Research Assistant to Model Graphene-semiconductor Solar Cells
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Job Reference: ENG00130
Salary Scale: 32,380 to 34,040 GBP per annum
Location: London, UK
Job Description
Campus: South Kensington and White City
Full-Time, Fixed Term contract until 31 October 2018
This post holder will be situated in the Department of Materials at Imperial College (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/materials), and will be part of the Thomas Young Centre (http://www.thomasyoungcentre.org/about-tyc/), a world leading organisation spanning four universities across London which focuses on the study of materials properties and behaviour through the application of theory and computer simulation. The project is funded by the Royal Society (https://royalsociety.org/), and is led by Dr Johannes Lischner (PI, http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.lischner).
A team at Imperial College comprising both theorists and experimentalists is developing low-cost graphene-semiconductor solar cells. To underpin and drive the experimental progress, you will carry out ab initio excited-state calculations to understand the electronic and atomic structure of graphene-semiconductor interfaces and discover optimal interfaces for solar energy conversion. This will be achieve by connecting the ab initio results to semiconductor device models and obtain a detailed understanding of attainable energy conversion efficiencies.
The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out the following duties:
- To perform ab initio excited-state codes, such as BerkeleyGW or Octopus
- To perform ab initio calculations using supercomputer
- Able to perform modelling excited-state properties two-dimensional materials
- Able to perform modelling 2d material-semiconductor interfaces
- Able to perform modelling light-induced charge transfer
- Able to collaborate with experimentalists
- To have good understanding of quantum mechanics
- Able to write high quality scientific publications
- Able to communicate well in a team
- Excellent presentation skills
- To have excellent mathematical skills
- Able to develop and apply new concepts
- Able to conduct a detailed review of recent literature
Should you have any queries please contact, Johannes Lischner – j.lischner@imperial.ac.uk
Further guidance may be sought from Mrs Darakshan Khan (d.khan@imperial.ac.uk).
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