Physics: Fully Funded PhD Scholarship: Fundamental Processes in Disordered Semiconductors for Photovoltaic Applications
Funding provider: Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering
Subject areas: Semiconductor Device Physics, Solar Cells, Disordered Semiconductors
Project start date:
- 1 July 2022 (Enrolment open from mid-June)
Supervisors:
- Dr Ardalan Armin
- Dr Oskar Sandberg
- Dr Nasim Zarrabi
Aligned programme of study: PhD in Physics
Mode of study: Full-time
Project description:
The solid state physics of disordered semiconductors is quite different to traditional crystalline ordered equivalents such as silicon or gallium arsenide. This is particularly true for photovoltaic phenomena where disordered materials such as organic semiconductors are finding increasing application in targeted scenarios such as mobile or indoor power. This project focuses on improving our understanding of organic and other disordered semiconductors which are molecular in nature – and particularly addresses the processes that lead to photocurrent and photovoltage generation in light harvesting. The project will be a combined experimental-theoretical electro-optical study using state-of-the-art methods developed in the Sêr SAM group in recent research efforts and will be closely linked to more fundamental work packages of the Swansea-led EPSRC Program Grant in Application Targeted Integrated Photovoltaics which will run for the duration of the project.