, MVD100E, Applied Microstructure Inc.): or the low temperature (35°C) deposition of organic or inorganic layers on different substrates. Currently, three types of organic coatings are available:
- TMA (Trimethylaluminum);
- APTMS (3-Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane);
- FDTS (Heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl Trichlorosilane)
Sputtering system (ATC-2200, AJA international Inc.) :This system is designed to hold up to 6 targets and deposit a variety of materials including metal oxides and dielectrics at temperatures ranging from RT up to 1000°C on different substrates up to 4" in diameter.
TRMC - time resolved microwave conductivity.