Our Labs and Facilities
Our research teams are working to develop and scale-up the next generation of technologies, which will feed into future industry. Our integrated facilities provide lab-to-line capability, helping to prove the Active Buildings concept.
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Laboratories and Cleanroom
These laboratories opened in 2015 at Swansea University Bay Campus. The labs and cleanroom provide state-of-the-art materials and manufacturing research facilities.
Our printed photovoltaics team are developing materials and manufacturing methods to produce solar cells on glass and steel construction materials. These materials will replace conventional roofing, cladding, and glazing products, so buildings can generate a significant proportion of their electricity demand from the fabric of the building alone.
The cleanroom provides a stable and consistent environment for research, as well as a larger space to co-locate all solar cell activity. The cleanroom requires temperature control to maintain 21°C very reliably, and humidity control to be less than 30% relative humidity at all times.
The cleanroom houses three gloveboxes for research requiring an oxygen-free atmosphere, and a change area, which allows operators to gown up in a controlled area, minimising the introduction of particles into the room.
| Applied Photochemistry Lab |
| Scanning |
| Cleanroom |
| Analytical & Electrochemistry |
| PV Device Physics |
| PV Characterisation |
| PV Manufacturing |
| PMRC |
| PMRC – Labs |
| SHED |
| SHED 2 Temp |
| JB Lab |