Materials Science Resources

Cyclic Voltammetry Basic Principles, Theory and Setup

Cyclic voltammetry is an electrochemical technique for measuring the current response of a redox active solution to a linearly cycled potential sweep between two or more set values.

The Ultimate Guide to Making Perovskite Solar Cells

Over the past 10 years, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have achieved record efficiencies of 25.5% single junction solar cells (as of 20211) and these efficiencies are rising impressively.

Cyclic Voltammetry Applications and Uses

Cyclic voltammetry is a versatile electrochemical method with a range of different applications. In cyclic voltammetry, each successful forwards and backwards potential sweep produces a 'duck-shaped' plot known as a cyclic voltammogram.

What is a Perovskite Solar Cell

A perovskite solar cell is a thin film photovoltaic device. In these devices, perovskites absorb sunlight and convert it into electrical energy. Certain perovskites have fundamental properties which make them excellent at this. In some ways, perovskites are even better than the materials used in current solar cells.

Troubleshooting Cyclic Voltammetry and Voltammograms

Cyclic voltammetry is a powerful and versatile electrochemical technique. With modern potentiostats and software packages, the method is relatively straight-forward to perform. Despite this apparent simplicity, there are still a number of things that can go wrong, particularly when setting up the electrochemical cell.

Potentiostat Working Principles and Fundamentals

Potentiostats are voltage sources that vary their output potential in response to changes in the resistance across the circuit.

What is a Glove Box?

Glove boxes create a stable, sealed environment for handling hazardous materials, chemicals, or samples that react readily with air. Samples can be transferred into the glove box via the glove box antechamber, and glove box gloves can be used to manipulate the contents of the glove box.

How to Choose a Laboratory Glove Box

When buying a glove box, it's important that you choose the most suitable system for your specific lab and experiments. The first question that you should be asking yourself when looking for a glove box is what do I need?

Glove Box Installation

The Ossila Glove Box is designed to be easy to install and maintain, and is suitable for most laboratories. Its small footprint and quick set up also means that it is relatively portable and can be conveniently transferred between labs as required.

Air Free Techniques

Air free techniques are essential for the handling and storage of materials that are unstable when exposed to air. Compounds are defined as unstable if they react with an element in air, often moisture or oxygen.

Inert Gases

Inert gases are gases which are chemically inactive, so will not undergo chemical reactions with many materials. Inert gases are used for many purposes in a wide range of industries - for example in welding, chemical processing, and as filler gases in light sources.

Argon vs Nitrogen for Glove Box

Argon and nitrogen are both unreactive gases which can be used to create an inert environment within a glove box. Both gases will efficiently displace air within a confined space, are easy to store and will not react with most materials. Therefore, both N2 and Ar can create a glove box environment with very low moisture and oxygen levels.

Glove Box Maintenance And Troubleshooting

The Ossila Glove Box (or glovebox) uses automatic purging and programmable leak tests making it easy to maintain an inert environment. However, there are a number of steps that you as the glove box user can take to ensure that the inert atmosphere remains intact.

Glove Box (Glovebox) Uses, Leaks, and Design

Scientific glove boxes create a sealed environment for work that involves hazardous materials or samples that react with air. The main chamber of such a glove box is generally filled with an inert gas, usually Nitrogen.

Glove Box Leaks

The most common cause of glove box leaks is human error, either as a result of not following operating procedures correctly or from accidental damage. In terms of physical damage, the most likely puncture points will be the glove box gloves or the seals around the antechamber doors.

How to Replace Glove Box Gloves

Glove box gloves must be flexible and relatively thin. This allows for movement within the main chamber. The gloves will be the most vulnerable exposure point to air and moisture in your glove box as small holes can easily occur.

Vertical vs Horizontal Laminar Flow Hood

Laminar flow hoods (LFH) are essential tools used in scientific and industrial settings to create a controlled, clean environment for various applications.

Laminar Flow Hood vs Fume Hood

In lab environments, both laminar flow hoods and fume hoods operate to provide workspaces with enhanced ventilation and filtration mechanisms.

Biological Safety Cabinet vs Laminar Flow Hood

When working in laboratories, ensuring a safe and clean environment is paramount. Biological Safety Cabinets and Laminar Flow Hoods are two units that can be used to achieve these standards.

HEPA Filter: What Is It and How Does It Work?

The acronym HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air, and these filters boast an exceptional ability to achieve a high standard of particle filtration.

HEPA Filter Size Chart

High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters are designed to efficiently remove airborne particles and contaminants, making them indispensable tools in laboratories and cleanroom facilities.

ULPA vs HEPA Filters: Which One is Right for You?

Ultra-Low Particulate Air (ULPA) and High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters are both used in laminar flow hoods to remove particles from incoming air.

Laminar Flow Hood Cleaning Procedure

Regular and thorough cleaning of your laminar flow hood allows you to reliably conduct your experiments without risk of contamination.

Air Flow in Laminar Flow Hoods

Laminar flow must be achieved to guarantee air flow will move in a single direction and ensure optimal performance of the hood. This is needed to achieve the clean air functions listed above.

Spin Coating: Complete Guide to Theory and Techniques

Spin coating is a common technique for applying thin films to substrates. When a solution of a material and a solvent is spun at high speeds, the centripetal force and the surface tension of the liquid together create an even covering.

Dip Coating: Practical Guide to Theory and Troubleshooting

Dip coating is a simple and effective technique which is commonly used in manufacturing across a wide range of different industries. Within research and development, it has become an important coating method for the fabrication of thin films using a purpose-built dip coater.

Linear Sweep Voltammetry: Introduction and Applications

Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) is a simple electrochemical technique. The method is similar to cyclic voltammetry, but rather than linearly cycling over the potential range in both directions, linear sweep voltammetry involves only a single linear sweep from the lower potential limit to the upper potential limit.

Solution-Processing Techniques: A Comparison

When it comes to depositing highly-uniform wet thin films, there are many different solution-processing techniques capable of producing high-quality films at low cost.

Contact Angle: A Guide to Theory and Measurement

This guide will explain what a contact angle is and how it is measured. It will also show you how the Ossila Contact Angle Goniometer works and how to get the best measurement results.

What is Surface Energy? Formula & Definition

Surface free energy is a measure of the excess energy present at the surface of a material, in comparison to at its bulk. It can be used to describe wetting and adhesion between materials.

Contact Angle Measurements of Surface Wetting

Surface wetting occurs when a droplet spreads out over a surface, such that its contact angle is below 90°. When the droplet spreads out completely, this angle will be 0°, and 'complete wetting' will have occurred.

Contact Angle Measurements on Uneven Surfaces

In this guide we will use the Ossila Contact Angle software to measure a droplet on an uneven surface.

How to Set Up and Use the Ossila Syringe Pump

With no external dependencies, the Ossila Syringe Pump is quick and easy to set up and use.

Syringe Pumps Explained: Types of Syringe Pump

Syringe pumps, or syringe drivers, are motorised devices that accurately control the movement of a fluid from a syringe by mechanically inserting or retracting the plunger. Syringe pumps feature stepper motors which can accurately move a platform attached to the plunger of a syringe.

How do Syringe Pumps Work?

Syringe pumps are electromechanical devices which are designed to convert rotational motion to linear motion. This linear motion can then be used to drive the plunger of a syringe and deliver a precise amount of solution.

Syringe Pump Accuracy and Precision

Syringe pumps provide precise control over the movement and delivery of fluids and can be incorporated into a wide range of experimental setups to ensure that any work done is reproducible and accurate.

Syringe Pump Troubleshooting

When auto dispensing solvents, droplets are sometimes dispensed after the syringe pump has stopped. The cause of solution dripping can be due to several factors.

Excitons: An Introduction

When an electron is excited into a higher energy state, either through absorption of a photon or another excitation method, this creates a positively charged space in the lower energy leel known as a "hole."

The AM1.5 Spectrum

Solar irradiance varies depending on where you are in the world. This is because of a combination of local atmospheric conditions and geometric considerations.

The Solar Spectrum

The purpose of a solar simulator is to recreate the sunlight received on Earth. This is easier said than done as sunlight starts its journey in complex nuclear reactions in the sun's core, and is modified on it's journey to us through interactions with the Earth's atmosphere.

Radiometry and Photometry

Light can be measured either photometrically (only light visible to the human eye is considered) or radiometrically (also considers the energy in the invisible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum).

What are Flexible Solar Cells?

New developments in solar cell technology have enabled the realisation of flexible solar cells, the applications of which can be utilized in more imaginative ways than ever before.

Solar Simulator Design, Working Principles & Optics

A solar simulator has several components that help to simulate the solar spectrum uniformly for a defined test area. The most important part of the several components is the light source, however the other components ensure the light source outputs the solar spectrum correctly.

How to Set Up a Solar Simulator Light Source

The solar simulator light source is compact, lightweight and can be easily installed in any lab using adjustable height stand provided with it.

Automated Solar Simulator Assembly

This system was designed to be easy to use, and effortless to assemble. This video and subsequent guide will demonstrate how easy setting up your testing lab can be with the Ossila Automated Solar Cell Testing Bundle.

How to Check Solar Simulator Calibration

It is important to ensure that your solar simulator is outputting a consistent spectral output. Different solar simulators will have different bulb lifetimes.

Solar Simulator Classification and Calibration

Solar simulators must be evaluated according to one of the three standards, and comply with the specifications set out within.

Solar Simulator Irradiance and Spectral Mismatch

Solar simulators generally attempt to replicate the standard AM1.5G spectrum which has a total integrated irradiance of 1000.4 W/m2 over the wavelength range of 280 nm – 4000 nm.

Solar Cell Testing & Characterization

One main application of solar simulators is to test solar cell devices and modules. To characterise how solar cells will perform in the real world, it is vital that you use a solar source that mimics the suns spectrum well. You could of course use actual sunlight, but this is an uncontrollable variable.

Measuring J-V Curves with Ossila Solar Cell Testing Equipment

When it comes to testing the performance of solar cells, accurate measurements and reliable equipment are essential. If you are conducting research into PV materials, understanding how to measure and interpret J-V curves is crucial in assessing device performance

Analyzing and Improving Low Device Metrics: FF, V_OC and J_SC

Anaylzing key device metrics such as fill factor (FF), open-circuit voltage (V_OC), and power conversion efficiency (PCE), can help you find potential issues with your solar cell devices

Solar Simulator Light Sources

Choosing the right light source for your solar simulator is one the most important decisions to make when setting up a PV testing laboratory

What is Spectroscopy? Definition and Types

Spectroscopy is an invaluable technique used to study the interaction between radiative energy and matter. Different types of radiative energy used in spectroscopy include electrons, neutrons, ions, and acoustic waves.

Fluorescence and Phosphorescence

Both fluorescence and phosphorescence are types of photoluminescence. Photoluminescence refers to radiative emissions where the absorbance of a photon is followed by the emission of a lower energy photon. The main empirical difference between fluorescence and phosphorescence is the time in between absorbance and the emission of photons.

Blazed Gratings

The blazed diffraction grating is a type of grating that has a "sawtooth" profile. Blazed diffraction gratings will maximise the grating efficiency in one desired diffraction order at a specific wavelength, while other orders are minimised.

Thin Film Spectroscopy: Setup and Measurement

This article contains some advice from our researchers that should help you get started taking optical spectroscopy measurements of thin films.

Measuring Thin Film Fluorescence

To measure the fluorescence of a thin film, you will need an optical spectrometer, a fixed sample holder and a high energy light source (such as a UV laser or the Ossila UV light source). We also recommend using optical fiber cables between modular elements to reduce the attenuation of your signal.

Optical Fiber Spectroscopy

Optical fibers (or fiber optic cables) are cables which transmit light efficiently along an extremely thin glass (silica) or plastic fiber. Light travels down the cable due to total internal reflection.

Electroluminescence

Electroluminescence (EL) is the generation of light through the radiative recombination of holes and electrons which have been injected into the material from cathode and anode contacts. The charge carriers are injected into the material due to an applied bias over the cathode and anode. These cathode and anodes are orientated opposite each other.

Absorption Spectroscopy

In absorption spectroscopy, the intensity of light absorbed by a sample is measured as a function of wavelength. This can provide important information about the electronic structure of an atom or molecule.

Can Absorbance be Negative?

You should not be measuring negative absorbance values for any sample. Absorbance measurements come from transmission measurements where light that passes through your sample is collected by the spectrometer (or spectrophotometer) and compared to a reference spectrum.

Calculate Sheet Resistance Using the Four-Probe Method

This guide explains the theory behind sheet resistance, an electrical property of thin films of materials, and demonstrates how the four-probe method can be used to measure it.

How to Measure Sheet Resistance using a Four-Point Probe

This guide gives an overview of how to use the Ossila Four-Point Probe System, as well as some general tips and tricks for measuring sheet resistance.

Slot-Die Coating: Practical Guide to Theory and Troubleshooting

Slot-die coating is an extremely versatile deposition technique in which a solution is delivered onto a substrate via a narrow slot positioned close to the surface.

Solar Cells: A Guide to Theory and Measurement

A solar cell is a device that converts light into electricity via the ‘photovoltaic effect’. They are also commonly called ‘photovoltaic cells’ after this phenomenon, and also to differentiate them from solar thermal devices.

I-V Curves: A Guide to Measurement

An I-V curve (short for 'current-voltage characteristic curve'), is a graphical representation of the relationship between the voltage applied across an electrical device and the current flowing through it.

What is Voltammetry? Types and Applications

Voltammetry is the study of the current response of a chemical under an applied potential difference. Voltammetry encompasses a number of different methods.

Organic Photovoltaics: An Introduction

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have received widespread attention due to promising qualities, such as solution processability, tunable electronic properties, low temperature manufacture, and cheap and light materials.

Organic Photovoltaics vs. 2nd-Generation Solar Cell Technologies

Due to their high efficiency and well-established manufacture, crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells currently dominate the solar cell market.

Organic Photovoltaics vs 3rd-Generation Solar Cell Technologies

Whilst the majority of commercial solar cells are currently made using crystalline silicon (c-Si), thin-film alternatives have the potential to be cheaper, flexible, and more straightforward to produce.

OPV and OLED Fabrication Guide

Ossila’s pre-patterned ITO substrates are used for a wide variety of teaching and research devices (both organic and inorganic) where a high-quality ITO surface is required.

Large-Scale Deposition of Organic Solar Cells

Whilst organic photovoltaic (OPV) efficiencies have exceeded 14% in research, the majority of proposed systems are small-scale devices manufactured using spin coating which wastes large amounts of materials, and is a batch processing technique.

Green Solvents for Organic Photovoltaics

Whilst efficiencies of lab-scale organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells have continued to rise in recent years, the majority of systems use aromatic halogenated solvents to dissolve the active layer.

Solar Cell Encapsulation in a Glove Box

When working with air sensitive compounds, it is vital that to protect your materials before removing them from inert atmospheres (like a glove box). One way to do this is to encapsulate your devices before exposing them to ambient conditions.

Perovskites and Perovskite Solar Cells - An Introduction

The rapid improvement of perovskite solar cells has made them the rising star of the photovoltaics world and of huge interest to the academic community.

History and Evolution of Perovskites

The discovery of perovskite crystals in the Ural Mountains in the 19th century was followed by the discovery of metal halide perovskites some 50 years later.

Perovskite Fabrication

This guide describes our recommended fabrication routine for perovskite solar cells using Ossila I101 Perovskite Precursor Ink which is designed to be used with a bottom ITO/PEDOT:PSS anode and a top PC70BM/Ca/Al cathode.

FTO Substrates: Adapting Unpatterened Substrates for Photovoltaic Devices

As part of our photovoltaic substrate system, Ossila offers patterned Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) substrates which are designed to work with our evaporation masks to create multi pixel devices.

Perovskite Solar Cells: Methods of Increasing Stability & Durability

This article aims to introduce some methods that have been adapted to improve perovskite solar cell stability.

Perovskite Solar Cells: Causes of Degradation

Perovskite solar cells show impressive efficiencies and offer “a different kind of solar cell” that could be cheap to manufacture and could be semi-transparent, lightweight, and flexible.

Perovskite Solar Cells: Passivation Techniques

Perovskite solar cells have demonstrated impressive device metrics, including open-circuit voltages of up to 1.2V. However, in order for PSCs to achieve their theoretical best efficiencies, all non-essential recombination pathways should be eliminated.

Perovskite FAQ

Our technical support team receive enquiries about perovskite solar cell or photovoltaic fabrication on a regular basis. For your convenience, we've collated some of the most common questions here which you may find helpful when using I101 or I201 perovskite precursor inks.

Introduction to 2D Materials

The foundation of technology is the understanding of material systems. Specific material properties are required depending on the application.

Carbon Nanotubes: Uses, Properties and Limitations

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been deemed a wonder material due to their remarkable and highly unique physical and chemical properties. They have received much attention over the past decade as a promising material, particularly in the trending field of nanotechnology.

Viscoelastic Transfer of 2D Material Using PDMS

Viscoelastic transfer using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamps is one of the methods used for the deterministic placement of 2D materials and the fabrication of van der Waals heterostructures.

Molybdenum Disulfide

Molybdenum disulfide belongs to a class of materials called 'transition metal dichalcogenides'. Materials in this class have the chemical formula MX2, where M is a transition metal atom and X is a chalcogen.

Reducing Graphene Oxide to Graphene Using Environmentally Safe Materials

Graphene has many potential electronic, optoelectronic and biological uses. However, graphene itself is non-soluble, and this makes it very difficult to deposit from solution.

Solution Based OFETs

This guide describes the fabrication of evaporation-free OFETs using the Ossila pre-patterned ITO OFET substrates (product codes S161 & S162).

OLED Testing Guide

This guide gives you an overview of what to consider when characterising an OLED, as well as tips for their measurement.

Source Measure Unit: Python Programming Guide

The Ossila Source Measure Unit can be controlled directly over USB or Ethernet using various commands. These can be sent as strings, enabling the use of a large variety of programming languages, including Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Java, and C/C++.

Xtralien Scientific Python (Legacy)

The Xtralien Scientific Python distribution is a development environment aimed at scientists and includes all the relevant tools and libraries that a scientist will need to get started.

Getting Started with the X100 Source Measure Unit (Legacy)

The X100 (now discontinued, see X200 Source Measure Unit instead) is a powerful and versatile device. The tutorials and demos on this page are intended to help get you started with the X100 and make device characterisation as easy as possible.

What is an OLED?

The acronym ‘OLED’ stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diode - a technology that uses LEDs in which the light is produced by organic molecules. These organic LEDs are used to create what are considered to be the world’s best display panels.

Introduction to Bulk Electrolysis

Unlike many other electrochemical techniques, which are limited to the diffusion layer, bulk electrolysis (sometimes referred to just ‘electrolysis’) changes the composition of the bulk solution. Bulk electrolysis experiments aim to generate a quantitative conversion such that the amount of substrate consumed is directly proportional to the total consumed charge.

Spectroelectrochemistry (SEC) Techniques

Spectroelectrochemistry (SEC) is an experimental technique that combines electrochemistry and spectroscopy. While electrochemical experiments provide information on macroscopic properties like reaction rates, spectroscopic techniques give information on a molecular level, such as the structure of molecules and their electronic configuration.

Photovoltaic Substrate Overview

Ossila's photovoltaic substrates have been developed to maximise performance and fabrication efficiency for a range of modern photovoltaic device types where ITO series resistance becomes critical.

OLED Substrate (Pixelated Anode) System Overview

The schematics below show the layout of the substrates along with the available deposition shadow masks. The pixelated anode substrates come with six ITO fingers which define the pixels plus an additional cathode bus-bar.

High Density OFET Fabrication System Overview and Schematic

The below diagram shows an exploded view of how the evaporation stack fits together. At the base of the system is the lower support which prevents the thin and flexible shadow masks from warping.

Solution Processed OFET Substrate System Overview

The exploded diagram below illustrates the layers typically used with the evaporation-free OFET substrates. The substrates contain pre-patterned ITO source-drain contacts onto which the semiconductor is deposited before a gate insulator is spun on top and finally the gate material finishes the device.

Long Channel OFET Fabrication System Overview

The Long Channel Organic Field-Effect Transistor (OFET) source/drain evaporation stack is designed to make fabrication as simple as possible so you can focus on material testing rather than fabrication.

Making OLED and OPV solar cells: Quickstart Guide

Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) or organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) can be easily manufactured using Ossila’s pre-patterned ITO substrates and a few simple spin coating and evaporating steps.

Viscoelastic Transfer of 2D Material Using PDMS

Viscoelastic transfer using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamps is one of the methods used for the deterministic placement of 2D materials and the fabrication of van der Waals heterostructures.

How to Make Efficient Perovskites Solar Cells in A Glove Box

This video is a guide on how to make perovskite films when processed inside a nitrogen filled glove box. The resultant devices achieve efficiencies greater than 19% PCE.

How to clean substrates for photovoltaic or OLED fabrication

This video provides a walk through guide on how to clean substrates for photovoltaic and OLED fabrication.

Guide to make efficient air processed perovskite devices

This video provides a guide to making efficient air-processed perovskite devices.

How humidity affects air processed perovskite films

This video details the effects humidity has on air-processed perovskite films.

A PhD Student Condenses: The Impact of OPV Processing Conditions

While a large part of research into the bulk heterojunction morphology of organic solar cells focuses on component choice,1 the morphology is also tuned by a host of processing conditions.

A PhD Student Condenses: ITIC & its Derivatives as OPV Acceptors

Of the significant efforts in research devoted to NFAs, the proposal of the fused-ring system ‘ITIC’ in 2015 has generated the most success.

A PhD Student Condenses: Fine-Tuning A-D-A Small-Molecule Acceptors

Typically, polymer-based organic semiconductors (OSCs) are associated with OPVs. However, small molecules are also showing significant promise in terms of NFAs,2–4 and have similarly tunable properties (such as band-gap width).

A PhD Student Condenses: Factors Influencing OPV Stability

Typically, organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are manufactured in the form of a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) cell, where the active layer consists of a blend of donor and acceptor materials with various interfacial layers and electrodes.

A PhD Student Condenses: Introduction to Ternary Organic Solar Cells

The majority of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) in research are based upon a binary active-layer mixture (of donor and acceptor materials) in the form of a bulk heterojunction (BHJ).

Introducing the Ossila Potentiostat

The new Ossila Potentiostat has been designed to help electrochemists perform cyclic voltammetry for less. The complete system includes cyclic voltammetry software, an electrochemical cell, and everything you need to start taking measurements.

Synthesis of Perovskite Quantum Dots

Synthesising high quality quantum dots (QDs) can be a complex process.

During the original development of all-inorganic perovskite quantum dots, several synthetic routes were attempted in order to find a process that can reliably produce stable and defect resistant dots. Two major routes to the synthesis have now been developed: room temperate synthesis and synthesis by hot injection.

Perovskite Quantum Dots: A Rapidly Expanding Area of Research

Over the last two decades, quantum dots have elicited a considerable amount of excitement and attention from both research scientists and the media. When Sony launched their XBR line of televisions in 2013, quantum dots successfully moved from pure research into the commercial sphere. Despite this, there are still some barriers to overcome before we can expect to see widespread adoption of quantum dot-based products.

In The Spotlight: Personal Spin Coater

Compact, versatile, vacuum free and low maintenance, our spin coater has become one of our bestselling pieces of equipment since its launch last year.

Ossila Contact Angle Goniometer User Manual

The Ossila Contact Angle Goniometer provides a fast, reliable, and easy method to measure the contact angle or surface tension of a droplet.

Ossila Dip Coater User Manual

Ossila's Dip Coater is a system designed to deposit thin wet films through the controlled immersion and withdrawal of a substrate from a reservoir of solution.

Ossila Four-Point Probe User Manual

The Ossila Four-Point Probe System is a low-cost solution for rapid and reliable measurement of the sheet resistance, resistivity and conductivity of materials.

Ossila Glove Box User Manual

Ossila's inert atmosphere Glove Box comes equipped with high accuracy oxygen and humidity sensors, quick purge function and antechamber for quick item transfer.

Ossila LED Measurement System User Manual

The Ossila LED Measurement System is a low-cost solution for reliable current-voltage-luminance and lifetime measurements of light emitting diodes.

Ossila Optical Spectrometer User Manual

Ossila's USB powered Optical Spectrometer has been designed to simplify the optical characterisation of thin films, solutions, nanocrystals and more.

Ossila Potentiostat User Manual

Ossila’s Potentiostat is low-cost and easy-to-use system for performing cyclic voltammetry measurements. Cyclic voltammetry is one of the most widely used electrochemical techniques, providing important information about materials.

Ossila Slot-Die Coater User Manual

The Ossila Slot-Die Coater has been designed for simple operation and easy maintenance. An integrated high-precision Syringe Pump allows for accurate flow rates.

Ossila Solar Cell I-V Test System User Manual

The Ossila Solar Cell I-V Test System is a low-cost solution for reliable current-voltage characterisation of photovoltaic devices.

Ossila Spin Coater User Manual

The vacuum-free Ossila Spin Coater is compact and portable to optimise space in the glovebox and produce high-quality coatings without substrate warping.

Ossila Syringe Pump User Manual

Ossila's Syringe Pump has been designed to move volumes of fluids accurately and repeatedly at specified rates. User manual for single and dual models.

Ossila Source Measure Unit User Manual

Ossila's Source Measure Unit (SMU) can measure a wide range of research devices including photovoltaics, LEDs and OLEDs, transistors, and more.

Ossila UV Ozone Cleaner User Manual

Ossila's UV Ozone Cleaner is designed to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient method of obtaining ultra-clean surfaces free of organic contaminants.

Software and Drivers

The latest software and drivers including our cyclic voltammetry software for the Ossila Potentiostat and more.