Core offers solar cell fabrication, characterization and testing capabilities. Additional services include making modules and performing reliability testing. Core is designed with industrial compatibility in mind. Although fabrication on smaller substrates or even pieces is possible, the native substrate form factor is currently 156 mm silicon. New equipment is being selected to maintain compatibility with evolving solar manufacturing sizes (e.g., M12 = 295 mm diagonal). Supported technology thrusts reinforce industry relevance. Considering solely silicon technology, architectures researched include Al BSF, PERC, SHJ and various tandems, predominantly silicon-based with a perovskite top cell.

Facility supporting analytical needs for materials. Provides advanced facilities and equipment for materials characterization, surface, optical and structural analysis, elemental composition, and high-resolution electron microscopy. The center supports materials analysis across a broad range of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, life sciences, earth and space sciences, environmental sciences, and engineering. Offers electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, ICP-MS, spectroscopy, and related techniques.

The Biodesign Imaging Core (BIC) facility includes a Nikon C2 4-color laser, scanning confocal, a Nikon SIM E, super resolution, Structured Illumination Microscope, a wide-field fluorescence microscope, and an EVOS extended time-lapse live cell imaging system. The core specializes in live-cell imaging applications and includes cell culture capability. The core also has a 10-color, Gallios flow cytometry analyzer, and a 15 color FACS Aria IIU sorter.