Facilities

Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD), electron-beam and thermal evaporation, radio frequency (RF) and dc sputtering. 

Four-stack furnace systems for thermal diffusion (phosphorous, boron), oxidation, annealing, sintering, rapid thermal processing (RTP), infrared (IR) belt furnace processing. 

Mask aligner, photoresist processing and developing station in class-1000 yellow room, reactive ion etching, wet-chemical etching. 

Specialized glove-boxes and fumehoods for chemical synthesis of quantum dots, hydrothermal autoclave for nanowire growth, Tools for layer embedment of quantum dots and graphene nanoparticles, Dip-coating system, Centrifuge, titrator, and high-speed shaker. 

Steady-state and lifetime fluorimeter photoluminescence (PL) system with quantum yield, cryostat, and fluorescence microscope, Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Surface profilometry, Microwave photoconductivity decay (u-PCD) measurement, Laser beam induced current (LBIC), Spectroscopic ellipsometry, Fourier transient infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV/visible infrared spectrophotometry, Hall effect, Four-point probe. 

Complete fabrication platforms for solar cells (wafer-based, thin film, and nano-enabled), Transistors for display backplanes, Tools for quantum-dot color patterning for pixel displays, Circuit components and implementation. 

Probe station, I-V parametric analyzer, Solar simulator, Quantum efficiency measurement, Integrated sphere reflection, High-frequency and quasi-static capacitance-voltage (C-V), Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS). 

Laminators for mini-PV modules (60cmx60cm and 15cmx15cm), Quantum-dot embedment for smart glass/laminate structures and implementation. 

Simulation and design tools for high efficiency PV device architectures including nanostructures, circuit-schemes for intelligent power-conditioning, simulation platforms for hybrid systems with energy management.