Thin Film and Photovoltaic Research Laboratory – Physics department University of Aveiro, Portugal
Home Research Interests Research Team Facilities & Techniques Projects and Collaborations Publications Job Openings Links		Facilities & Techniques Dedicated growth equipment: RF magnetron sputtering/Thermal evaporation chamber (Hybrid Method) RF magnetron sputtering for transparent conducting oxides (TCO’s) DC magnetron sputtering for metals Tubular furnaces for Sulphurization/Selenization RTP furnace for Sulphurization/Selenization Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) setup Programmable Hot Plate Spray Pyrolysis setup Ultrasonic bath Water Deionizer Other deposition equipment: E-beam evaporator Spin coater UV-Ozone cleaner Thermal evaporator Dedicated characterization equipment: Step profiler - Dektak 150 Spectrophotometer – UV-VIS-NIR with Integrating sphere/Shimadzu UV 3600 I-V measurement system External Quantum Efficiency measurement system Hot point probe Four point probe pH measurement probe Other characterization equipment available in the physics department: SEM/EDS/EBIC Visible and ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy (mapping capability) Infrared and Visible Photoluminescence spectroscopy Excitation Photoluminescence spectroscopy C-V-f measurement system Impedance spectroscopy Other characterization equipment available in the University of Aveiro: X-ray Diffraction ICP-MS XPS/UPS SEM/EDS TEM