Overview Zahner CIMPS

Zahner CIMPS

Universal Photo-Electrochemical

Workstation

  •      core system
  •      Zennium/  X / Pro /  E4
  •      XPot/PP211
  •      optical bench
  •      LDA
  •      sensor & cell holder
  •      options

IMPS, IMVS, max. power, fill factor, …

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The CIMPS principle

Controlled lntensity Modulated Photocurrent Spectroscopy

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IMPS
LED current = intensity
heating, ageing ?

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CIMPS
Intensity measured back,
controlled in feedback loop.

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LED Light Sources

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  • 365 to 1550 nm
  • up to 1000 W/m²
  • individually calibrated
  • automatically detected

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Photo-ElectroChemical Cell PECC

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  •  BK7 or quartz window
  • Ag/AgCl-reference
  • Pt counter electrode
  • PECC-1 : PTFE
    solid samples
  •  PECC-2 : PCTFE
    solid samples
    translucent samples

PECC

CIMPS application (I)

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DSSC light transient

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OSC fill factor, IPCE,
Maximum Power

CIMPS application (II)

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Hybrid solar cell: photocurrent spectra, simulation and fit

CIMPS-abs

CIMPS-abs

  •     UV/VIS/NIR-spectrometer
  •     high power LED or
  •     tungsten lamp
  •     2 PECC-2 with slider

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  •     deuterium tungsten lamp
  •     backthinned CCD spectrometer
  •     2 PECC-2 quartz window with slider

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optical absorption/transmission measurements

CIMPS-abs application

abs_eis_spectraabs_extinction_spectraP3HT-PEDOT:PSS film synchronous impedance/phase spectra and film extinction spectra vs. cell voltage

CIMPS-emit

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  • UV/VIS/NIR-spectrometer
  • calibrated photodiode

Light emission spectra: electroluminiscence, OLEDs, …

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Wavelength resolved photocurrent spectroscopy IPCE

  • tunable light source TLS03
  • 365 – 1020 nm

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CIMPS-pcs application

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Photocurrent / photovoltage under light transients

  • transient recorder TR8M

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CIMPS-fit application

fit_osc-vtPhotovoltage transient
of an organic solar cell
Cr-Al-Cr-P3HT-PCBM-PEDOT-Cr-Au

fit_si-ctPhotocurrent transient of a
monolithic silicon solar cell

CIMPS-dtr

OIS, dynamic transmittance / reflectance measurements

  • calibrated photodiode
  • XPot

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