PhD Opportunity in San Sebastian [structure, dynamics, spectroscopy, modelling, hybrid perovskites]

[Kacper Drużbicki]

Dear All,

We have secured funding for a PhD in our group starting in 2022, a summary of the project is enclosed below. Please forgive me for advertising this offer here, but I feel it might be interesting to the community.

Any interested candidates can always contact me to discuss further details:

contact:   kacper.druzbicki[at]ehu.eus

Thank you,

Kacper Druzbicki

Phase Behavior and Metastability in Hybrid Perovskites for Photovoltaic and Photonic Applications

Summary: The PhD candidate will join the Quantum Beams & Sustainable Materials Group at the Materials Physics Center in San Sebastian (Spain). The group primarily uses neutron and X-ray scattering techniques in combination with atomistic modelling to interrogate and understand novel functional media for energy applications and sustainability, in close collaboration with leading international laboratories from around the globe. The primary aim of this project is to explore the properties and phase behavior of hybrid perovskites using these methodologies. In particular, this project is part of wider efforts to understand and ultimately tailor the regimes of stability and metastability of this emerging family of materials as a function of external parameters such as temperature, pressure or chemical environment, as well as to unveil the mechanisms underpinning photovoltaic performance and degradation pathways under physico-chemical conditions of technological relevance. We anticipate that this body of work will pave the way for new and much-needed insights into the primary bottlenecks currently hampering the widespread use of hybrid perovskites in photovoltaic and photonic applications.