Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) delivers science solutions to the world – solutions derived from hundreds of patented and patent-pending inventions and scores of peer-reviewed manuscripts published each year. Berkeley Lab is the birthplace of quantum dots for biomedical assays and energy-efficient, true-color displays; a photodiode enabling smaller gamma cameras; the CalCharge industry consortium enabling advanced battery technology; startups such as Heliotrope and Seeo; and hundreds of new technologies each year.
The Innovation and Partnerships Office (IPO) connects small and large businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs with lab innovations, experts such as those at the Center for X-Ray Optics, and facilities including the Advanced Light Source (synchrotron), Molecular Foundry (nanomanufacturing), and National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center / NERSC & Energy Sciences Network (high-performance computing).
Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science national lab, managed by the University of California, and employs over 3,000 scientists, engineers and support staff.
Product Categories
101 Photovoltaic Device Manufacturing
- PV: Cells
- PV-Building-Integrated Solutions
203 Inspection & Measurement Products
- Film Thickness; Uniformity Measurement; Ellipsometer
- Metrology; Topology; Nanotopography; Flatness; Cryst.Orient.
- Microscopes: Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM)
- Microscopes: Confocal Scanning; 3-D Video
- Microscopes: Optical Microscopes
- Microscopes: SEM; Focused Ion Beam (FIB), TEM
- Spectrometers; FTIR; ATR-FTIR; Auger Electron (AES); SIMS
204 MEMS Equipment
- Deep RIE etching; Dry Etching
205 Nanotechnology Equipment and Tools
- Equipment, Nanotechnology Tools
206 PV Equipment
- Cells
- Thin Film
207 Process Equipment
- Deposition; PVD; Sputtering; Evaporation Equipment
- Etching; Stripping; Ashing - Dry and Wet Equipment
- Ion; E-Beam Milling Etching Equipment
- Lithography/Exposure
305 Nanotechnology Materials
- Nanotechnology Materials
308 Substrates
- Compound Semi substrates (GaAs; GaN; InP; SiGe, etc.)
401 Sub-systems
- Electron tube & Ion Beam Apparatus & Sources
- Exposure; Illumination Sources - Laser; Lamp; X-ray & other
402 PV Systems
- Chargers, Batteries
700 Manufacturing Services
- Deposition Service
- Etch; Strip; Cleaning Service
- Lithography; Patterning service
- Measurement; Inspection Service
701 Manufacturing Services or Consulting
- Nanotechnology Intellectual Property Development; Research
802 Educational; Research Institutions
- Edu.; Research Inst. (Non Profit); Academia; Schools
805 PV Services
- Research and Development