PVIC Services and Pricing
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The Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC) center offers solar innovators
a full spectrum of development services provided by leading vendors in equipment,
engineering, testing, failure analysis and certification and other services need to
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The listing of capabilities is a result a suite of advanced instrumentation and capabilities
for photovoltaics research and development has been established at UT with support
from the U.S. Air Force, NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and Ohio's Third Frontier
Program.
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Contact 鈥� Adam Phillips, Adam.Phillips@utoledo.edu, 419-530-3884
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Deposition of semiconductor materials, including: Deposition of transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), including: Deposition of buffer materials, including: Deposition of Metals, including: |
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Plasma chemical vapor deposition |
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Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
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| Fabrication Services Pricing | Equipment Category | ***Per Hour | 听 | Requirement | 听 |
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| Annealing Oven | Sample Treatment | ** | 听 | * | 听 |
| Balances | Sample Prep, Treatment | ** | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Bath Sonicators | Sample Prep, Treatment | ** | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Carbon Nanotube Separation | Sample Prep | $50 | 听 | * | 听 |
| CdCl deposition | Sample Post Treatment | $50 | 听 | * | 听 |
| CdTe Linear Sputtering Tool | Deposition | $200 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Centrifuge | Materials Post Treat/Prep | $50 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Cyclic Voltammetry/Electrochemistry | Deposition | $50 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| DI/ Ultrasonic/ Glass cleaning | Sample Prep | ** | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Drying Ovens | Sample Treatment | ** | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Electron Beam Evaporator | Deposition | $80 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Glove Boxes | Sample Prep, Deposition, Storage | $50 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Glove Boxes (triple w/ ebeam evaporator) | Sample Prep, Deposition, Storage | $150 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Laser Scriber | Sample Post Treatment | $170 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Metal RF/DC Magnetron Sputter | Deposition | $170 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Nanotube Laser Synthesis | Materials Synthesis | $170 | 听 | * | 听 |
| NIMA Dip-Coater | Deposition | $60 | 听 | * | 听 |
| One dimensional Spray System | Deposition | $50 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Photolithography in clean room Suss MJB3 Mask Allinger | Pattern Transfer | $50 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Plasma Deposition System | Deposition | $170 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Schlenk Line | Materials Synthesis | $50 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Research / Pilot Deposition System with insitu monitoring | Deposition | $750 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Spin coater | Deposition | $50 | 听 | * | 听 |
| TCO RF/DC Magnetron Sputter | Deposition | $170 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Thermal Evaporator (Denton) | Deposition | $50 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Two dimensional Spray System | Deposition | $50 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Ultra sonic probe sonicator | Sample Prep | $50 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Ultra-Centrifuge (90K RPM) | Materials Treatment/Sample Prep | $180 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Utility Sputter (custom built by Dr. Collins) | Deposition | $170 | 听 | * | 听 |
| Vacuum Filtration | Sample Prep | $50 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
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| * Services will require faculty collaboration or PVIC supervision of use ** Incidental lab instrumentation or equipment included in main process cost *** Lab entrance fees may be applied in addition to instrumentation and equipment costs |
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| A PVIC strength is the ability to measure optical properties in real time using Spectroscopic
Ellipsometry. In addition to these real-time measurements, the following capabilities are available to measure optical properties: |
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| Ultraviolet-visible versus Near-infrared (UV-Vis-NIR) optical absorption Steady-state and time resolved photoluminescence and spectroscopy UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopic Ellipsometry, real time and ex situ modes Photoluminescence and I/V surface mapping Mid-IR transmission and reflectance spectroscopy and spectroscopic Ellipsometry Broadband (UV to mid-IR) transient absorption spectroscopy Imaging and Structure Analysis |
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| UT has established several centers devoted to imaging and structure analysis in addition to those located at the PVIC research locations. All of the capabilities listed below are available for use: | 听 |
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| Atomic Force Microscopy Raman spectroscopy Scanning Confocal Microscopy Scanning Electron Microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy X-ray diffraction Transmission Electron Microscopy Depth Profiling Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
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| AccuMap Ellipsometer | Materials Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| ARTA (attachment to 1050) | Materials Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| Auger Electron Spectroscopy | Materials Characterization | $75 | 听 | 听 |
| Cyclic Voltammetry/Electrochemistry | Materials / Device Char | ** | 听 | 听 |
| Dektak 150 Profilometer | Surface / Thickness Char | $25 | 听 | 听 |
| Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectroscopy | Materials Characterization | ** | 听 | 听 |
| IR-Vase Ellipsometer | Materials Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| IV Solar Simulator | Device Characterization | $50 | 听 | 听 |
| Lambda 1050 Spectrophotometer | Materials Characterization | $80 | 听 | 听 |
| Laser Beam Induced Current/Voltage | Device Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| Leak Detector | System Characterization | $50 | 听 | * |
| Optical Microscope | Surface Characterization | ** | 听 | 听 |
| Quantum Efficiency | Device Characterization | $50 | 听 | 听 |
| Raman Spectroscopy/Photoluminescence excitation mapping | Materials Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| Signatone 4-point probe | Electrical Characterization | ** | 听 | 听 |
| Steady State Photoluminescence | Materials Characterization | $50 | 听 | * |
| Temperature Programmed Desorption | Materials Characterization | $50 | 听 | 听 |
| Thermogravimetric analysis | Materials Characterization | $50 | 听 | 听 |
| Time Resolved Photoluminescence | Materials Characterization | $125 | 听 | * |
| Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy | Materials Characterization | $200 | 听 | * |
| Veeco Atomic Force Microscope | Materials Characterization | $80 | 听 | 听 |
| V-Vase Ellipsometer | Surface听Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| AccuMap Ellipsometer | Materials Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| Solar Simulator Table | Device Characterization | $50 | 听 | 听 |
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| * Services will require faculty collaboration or PVIC supervision of use ** Incidental lab instrumentation or equipment included in main process cost *** Lab entrance fees may be applied in addition to instrumentation and equipment costs |
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| PVIC through various funding sources, including NASA, has equipped a robust panel testing facility that is augmented by additional instruments, for testing smaller scale devices and cells, at other UT laboratories. The following is a list of testing equipment available: | 听 |
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| Accelerated life testing at one sun equivalent and elevated temperature Cell current, voltage (I/V) and efficiency testing with small area solar simulator Environmental and weatherization Inert atmosphere quantum efficiency and I/V Large area 1.1 m x 1.5 m off-line thin film materials mapping for thickness, index of refraction, and extinction coefficient determination Laser beam induced current mapping spectroscopy Module-scale current-voltage (I/V) testing with large area solar simulator Online thin-film materials mapping designed for glass panel conveyer line Voltage breakdown |
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| AccuMap Ellipsometer | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | Materials Characterization | $170 | 听 | * |
| Solar Simulator Table | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | Device Characterization | $50 | 听 | 听 |
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| * Services will require faculty collaboration or PVIC supervision of use ** Incidental lab instrumentation or equipment included in main process cost *** Lab entrance fees may be applied in addition to instrumentation and equipment costs |
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