Powder X-Ray Diffractometer Tailored for Thin Film Measurements

我的研究项目主要集中在太阳能燃料薄膜的制备和表征。该应用程序为Rigaku SmartLab x射线衍射仪(包含粉末XRD聚焦束（FB）光学，薄膜平行束（PB）光学和x射线反射仪（XRR）量身定制，以满足我们精确测量薄膜结晶度，表面粗糙度和厚度的需求。薄膜的结晶度和形态对我们的太阳能转换装置的性能有直接的影响，该测量系统具有独特的设备来分析具有必要灵敏度的薄膜。这些设备将是UBC校园独有的，并将使我们能够进入我们无法进入的全新研究领域。该设备将为其他研究小组和工业界提供宝贵的工具。

My research program focuses on the fabrication and characterization of thin films for solar fuels applications. This application for a Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer bearing powder XRD focusing beam (FB) optics, thin-film parallel beam (PB) optics and X-ray reflectometry (XRR) is tailored to meet our needs of accurately measuring crystallinity, surface roughness and thickness of our thin films. The extent of film crystallinity and morphology has a direct impact on the performance of our solar energy conversion devices and this measurement system is uniquely equipped with to analyze the films with the requisite sensitivity. This equipment will be unique to the UBC campus, and will enable entry into fundamentally new areas of research that are otherwise inaccessible to us. The equipment will provide an invaluable tool to other research groups as well as industry.