The Process Development and Integration Laboratory (PDIL) provides researchers with unique capabilities for fabricating and studying a wide range of solar cell technologies. This site describes the PDIL, the specific capabilities available within the laboratory, and how industry and university scientists can work with us there.
Whether you are a scientist wanting to collaborate, a technology manager looking for research options, or a program manager promoting unique capabilities—this site will help you do the following:
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Gain a basic understanding of our Process Development and Integration Laboratory. This collaborative facility brings together a state-of-the-art suite of deposition, processing, and characterization tools. Here, scientists in the National Center for Photovoltaics apply those tools to a range of photovoltaic-related materials. The data generated allow us to accomplish these tasks:
- Simulate industrial processes
- Answer previously inaccessible research questions
- Control and characterize critical surfaces and interfaces
- Develop new techniques, methodologies, and device structures.
Check out the existing and planned capabilities in the PDIL for process development and integration within the areas of materials, measurements and characterization, and cross-cutting technology.
Find out how to work with us.
Contact Brent Nelson for more information on the Process Development and Integration Laboratory, its capabilities, and how to work with us.
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