Barbara Paci - barbara.paci@ism.cnr.it
Amanda Generosi- amanda.generosi@ism.cnr.it
Valerio Rossi Albertini - valerio.rossi@ism.cnr.it
Marco Guaragno - marco.guaragno@ism.cnr.it
Research Activities
The ISM-CNR X-ray Spectroscopy Laboratory is devoted to materials science studies; it is provided with different apparatus (both commercial and developed in-house) for materials and integrated systems analysis. The principal laboratory techniques available are: X-ray spectroscopy (both conventional and in Energy Dispersive mode), MicroRaman, AFM and complementary optical techniques (UV-Vis, FTIR). Specific focus is devoted to research activities in the field of Energy materials and devices (particularly for new generation photovoltaics, both organic and perovskite-based). Two in-hose developed apparata allow for structural/morphological studies of photovoltaic materials/devices:
- in-situ joint AFM/x-ray investigations provides bulk/interface/surface properties and aging effects.
- time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy under solar simulator, applied to photovoltaic systems, provides structural/morphological properties and aging effects under stress/working conditions.
The following apparata are available:
In-house research activity on Energy materials: structural and morphological properties optimization
Study, analysis and optimization of morphological / structural properties and phase transitions in innovative materials for energy
"Easy strategy to enhance thermal stability of planar PSCs by perovskite defect passivation and low-temperature carbon-based electrode"
ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, submitted
In-house research activity on new generation photovoltaics: active materials and aging effects
Studies of innovative materials and new generation photovoltaic devices (Perovskite photovoltaics, organic / plasmonic photovoltaics, hybrid organic / inorganic..): morphological-structural properties and aging processes.
Instrumentation development activity: implementation of x-ray, In-house development of spectromicroscopy advanced techniques (for in-situ / time resolved studies)
Characterization activities of advanced and applicative materials
- Morphological/structural characterization activity of materials for technological interest (CAMETEC; DFM.AD006.131, Referr to: B.Paci)
- Structural/Morphological Characterization of Next generation Materials for Ultra -High Temperature Energy Storage and Conversion (DFM.AD001.165.004 , Referr to: B.Paci).
- 2D materials properties (silicene, graphene...).
- Micro Raman and SERS spectroscopy studies of organic and biological materials for biomedical applications.
Instrumentation
AFM@XRaySpectroscopy EDXD under solar illumination EDXR/AFM
Principal Collaborations
- UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA"
- UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA - TOR VERGATA
- ENEA
- EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY (ESRF)
- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
- Université Paris - Sorbonne
- Université Paris-Saclay
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
- TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE (TEI)
- FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS (FORTH)
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