PhD candidate to join the project in Laboratory for Photoelectrochemistry and Solar Energy Conversion

Field: Chemistry/Physics

Description:

Laboratory for Photoelectrochemistry and Solar Energy Conversion is searching for a PhD candidate to join project entitled “Design, construction and investigations of earth abundant materials based heterojunctions for high efficiency solar energy conversion”.

Requirements: 

– applicants must have a MSc degree in chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, or in the relevant field

– experience in laboratory work

– preference will be given to candidates who have experience in materials synthesis and/ or photoelectrochemistry

– ability to work in a team, and to communicate effectively with team members, will also be an advantage

 

Job duties:

Materials selection, synthesis and photoelectrochemical screening in order to adjust the components to the construction of a powerful heterojunction.
Development of catalysts and their nano-architecture to enhance both, oxidation and reduction reactions with concomitant assembly of single systems to layered and core-shell structures with focus on disordered systems.
Design and fabrication of nanostructured semiconductor n-type and p-type photoelectrodes based on binary, ternary, and lanthanides systems with their parallel optimization and extensive structural and photoelectrochemical characterization.

 

Employment conditions:

1. Status: Full time
2. Employment: Scholarship
3. Type: Defined
4. Period: 36months/3years
5. Position starts on: 10/2018

 

Additional information:

1. Required documents: CV/cover letter/diploma/ letters of recommendation from at least one academic referee/ list of publications or other scientific achievements
2. Method of application: email
3. Where to apply: r.solarska@cent.uw.edu.pl
4. Selected candidates will be contacted by e-mail for further recruitment steps.

• The offers will be accepted until the laureate is announced.
• In the case of not signing the contract by the candidate, due to the resignation, we reserve the right to choose the next candidate from the ranking list.
• We reserve the rights to invite the selected candidates only.

 

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Deadline: 25/09/2018