Research Facilities

E125 Gingera Laboratory: clean room used for production of high efficiency cells. 3 fume cupboards, 6 furnaces, photolithographic facilities (resist spinner, HMDS & baking ovens, 2 mask aligners, laminar flow HEPA units).

E126 Gudgenby Laboratory: clean room for metal deposition under high vacuum conditions. Two cryo-pumped Varian deposition systems.

E127 Ginini Laboratory: used for device characterisation activities. IV curves, Suns-Voc.

E124 Bimberi Laboratory: clean room device fabrication. 3 furnaces, 2 fume cupboards, spin rinsers, silicon etching station

E123 Tidbinbilla Laboratory: general purpose lab. 2 fume cupboards, silver (Ag) plating, APCVD deposition system

E122 Piccadilly Laboratory: clean room for device processing. 2 fume cupboards, silicon etching, laser machining workstation, furnaces, LPCVD deposition system, microscopes, rapid thermal annealing furnace

E131 Franklin Laboratory: downstream processing and module/receiver assembly: 2 dicing saws, soldering jigs, IV characterisation workstation, screen printer, workbenches, glass cutting table, vacuum chambers, accelerated life testing.

E114 Mechanical Workshop: Full workshop facilities with metal fabrication facilities shared with Department of Engineering

E138 Characterisation Laboratory: Several minority carrier lifetime systems

E129 Electronics Workshop: Used for fabrication of electronic components and as a maintenance resource for all other equipment

E128 Maintenance Office

Faculties Teaching Centre: at building 42 (separate from PV Laboratories). Rooftop used for installation of prototype and demonstration systems – clear sky access from large flat roof area. 16m2 of parabolic troughs delivering solar intensities of 30-40 kW/m2 for testing and prototyping.

Bruce Hall: 300m2 of parabolic troughs.

Other facilities at ANU: Access to extensive facilities in other Departments, including good microscopes, PECVD, RIE, lasers, ion implanters, MOCVD and an extensive array of characterisation facilities.