PhD Fellowships in Nanowire Based Solar Cells, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

One PhD research fellowship is offered within the project “Development of semiconductor nanowire based solar cells”, funded by the Research Council of Norway through the program “RENERGI” at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (IET) (http://www.iet.ntnu.no/en) in Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (IME), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

The primary objective of the project is to fabricate solar cells based on semiconductor nanowires (NWs). The solar cell will be using GaAsSb based core-shell NWs with a novel type-II band alignment. The main task of the announced PhD fellowship is the growth of the nanowires by gold-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The candidate will also be involved in the processing of nanowire solar cell devices and in the device characterization. A new 700 m2 clean room, “NTNU NanoLab” (www.ntnu.no/nanolab/english), will be available for the processing of the nanowire solar cells from the start of the project. The PhD student will be working in close collaboration with a post doc fellow that will be hired at IET to the same project. In addition another PhD student will be hired at the Physics Department at NTNU to work on the structural characterization of the grown nanowires by transmission electron microscopy.

We seek highly motivated individuals holding a masters degree in physics (specialized in solid state physics), physical electronics, materials science or other relevant disciplines. The PhD student will receive a strong multi-disciplinary training by working in a rich scientific environment through collaborations with other departments at the university as well as foreign collaboration partners. The appointment is at code 1017, salary level 45-61 in the national salary scheme, gross NOK. 353.000- 468.500 per annum, of which 2% is deducted for the State Pension scheme.

The application must contain information about education, examinations and previous experience. Certified copies of testimonies and documents must be attached. NTNU’s PhD rules require a master degree or equivalent, with at least 5 years of studies and an average grade of A or B within a scale of A-E for passing grades (A best). Candidates from universities outside Norway are kindly requested to send a Diploma Supplement or a similar document, which describes in detail the study and grade system and the rights to further studies associated with the obtained degree.

For more information please contact: Professor Helge Weman, helge.weman (at) iet.ntnu.no, +47 735 94409.

Closing date: 13th of May 2009.