Functional Thin Film Solution Processing
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Exciton dynamics and effects of structural order in morphology-controlled J-aggregate assemblies. |
Two‐dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes): synthesis, properties, and electrochemical energy storage applications. Energy and Environmental Materials, 2020, 3, 29-55. |
Two‐dimensional MXenes for lithium‐sulfur batteries. |
A Universal Approach for Room-Temperature Printing and Coating of 2D Materials. |
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Thanks to advances in materials chemistry, researchers have been able to synthesize new materials that allow solution-based processing of next-generation optoelectronic materials
In Printed Electronics, printing technologies are used to produce various kinds of devices, such as electronic circuits, sensors and solar cells. New challenges arise when small scale laboratory processes are transferred to industrially relevant methods.
In the “Functional Thin Film Solution Processing” group, we address scientific and engineering aspects of solution processing, namely
- to overcome the gap between lab-scale sample manufacturing and industrially relevant fabrication technologies. We improve gravure printing as manufacturing technology for printed electronics and slot die coating for up-scaling perovskite solar cell manufacturing.
- to develop novel ink formulations from 2D materials.
- to exploit spontaneous self-assembly related to solvent evaporation to add functionality to wet deposited films.
Our coating laboratory provides infrastructure, workforce and knowhow for the deposition of functional coatings and protection layers on rigid and flexible substrates used for the fabrication of optical and electronic devices.
Available equipment at the coating laboratory will enable the development of thin film coating solutions up to DIN A5 scale. The laboratory will evaluate, develop and offer the best-suited technology and analytic for a given functional coating.
Recent publications:
S. Deng et al., Stable MXene dough with ultrahigh solid fraction and excellent redispersibility toward efficient solution processing and industrialization. Advanced Science, 2023, 10(19), 2300660 (10 pp.). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300660
C. Ongaro et al., Integration of metal meshes as transparent conducting electrodes into perovskite solar cells. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2023, 2300923. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300923
C. (J.) Zhang et al., Micro‐cup architecture for printing and coating asymmetric 2D‐material‐based solid‐state supercapacitors. Small 2023, 19(32), 2300357 (10 pp.). DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300357
T. Guo et al., Large-Area Smooth Conductive Films Enabled by Scalable Slot-Die Coating of Ti3C2Tx MXene Aqueous Inks, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2213183, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202213183
T. Guo et al., Rational Design of Ti3C2Tx MXene Inks for Conductive, Transparent Films, ACS Nano 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c11180
S. Deng et al., Unraveling Polysulfide's Adsorption and Electrocatalytic Conversion on Metal Oxides for Li-S Batteries, Advanced Science 2023, 10, 2204930, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204930
Dr. Jakob Heier
Phone: +41 58 765 4356
jakob.heier@empa.ch
NEWS
2024
February:
We welcome Rossella Galli to our group. Rossella is a exchange PhD student and will stay for 4 months.
March:
We congratulate Junjie Cai on completing her master's degree.
Mai:
We welcome Tobias Kuster to our group. Tobias is doing his Civil Service on the topic "Effiziente umweltfreundliche Solarenergie".
FUNDING