Functional Nanomaterials for Ubiquitous Electronic Devices

用于无处不在的电子设备的功能纳米材料

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-04212
• 负责人: Musselman, Kevin
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=709977
• 关键词: Functional; Nanomaterials; Ubiquitous; Electronic; Devices

Materials with dimensions on the scale of nanometres (billionths of a metre) will ultimately be integrated into all parts of our lives. Nanoscale energy harvesting systems will collect energy from our bodies and environment; nanoscale wireless technologies will transmit this power to integrated circuits and allow them to communicate; and connected sensors and displays that we interact with will be fabricated using nanomaterials. New nanomaterials are needed to make this future a reality and if these devices are to be truly ubiquitous, they must be manufactured using inexpensive, scalable processes. Currently, it takes an incredible 10-20 years to bring new materials to market in sectors such as microelectronics, energy, and healthcare. Furthermore, many advanced materials are fabricated using high-temperature or vacuum-based processes that are not suitable for large scale manufacturing of ubiquitous electronics (e.g., the printing of flexible solar cells on plastics). In the proposed program, Dr. Musselman will transform an existing atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition (AP-SALD) system into an Adaptive AP-SALD system that can rapidly screen advanced materials consisting of many different atomic elements. This innovative system will be able to quickly print nanoscale films with varying atomic compositions, and simultaneously characterize the properties of the films as a function of their composition. By simultaneously synthesizing and measuring thousands of different compositions, it will be possible to quickly identify advanced materials that have desired properties. Importantly, the atmospheric nature of this technique ensures the identified materials are suitable for low-cost, industrial-scale manufacturing. Dr. Musselman will employ nanomaterials discovered using Adaptive AP-SALD, as well as those synthesized using other scalable approaches, in prototype devices. In the first instance, he will optimize charge-transporting molybdenum oxide alloys for next-generation solar cells and LEDs. By studying the device performance as a function of the material composition and manufacturing method, the program will expand our knowledge of the fundamental operating mechanisms in these new devices and improve their efficiency. In developing Adaptive AP-SALD, it is Dr. Musselman's goal to accelerate advanced materials research and development in sectors of strategic importance to Canada, including clean energy conversion, microelectronics, wireless technologies, and healthcare devices. Through this specialized program, HQP will gain the necessary skills and expertise needed to build and maintain Canada's position as a leader in advanced manufacturing. This will increase Canada's competitiveness and establish it as a hub where the world's innovators come to develop new nanomaterials for devices that make us safer, healthier, and happier.

具有尺寸尺寸的材料（十亿分之一）最终将整合到我们生活的各个地方。纳米级能量收集系统将从我们的身体和环境中收集能量；纳米级无线技术将将这种功率传输到集成电路并允许它们进行交流；我们与之相互作用的连接传感器和显示器将使用纳米材料制造。需要新的纳米材料才能使这一未来成为现实，如果这些设备真正普遍存在，则必须使用廉价，可扩展的过程制造它们。目前，将新材料带入微电子，能源和医疗保健等领域，将新材料推向市场。此外，许多高级材料都是使用高温或真空的工艺制造的，这些工艺不适合大规模生产无处不在的电子产品（例如，在塑料上打印柔性太阳能电池）。 在拟议的计划中，Musselman博士将将现有的大气压力空间原子层沉积（AP-SALD）系统转变为一种自适应AP-SALD系统，该系统可以快速筛选由许多不同原子元素组成的高级材料。这种创新的系统将能够快速打印具有不同原子成分的纳米级膜，并同时将膜的特性表征为其成分的函数。通过同时合成和测量数千种不同的组合物，可以快速识别具有所需特性的高级材料。重要的是，该技术的大气性质可确保确定的材料适用于低成本，工业规模的制造。 Musselman博士将采用使用自适应AP-Sald发现的纳米材料，以及在原型设备中使用其他可扩展方法合成的纳米材料。首先，他将优化用于下一代太阳能电池和LED的电荷传输氧化钼合金。通过研究设备的性能是物质组成和制造方法的函数，该程序将扩大我们对这些新设备中基本操作机制的了解，并提高其效率。 在开发自适应AP-Sald时，Musselman博士的目标是加速对加拿大战略重要性领域的先进材料研发，包括清洁能源转换，微电子，无线技术和医疗保健设备。通过这个专业计划，HQP将获得建立和维护加拿大高级制造领导者所需的必要技能和专业知识。这将提高加拿大的竞争力，并将其确立为一个枢纽，在该枢纽中，世界的创新者开始为设备开发新的纳米材料，使我们更安全，更健康，更快乐。