Contract type: Fixed term
Starting date: ASAP
Duration: 36 months
Working Place: Palaiseau
Education: Engineer degree/PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials science (or other relevant fields)
Salary: Salary grid
Become an actor of the Energy Transition by joining a team driven by innovation and impact to address today’s most decisive challenges.
IPVF – Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France, is a global Research, Innovation and Education center, which mission is to accelerate energy transition through science & technology.
Gathering industrial PV leaders (EDF, Total, Air Liquide, Horiba and Riber) and world-renowned academic research teams (CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique), multi-disciplinary and international IPVF teams conduct research for clean energy technologies.
Supported by the French State, IPVF is labelled Institute for Energy Transition (ITE).
IPVF at a glance:
Be a leading force in our team and advance industrially relevant knowledge while pursuing scientific understanding to further advance perovskite cell and module technology:
Perovskite solar cells are the “rising star” of solar cell development in the world-wide research community of photovoltaics. The efficiency of stand-alone perovskite single-junction solar cells approach already the world record efficiencies of silicon solar cells and by combining perovskite cells with silicon cell to so-called tandem cells, an efficiency above 29% has been achieved by the international research community. However, the practical use for renewable energy production still requires improvements in the long-term stability perovskite cells.
Your work in our team investigates the aging characteristics of perovskite-based solar cells and modules. Your results allow to predict real-world performance under operating conditions of PV installations. The scientific insight generated by your work is a key driver for improving the performance of IPVF’s perovskite solar cell development.
IPVF Research Program involving this postdoc position: https://ipvf.fr/jean-paul-kleider-philip-schulz-and-daniel-ory-introducing-programme-4-characterization-modeling-reliability/
The candidate will directly report to the Deputy Programs Director of IPVF.
The R&D Engineer will be in charge of developing the reliability activities of IPVF on perovskite materials and tandem solar cell devices with the following missions:
The candidate will integrate a dynamic and talented team driven by innovation and results.
Knowledge
Knowhow
Self-management skills
Cover letter and CV to be sent to : nils.harder@total.com
Specify the title of the offer in the subject line of the email
Feel free to contact us for more information about our offers.