PhD in Electrical Modelling of Perovskite Solar Cells You like to contribute to cutting-edge solar cell research by understanding how nanoscale processes influence device performance? Then have a look at this project!
School: School of Engineering
Starting date: 1st of February or by agreement
Your PhD work is embedded into a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The topic of this project is to develop numerical simulations for perovskite semiconductor devices that allow describing the results of AFM-based nanoscale characterization. The goal is to clearly relate nanoscale features to device performance. You would focus on the modelling part of both devices and nanoscale measurements in close collaboration with a PhD student, who takes over the experimental part of the project.
Potential tasks are:
Using numerical device modeling software to simulate the optoelectronic response of solar cells
Developing a multi-dimensional model taking into account the nanostructure of films and the geometry of the AFM experiment
Optoelectronic and spectroscopic characterization at the device and nanoscale
Identifying and formulating open research questions
Presenting and publishing your research results
Minimum Requirements:
You have an excellent Master's degree in physics, electrical engineering, computational science, or a similar field
Ideally, in your Master's thesis or a research project, you gained experience in numerical modeling of semiconductor devices
You have a solid background in semiconductor physics or are highly motivated to obtain it
You are committed to research with a high intrinsic motivation for pursuing a PhD
You enjoy working in a team but also like carrying out tasks independently
You have good communication and English language skills
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) is one of Switzerland's largest multidisciplinary universities of applied sciences, with over 14,000 students and 3,400 faculty and staff. In the Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics research group at the Institute of Computational Physics (ICP), we investigate the physics of solar cells and further optoelectronic devices using innovative characterization and modelling approaches. We perform cutting-edge fundamental and applied research in a young team of motivated scientists.
ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams in order to promote equality, diversity, and innovation. We offer working conditions and terms of employment commensurate with higher education institutions and actively promote personal development for staff in leadership and non-leadership positions.
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