ENEA-Portici Infrastructure for Organic PV

PROMAS-NANO is ENEA applied nanotechnology unit (~ 30 researchers), which core mission is research and development in organic materials and nano-composites for the development of novel device technologies. This lab  has developed a set of dedicated facilities for processing and characterization of organic photovoltaics (OPV) in different configuration .Polymer solar cells and nanocrystal functionalization and nanocrystals dispersed in conjugated polymer matrix are currently studied in PROMAS-NANO unit covering realization, characterization and study of the degradation and stability. Studies covers also structured interfaces and substrates, and molecular modelling of the active materials for organic solar cells.

 

MAIN FEATURES

Equipment

The laboratory offers the following equipments:

• Chemical synthesis laboratory equipped with chemical reactors, glow box, HPLC, etc.;
• sol-gel laboratory (controlled environment and equipped with furnaces for thermal treatments);
• Wet benches for surface cleaning and chemical processing
• Glove box for processes in inert atmosphere
• roll-to-roll inkjet printing and hot embossing machines
• lamination / encapsulation equipments.-
• Clean room with mask-aligner for photolithographic process; e-beam and thermal evaporator
• Access to High Performance Computing infrastructure (CRESCO)

 

Characterization tools

The laboratory offer the following characterization tools:

• laboratory for microstructural and morphological characterization:; scanning electron microscope (SEM), atomic force microscope (AFM), powder X-ray diffraction and glancing-incidence XRD
• Functional testing of organic materials and related devices
• thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) laboratory

 

LIMITATION OR CONSTRAINTS

• The access will be allowed with technical and scientific assistance from ENEA.

TYPICAL SERVICES OR RESULTS

• The processing and characterization facilities are integral parts of a research and development laboratories of UTTP-NANO unit for organic electronic and polymer solar cells.
  The offered services comprises all aspects of developing, utilising and characterising polymer solar cells and related materials

EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Realization and testing of OPV device:performance and reliability
• Study of barrier properties of encapsulants, sealants, etc

Atomic force Microscopy (AFM)

Chemical Synthesis laboratory equipped with glove box

Electron beam physical vapor deposition (e-beam)

GISAXS/GIWAS X-ray Scattering

Gravure-Printing for processing organic materials

Hot embossing equipment

Ink-Jet printing

Raman/MicroRaman Scattering Spectroscopy

Roll-to-roll process line for organic materials and devices (R2R OPV)

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Spin coating

Thermal Evaporative deposition:

Thermo Humidity Test Chamber for materials and solar cells

UV Exposure Chamber for PV Modules

UV-VIS Variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE)

OPV- Organic Photovoltaics

Ab-initio modelling of Organic and hybrid PV materials

Contact-organic semiconductor interface optimization and stability

Encapsulation of organic and hybrid devices

Extrinsic doping of organic materials

Inclusion of quantum dots in organic materials for extension of spectral sensitivity

Phogeneration, electrical transport and exciton of full-organic solar cells (OPV)

Address

ENEA CR Portici | SSTP-PROMAS-NANO | P.le E. Fermi località Granatello | 80055-Portici(NA) | Italy

Main contact

Other contacts

MAGLIONE Mariagrazia

MORVILLO Pasquale