Nanointegration for sustainable photonics solutions

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This DG proposal builds on expertise accumulated at uSherbrooke to develop improved structures for optoelectronics integration on silicon devices, as well as for high efficiency photovoltaic cells for the next generation of solar energy supplies. Our ability to make advanced nanostructures provides a toolbox of solutions that we can bring to bear on this technology objective. The work connects closely with industry leaders in the domain (both in Canada and abroad) as well as with other university groups engaged in system deployment aspects of these devices. As a result, we are part of a major Canadian initiative offering global leadership in the topic of Concentrator PhotoVoltaics (CPV) and our researchers enjoy a stimulating range of connections with other academics and industry players, providing valuable opportunities for career development of the HQP generated by this work. We are fortunate that the emergence of this industry interest occurs at a time when our experience with technologies developed for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and high performance transistors offers a convergence of solutions applicable to industry for the related challenges of optoelectronics on silicon as well as the new solar power marketplace. Our proposed approach aims at lower-cost processes for integrating multiple functions onto a single substrate, and as well as enabling more cost effective and reliable photovoltaic devices, we anticipate that the techniques developed will also be usable in other device contexts, such as applications in the biosensing and biomedical arenas. The device development proposed will take advantage of a very close relationship with the advanced epitaxy group at uSherbrooke, the SUNLab group in Ottawa and will help to position Canada on the international scene by training experienced graduate students in device technology relevant to the new MiQro Innovation Collaboration Centre at Bromont, (a $382M investment to build a world-class innovation centre leading to the commercialization of electronic products of the next generation).