Materials for next generation solar cells

PhD Scholarships are available within the Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics to develop novel semiconducting materials and/or additives for use in organic and/or hybrid thin film solar cells. The successful applicant(s) will have the opportunity to gain experience in synthetic chemistry and materials science, and work in an interdisciplinary team to realise next generation of solar cells.

The Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics, which is embedded in The University of Queensland’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, has state-of-the-art facilities for the synthesis, characterisation and testing of organic semiconducting materials (see https://cope.centre.uq.edu.au for facilities). The successful applicant(s) will join a research program involving an interdisciplinary team that includes theorists, chemists, spectroscopists, and device physicists.

This project is supported by the Research project scholarship.

Learn more about the Research project scholarship.

You must contact the principal supervisor for this project to discuss your interest. You should only complete the online application after you have reached agreement on supervision.

Always make sure you are approaching your potential supervisor in a professional way. We have provided some guidelines for you on how to contact a supervisor.

Your application will be assessed on a competitive basis.

We take into account your:

• previous academic record
• publication record
• honours and awards
• employment history

A working knowledge of Chemistry would be of benefit to someone working on this project.

You will demonstrate academic achievement in the field/s of synthetic organic chemistry and the potential for scholastic success.

A background or knowledge of organic optoelectronics, spectroscopy and nanofabrication, while not essential, would be advantageous.

To be considered for this scholarship, please email the following documents to Rob Kembery (r.kembery@uq.edu.au):

• Cover letter
• CV
• Academic transcript/s
• Evidence for meeting UQ's English language proficiency requirements eg TOEFL, IELTS
• Names of 3 referees

Please note the following: Submitting the above documents does not constitute a full application for admission into The University of Queensland's PhD program. If you are selected as the preferred applicant, you will then be invited to submit a full application for admission. You can familiarise yourself with the documents required for this process on the UQ Study website.