INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE

FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS (ARCI)

CENTRE FOR SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS (CSEM)

Novel Solar
Energy
Materials CIGS by
Perovskite
Electro-
Solar Cell
IV curve of PSC
depostion Mesoporous MgF2 Nanoparticles

Dye- Solar
Major
sensitized Absorber
CIGS solar cell Activities coatings
Mo
2 µm
Glass

Sputter deposited CIGS Pilot line Dust

for CIGS Mn-Cu-Co-ZrOx nanocomposites
repellent
module coatings
Anti- 1.8
Solar absorptance of
100

Spectral Irradiance (Watts/m /nm)

reflective 1.5 single & tandem layers

2
75
1.2
coatings 0.9 AM 1.5
Mn-Cu-Co-ZrOx/MgF2
50 %R
Mn-Cu-Co-ZrOx
0.6
25
0.3


0.0 0
Design and development of novel solar energy materials 500 1000 1500
/nm
2000 2500

Electrodeposited CIGS  Film deposition and Device Fabrication

 Performance Assessment through Characterization and Testing
 Scale-up and Prototype Development
 Technology Transfer

MAJOR PROCESSING MAJOR FACILITIES

CAPABILITIES  CIGS Pilot Line
• Nanoparticles & nanocomposites  Evaporator-RTP
•Thin film deposition  Thermal Evaporator
• Thick film coating  Glove Box
• Thermal evaporation  Box &Tubular Furnaces
• Dip coating Vacuum furnace & oven
• Chemical Bath Deposition  Pulse Power Supply
• Chemical Oxidation DSSC module Prototype PSC CIGS film on Flexi glass  Environmental Chamber
• Electrodeposition CHARACTERIZATION
• Spray coating  Solar Cell Tester
• Chemical oxidation Quantum Efficiency Unit
• Sol-gel/Slurry coatings  X-ray Fluorescence
• Screen Printing  UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer
• Solar Cell Encapsulation  FTIR for thermal emittance
• Laser scriber Four probe
Dust repellent coating Solar absorber tubes Antireflective coating
• Long-term stability test  Stylus Profilometer
on PV panel on PV & CSP glasses  Contact angle & Tensiometer
 Electrochemical work station

Screen Printer Evaporator-RTP Ink-jet Printer CIGS Pilot Line UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer

FTIR with Thermal Emittance Accessories Quantum Efficiency Solar Simulator Thermal Evaporator Environmental chamber

Contact Details: Dr. S. Sakthivel, Scientist ‘F’ & Team Leader-CSEM, ARCI, Balapur PO., Hyderabad 500005, Telangana, India
Phone: +91 40 24452454, E-mail: ssakthivel@arci.res.in, Website: www.arci.res.in