Ivan Caño Prades

Academic interests

Thin film photovoltaics. Emerging materials. Wide-bandgap semiconductors. Materials synthesis and thin film deposition. Crystallography. X-Ray Diffraction

Background

Education

Physics and Chemistry (BSc) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Physics Engineering (MSc) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). PhD in Electronic Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

Academic background

Chalcogenide thin film deposition (co-evaporation methods, sputtering, vapour transport deposition, chemical methods - precursor molecular inks deposition)

Thin film photovoltaics (Sb₂Se₃, Cu₂ZnSnS₄, SbSeI, Se solar cells, perovskite oxides)

Crystallographic analysis by XRD (PXRD and GIXRD, pole figure, Rietveld refinement)