Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Renewable Generation
Various forms of advanced scanning probe microscopy can be used to characterise the properties of grain boundaries and other functional material interfaces with nanometre lateral resolution under light illumination . Capabilities range from the investigation of electronic band bending , surface photovoltage , photocurrent and surface potential , to chemical passivation strategies and quantum efficiency . Possible measurements include nanoscale electrical , mid-infrared spectral and nuclear properties of solid materials , performed in a wide parameter space , such as variable temperature , electric and magnetic fields , different gas environments and controllable humidity .
Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Renewable Generation
Nanoscale Characterisation of Solar Cells and Functional Materials by Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy
Various forms of advanced scanning probe microscopy can be used to characterise the properties of grain boundaries and other functional material interfaces with nanometre lateral resolution under light illumination . Capabilities range from the investigation of electronic band bending , surface photovoltage , photocurrent and surface potential , to chemical passivation strategies and quantum efficiency . Possible measurements include nanoscale electrical , mid-infrared spectral and nuclear properties of solid materials , performed in a wide parameter space , such as variable temperature , electric and magnetic fields , different gas environments and controllable humidity .