Research Associate
Physical and Environmental Sciences,Chemistry,Materials Science,Physics and Astronomy,Engineering and Technology,Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Short info about job
Company: University of Sheffield
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Salary: £30,688 to £38,833 per annum. Grade 7
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Type / Role: Academic or Research
Phone: +44-1371 2657562
Fax: +44-1554 4798522
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Detail information about job Research Associate. Terms and conditions vacancy
Contract Type: Fixed-term for 13 monthsFaculty: Faculty of Science
Summary:
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is looking to appoint a Research Associate to work on an EPSRC funded ‘Solar Grand Challenge’ project that runs jointly with researchers in Imperial College London and the University of Swansea. In this project, you will fabricate a range of perovskite solar cell devices, and will use a variety of spatially-resolved optical and electronic probes to explore their operational stability and degradation. The experimental work will involve materials synthesis, photovoltaic device fabrication and the use of both structural (AFM, SEM, GIWAXS, GISAXS) and spectroscopic measurements (Raman, photocurrent mapping, time-resolved measurements, JV-scans etc.) to explore the basic physics of solar-cell operation and degradation. Our objective is to develop material systems and devices having improved operational stability. You will be based in the Electronic and Photonic Molecular Materials Group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield (www.epmm.group.shef.ac.uk/), and will work in our clean rooms in the Kroto Centre on North Campus. You will work closely with students and postdocs at Sheffield developing perovskite PV, and will collaborate closely with our partners in Imperial College and Swansea.
You will have, or be about to obtain, a PhD in physics, or in an appropriate area of materials science, physical chemistry or electronic engineering (or equivalent experience).