The laboratories and equipments are listed below:
Laboratory of Physico-Chemical Characterisation:
1. Differential Scanning Calorimeter PE Pyris 1(DSC), range -80°C +650 °C
2. Simultaneous thermogravimetric analyser (TGA-DTA) connected to an FTIR spectrometer, range:
room to 1200 °C
3. Dynamic and dynamic mechanical rheometer, (DTMA) Rheometric ARES
4. Dynamometer for tensile, compression, flexural and shear testing, range (0 - 30kN)
5. Electric impedance analysers, range (10 Hz to 1.8 GHz.)
Laboratory of Surface Treatment of Materials
° Plasma (MPA/CVD) equipment for carbon film deposition and surface treatments, spin coating and
thermal evaporator for thin film deposition.
° DC and AC conductivity are measurable in a broad temperature range.
° Climatic chamber (-70°C - 200 °C, vacuum)
° Chemical and mechanical polishing equipment for surface preparation
° Optical Microscopy, UV visible and IR spectroscopy for the photoageing characterization.
° Atomic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, field emission electron microscopy for the
determination of the structure / property relations at the different scale levels.
The table given in the following encloses the structure, operation and problems of a organic
photovoltaic cell:
The objective of this research is to understand and assess problems to be solved and /or improved in
organic solar devices. The Laboratory offers a wide range of skills relating to the implementation of the
electrodes (use of CNTs as anode), the process of materials (polymers and / or small molecules) and
surface treatments of substrates (PET and glass).
The study was developed in collaboration with other research centers (Dept. of Chemistry of the
University of Patras, Dept. of Chemistry of the University of Perugia and University of Beirut). Our
laboratory is able to cope with computational investigations devoted to the resolution of 'equation
Shockley Semiconductor organic.
For the chemical-physical characterization of these materials our Laboratory collaborates with the
Dept. of Chemical Engineering of 'La Sapienza University of Rome for cyclic voltammetry
measurements for the determination of energy values (HOMO and LUMO).
Single PV module.
PV modules mounted on a sail in laboratory.
Functioning PV modules mounted on a sail.
Functioning PV modules mounted on a sail.
Bibliography of our group on this topic:
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of Chemistry 1 (2006) 939.
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Materials 17 (2008) 1573.
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