Photophysics

The Photophysics Unit supports basic and applied research on light-induced physicochemical processes, such as luminescence, electron transfer, and energy transfer, in solution and solid state samples.

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CE&TPV for DSC

This homemade system enables the automatic measurements of charge extraction and transient photo voltage, which is useful for the characterization of capacitance, recombination time and electron density of states of the molecular-semiconductor devices

QE/IPCE measurement kit

Oriel 150 W xenon lamp, PTI M-101 motorized monochromator and Keithley 2400. In house made software controls all the measurement procedure.

Solar simulator and VI tracer

Abet 11000 solar simulator and Keithley 2400. All the measurements are controlled by in house made software.

Transient absorption spectroscopy system VIS

The optic bench is composed of an excitation source of nitrogen laser PTI 3300 with laser dye unit GL-301, which provides a variable wavelength source of excitation (400-700 nm); a 150 W tungsten lamp used as the probe-light source; 2 monochromators PTI M101; photodetector with filter box and oscilloscope Tektronix TDS200.

Transient absorption spectroscopy system VIS-NIR(µs-ms)

Oriel 150 W xenon lamp, PTI M-101 motorized monochromator and Keithley 2400. In house made software controls all the measurement procedure

VI stability measurements system

A homemade system designed to observe the efficiency over time of the photovoltaic devices. Time intervals programming is allowed, wherein the curves voltage-current are registered from the devices soaked at 1 sun

Transient absorption spectroscopy system VIS (ns-ms)

This is a homemade system composed by: an NdYAG Opolette laser system that provides a variable wavelength laser source excitation (320-1800 nm); a 300 W pulsed xenon lamp as the probe-light; homemade microcontroller synchronization module between laser and pulsed lamp;1 motorized monochromator CM101; Hamamatsu photomultiplier tube H9305-13; high speed current amplifier FEMTO DHPCA; data recording made by an oscilloscope Yokogawa DLM2024 DSP-DAU; homemade interfac

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Dr. Javier Pérez |  japerez@iciq.es  | 977 920 200 (ext. 213) |  ORCID  

Dr. Javier Pérez |  japerez@iciq.es  | 977 920 200 (ext. 213) |  ORCID  

Dr. Gisela Colet | Facilities Coordinator |  gcolet@iciq.cat  | Phone: +34 977 920 238

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CE & POS for DSC This home system allows automatic measurements of charge extraction and transient photovoltaic, which is useful for the characterization of the capacity, recombination time and electron density of the states of molecular-semiconductor devices. QE / IPCE measurement kit Oriel 150 W xenon lamp, motorized monochromator PTI M-101 and Keithley 2400. The homemade software controls the entire measurement procedure. Solar simulator and tracer VI Solar simulator Abet 11000 and Keithley 2400. All measurements are controlled by its own software. VIS transient absorption spectroscopy system The optical bank consists of a PTI 3300 nitrogen laser excitation source with GL-301 laser dye unit, which provides a variable wavelength excitation source (400-700 nm); a 150 W tungsten lamp used as the probe’s light source; 2 PTI M101 monochromators; photodetector with filter box and Tektronix TDS200 oscilloscope. VIS-NIR transient absorption spectroscopy system (µs-ms) It is a home system consisting of: an Opolette NdYAG laser system that provides a variable wavelength laser source excitation (320-1800 nm); a 150 W tungsten lamp used as the probe’s light source; 2 Minuteman MM151 monochromes; visible and near-infrared amplified photodetector modules; DSP-DAU high speed data recording and interface software. VI system of stability measures A home system designed to observe the time efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Time interval programming is supported, where voltage-current curves are recorded from devices soaked to 1 sol. VIS transient absorption spectroscopy system (ns-ms) It is a home system consisting of: an Opolette NdYAG laser system that provides a variable wavelength laser source excitation (320-1800 nm); a 300 W pulsed xenon lamp as a probe light; home microcontroller synchronization module between laser and pulsed lamp; 1 CM101 motorized monochromator; Hamamatsu H9305-13 photomultiplier tube; FEMTO DHPCA high speed current amplifier; data recording performed by a Yokogawa DLM2024 DSP-DAU oscilloscope; home interface software.

The equipment is used to characterize fundamental processes related to the formation of chemical intermediates (excited states) in molecules or active optical materials: Stationary photophysical characterization of singlet and triplet emitters in solution and solid state. Excited state emission life of singlet and triplet emitters in solution and solid state. Stationary photophysical characterization of photoluminescence and electroluminescence devices. Evaluation and characterization of the life of the recombination of loads in solid samples. In addition, the unit has capabilities in electronic software design and instrumentation in order to develop new experimental equipment in the optoelectronic area.

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