SpinBot

An automated platform for the synthesis and characterization of solution processed thin films

Foundry Scientist: Carolin Sutter-Fella

Hardware

• Fully automated spin coating platform:
  • Dobot M1
  • pipette robot
  • spin coaters
  • 1.5×1.5 mm² substrates
  • hotplate
  • heatable solution shakers
  • characterization box
  • antisolvent and gas quenching units
• Inline optical characterization (UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence)
• Serves the increasing demand for high-throughput experimentations in the field of solution processed semiconductors like lead halide perovskites
• High level of process flexibility and reproducibility of results
• Atmosphere condition
• User friendly GUI to plan and execute experiments

TEC programmable heater system

PLC-controlled 8-way heater/cooler system for setting custom annealing profiles.

Software

SpinBot One Control software (LabView)

In order to coordinate LabView and ScopeFoundry software, a TCP socket between software is established

Characterization Software (ScopeFoundry)

Spec Run

spec_run

Run the full characterization suite: PL, white-light transmission, and photograph for a single sample.

TEC heater batch program

Batch Run

Peform a batch run of 8 samples coordinated with the SpinBot Labview software. Configuration of this experiment is in JSON files stored in batch directory.

Processing and Analysis

SpecRun in Crucible

spec_run datasets are automatically ingested into Crucible and can be viewed on SciCat or accessed via Google Drive.

Jupyter Notebooks for SpecRun analysis

Coming Soon!