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SUMMARY:High-Throughput Energy Materials Discovery  - Udo Bach - Monash Un
 iversity
DTSTART:20240521T103000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The effects of global warming are calling for a rapid transiti
 on from fossil to renewable energy sources. New materials for energy gener
 ation and storage are required to enable this transition. In this presenta
 tion we will introduce a new research tool which introduces elements of au
 tomation and artificial intelligence to the field of materials discovery. 
 The new research platform will be hosted at the Melbourne Centre for Nanof
 abrication and is part of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics
 . The main purpose of this installation is to accelerate the development o
 f novel printable photovoltaic materials such as lead halide perovskites a
 nd their lead-free analogues\, it is however also applicable towards the d
 iscovery of energy materials more broadly. It entails three integrated rob
 otic sections. The first allows to formulate inks from liquid and solid ch
 emical precursors\, the second section allows to produce thin films from t
 hese inks via solution processing techniques and the third section hosts a
  number of characterization tools to determine the optical\, electronic an
 d structural properties of these films. The entire system operates under i
 nert gas atmosphere with a clock speed of 5 minutes and the ability to ope
 rate autonomously for 24 hours. 
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotec
 hnology\, West Cambridge Site
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