X-ray Spectroscopy Laboratory

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

Rome - Tor Vergata
 

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

Relevant Publications

 

 

 
 
Calabrò, Emanuele; Matteocci, Fabio; Paci, Barbara; Cina, Lucio; Vesce, Luigi; Barichello, Jessica; Generosi, Amanda; Reale, Andrea; Di Carlo, Aldo
"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.

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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.
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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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