We are happy to announce that a PhD student position is available immediately in the Computational Electronic Structure Theory group at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, lead by Prof. Patrick Rinke. The objective of the project is to develop coating films that protect a hybrid perovskite material for solar-energy applications in moist environments. The surfaces and interfaces of the hybrid perovskite materials will be studied with density-functional theory and database infrastructures such as the Novel Materials Discovery (NoMaD) laboratory. The project is done in collaboration with an industrial partner and experimental groups at Aalto university that research solar cell materials. A background in physics or chemistry is preferable. Prior knowledge in electronic structure theory would be beneficial, but is not a necessity.

For more details and information see http://physics.aalto.fi/en/groups/cest/