Direct deposition of carbon nanostructures on silicon wafer using electrophoresis

加拿大太阳能解决方案公司，作为第三大光伏（PV）面板生产商， 清洁技术和主流可再生能源的时代。公司致力于生产新兴光伏 产品在未来五年内，并寻找新的低温涂层技术，以制造 基于纳米颗粒的硅电极。滑铁卢大学在以下方面积累了丰富的经验： 开发室温操作的、基于溶液的制造碳纳米管的方法， 石墨烯电极通过电泳沉积（EPD）。本课题采用新型表面活性剂， 将研究工艺控制参数以将石墨烯直接存款在硅衬底上， 有望为制造新兴的光伏组件奠定基础。

Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., the third largest producer of photovoltaic (PV) panels, ushers its way into a new era of clean technology and mainstream renewable power. The company is committed to produce emerging PV products in the next five years and looks for novel low-temperature coating technologies to fabricate nanoparticle based silicon electrodes. The University of Waterloo has acquired extensive experience in development of room-temperature operating, solution-based methods for manufacturing carbon nanotube and graphene electrodes by mean of electrophoretic deposition (EPD). In this project, new surfactant and optimized process control parameters will be investigated to deposit graphene directly on the silicon substrate, which is expected to lay a foundation for fabricating emerging PV components.