CNR-BS (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
The activities of CNRBS are focussed on the preparation of nanomaterials for applications in energetics and environmental monitoring. In particular, innovative photoanodes based on metal oxide semiconductors and inorganic quantum dots are produced for application in third generation excitonic solar cells. In the period 2002-2011 CNRBS attracted funding for about 2.2 M€. List of five recent publications related to the project
State of the art instrumentation for the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials related to the project is present at CNRBS: spray pyrolysis, DC & RF magnetron sputtering, electrochemical anodization, PVD growth in tubular furnace, electron microscopy (SEM/TEM), UV-Vis spectrophotometry, spectrofluorimetry, FT-IR in vacuum, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, solar simulator, external/internal quantum efficiency. Such instrumentation is complementary with other techniques in the other labs. Some overlap exists, which can guarantee validation of experimental results and robust conclusions in the framework of the networking activities.
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