Grant: Research Tools and Instruments
University of British Columbia
$150,000.00
Powder X-Ray Diffractometer Tailored for Thin Film Measurements
FY 2015-16
Summary
My research program focuses on the fabrication and characterization of thin films for solar fuels applications. This application for a Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer bearing powder XRD focusing beam (FB) optics, thin-film parallel beam (PB) optics and X-ray reflectometry (XRR) is tailored to meet our needs of accurately measuring crystallinity, surface roughness and thickness of our thin films. The extent of film crystallinity and morphology has a direct impact on the performance of our solar energy conversion devices and this measurement system is uniquely equipped with to analyze the films with the requisite sensitivity. This equipment will be unique to the UBC campus, and will enable entry into fundamentally new areas of research that are otherwise inaccessible to us. The equipment will provide an invaluable tool to other research groups as well as industry.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
RTI-2016-00656
Name nom
Berlinguette, Curtis
Department département
Chemistry - Chemistry
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
150000
Program id
RTI
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1604
Committee name en
Chemistry (RTI)
Committee name fr
Chimie (OIR)
Area of application code
303
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Alternative energy resources
Area of application fr
Autres ressources d'énergie
Research subject code
3605
Research subject group en
Inorganic chemistry
Research subject group fr
Chimie inorganique
Research subject en
Inorganic photochemistry
Research subject fr
Photochimie inorganique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Powder X-Ray Diffractometer Tailored for Thin Film Measurements
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
My research program focuses on the fabrication and characterization of thin films for solar fuels applications. This application for a Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer bearing powder XRD focusing beam (FB) optics, thin-film parallel beam (PB) optics and X-ray reflectometry (XRR) is tailored to meet our needs of accurately measuring crystallinity, surface roughness and thickness of our thin films. The extent of film crystallinity and morphology has a direct impact on the performance of our solar energy conversion devices and this measurement system is uniquely equipped with to analyze the films with the requisite sensitivity. This equipment will be unique to the UBC campus, and will enable entry into fundamentally new areas of research that are otherwise inaccessible to us. The equipment will provide an invaluable tool to other research groups as well as industry.
