Facilities and equipment

Our group has modern facilities for nanomaterial synthesis, device fabrication, and device characterization. Facilities include:

  • 3 spatial atomic layer deposition systems
  • Wet chemistry
  • Glovebox device fabrication (spincoater, evaporator)
  • Electrochemical workstation
  • Impedance spectroscopy
  • Large-area class AAA solar simulator
  • Quantum efficiency characterization system
  • ISOS-compliant photovoltaic stability characterization 
  • Reflectometry
  • Ellipsometry
  • UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy
  • Steady-state and transient photoluminescence
  • Photothermal conversion efficiency
  • Oxygen and water-vapor transmission rate testers
  • 3D printers

We make extensive use of the University of Waterloo's advanced nanotechnology facilities: