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Automating a solar cell research platform: A smart lab for greener energy with Mecademic
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Today’s chemistry labs are about working smarter, not harder. Higher reproducibility and speed are increasing throughput and research quality. No longer saddled with tedious, repetitive tasks, scientists are finally being freed to focus on more creative aspects of their work.
This article features Dr. Daniel Chartrand, Ph.D. and the automation platform he built at the University of Montreal (U of M). The platform is intended to accelerate the University’s research on solar cells, for greener, cleaner energy.
Dr. Chartrand needed to automate the fabrication and characterization of small test solar cells in inert atmosphere enclosures.
Thanks to this platform: Throughput is increased by a factor of 10. Minute, reproducible movements are possible, so are variable solution preparations and annealing times. This translates into higher research quality. Above all, Dr. Chartrand’s automation frees researchers from the tedious, repetitive aspects of their work so they can focus on innovating, in service of the environment.
