Dharmadasa R. – TechConnect Briefs

Intense Pulsed Light Sintering and Reduction of Facile Copper Hydroxide Synthesis towards Printable Copper Contacts

Druffel T., Dharmadasa R., Draper G., University of Louisville, US

The printed electronics market is a rapidly growing field, with the market set to reach $3.6B by 2018. Conductive inks are used in a vast variety of technologies. Inks are typically composed of metallic particles [...]

Intense Pulsed Light Processing of Semiconductors for Photovoltaics

Druffel T., Dharmadasa R., University of Louisville, US

Thin film solar cells typically require post-growth heat treatment to improve the materials properties. In order to manufacture market competitive solar cells, material processing methods with low capital and running costs are required. One method [...]

Intense Pulsed Light Processing of Semiconductors for Photovoltaics

Druffel T., Dharmadasa R., University of Louisville, US

Thin film solar cells typically require post-growth heat treatment to improve the materials properties. In order to manufacture market competitive solar cells, material processing methods with low capital and running costs are required. One method [...]

Ambient Temperature Synthesis and Sintering of Conductive Aqueous Copper Inks

Druffel T., Jha M., Dharmadasa R., University of Louisville, US

Conducting films are becoming increasingly important for the printed electronics industry with applications in various technologies including antennas, RFID tags, photovoltaics, flexible electronics and displays. To date, expensive noble metals have been utilized in these [...]