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Competitive advantage
- The only laboratory in Australia that has an atomic layer deposition reactor with real-time feedback on the synthesised material, offering unprecedented advantages in terms of process optimisation and device integration
- Cutting-edge device optimisation informed by a high-level understanding of device fundamentals
- Real-time insight and control of thin film growth and its correlation to final device performance
- Ability to perform atomic-scale engineering using atomic layer deposition
- Using an advanced, computational material science approach to identify the most promising materials before synthesising them
Impact
- A process to lower the contact resistance of screen-printed contacts was successfully transferred to high-volume manufacturing in less than 2 years after first demonstration at the laboratory scale.
Successful applications
- Demonstrated that the contact resistance of screen-printed contacts could be lowered by the application of nanoscale aluminium oxide films
- Showed that the electronic properties of nanoscale nickel oxide could be changed by doping
- Developed a low-cost method for growing tunnelling oxides for poly-silicon contacts which can easily be integrated in PECVD and PVD equipment
Capabilities and facilities
- Both laboratory-scale and pilot-scale atomic layer deposition reactors to explore novel process from low- to high-technology readiness level
- Access to both lab-scale as well a pilot-scale thin film deposition equipment for swift transfer from the laboratory to the factory
Our partners
- Leadmicro, a leading equipment manufacturer from China
- A number of non-disclosed solar cell manufacturers