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📢Faraday Institution CATMAT-Faraday Institution Cathodes Project funded postdoc position available - on modelling of lithium battery cathode materials in my group at Oxford Materials. *Please retweet* Thanks. Details & online application: bit.ly/3URukOy #RealTimeChem #chempostdoc Chemjobber

📢 Join us for the 1st International Workshop on Emerging Inorganic Chalcogenides Photovoltaics, part of the Renew PV COST action! 🌞 Tallinn 15-16th June 2023. Register now: renewpv.eu/1st-internatio… 🎟️ Funding opportunities for network members! #EICP2023 #RenewPVCOST"

Deadline for PhD on materials modelling for next generation PV extended to 31 May. In the words of NOFX 'The alternative is one, Final source of energy, Solar electricity'. Join us SusMatZero CDT University of York. findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

PLEASE RETWEET: I have a 4-year PhD studentship available UoBChemistry on using #compchem to find new wide band gap oxides for optoelectronic applications. Want to increase efficiency in solar cells and power electronics, then this is for you! tinyurl.com/3nrb5tka

A RenewPV joint WG2/WG5 meeting will be on 12-13 September in Berlin. Present your research in need of input from modelling and/or materials/device characterisation. Interested? Fill out the EOI form: 👉 forms.gle/ECNBDB4aytCGyG… by Aug 7. ~20 reimbursement places available.

A fully funded PhD studentship is available within the York CDT in Sustainable Materials for Net Zero to work on the discovery of new sustainable permanent magnets using predictive materials modelling. Deadline 03/01/24. UoY School of Physics, Engineering and Technology SusMatZero CDT t.ly/rYk9K

I’ve been a bit rubbish at posting papers on here when they get published so in the next few tweets I will post a selection from the last year.

In this study we experimentally tested our prediction that incorporating Zr into surfaces of nanocrystalline anatase TiO2 should reduce electron trapping and successfully demonstrated an improvement in charge carrier mobility. t.ly/kPU4I

A remarkably coherent and electronically benign interface between FAPbI3 and a 3R polytype of PbI2 is identified in this nice collaboration with the groups of Michael Johnston, Laura Herz and Peter Nellist Mathias Uller Rothmann Oxford Materials t.ly/yshxh

In the first publication of his PhD Alex Armstrong investigated how uniaxial strain modifies the electronic properties of the 2D materials MoS2 and TiS3 with latter exhibiting significant directional dependence correlated with its anisotropic structure doi.org/10.1088/1361-6…

In this collaboration with David Tilley and Wooseok Yang, led by Pardis Adams, we investigated chemical modification of Sb2Se3 for improved performance of water splitting photocathodes doi.org/10.1002/adfm.2…

In this study led by Chuanjia Tong (Central South University, Changsha) the role of different types of Cu-Zn disorder in CZTSSe is investigated by DFT and NAMD simulations. t.ly/U2GF-

In this review we highlight how electron microscopy and first principles modelling are powerful complementary tools for understanding properties of grain boundaries in polycrystalline energy materials. Thanks to all co-authors! James Quirk Mathias Uller Rothmann doi.org/10.1063/5.0175…

In this work from Budhika Mendis, Keith McKenna, SuperSTEM Daresbury, Ro “Con” Anderson, @DuroseKen, and team, experiment and theory suggest that Sb2Se3 is intrinsically tolerant to defects at grain boundaries, a key requirement for highly efficient thin-film photovoltaics go.aps.org/3Uzj0Z3

Next wednesday afternoon (13/03) we have a Thomas Young Centre seminar here UCL by Keith McKenna (Keith McKenna) from York on understanding extended defects in energy materials through first-principles calculations and electron microscopy. thomasyoungcentre.org/event/tyc-semi…

📢Abstract submission is now open for the Nanoscience@Surfaces Summer School at York on 22-25 July. Featuring invited talks in a wide range of topics in surface science, poster presentations, and commercial exhibitors. Submit your abstract by July 8th! iop.eventsair.com/nsss2024/

A fully funded PhD studentship is available within the York CDT in Sustainable Materials for Net Zero to work on the discovery of new sustainable permanent magnets using predictive materials modelling. Deadline 30/06/24. UoY School of Physics, Engineering and Technology SusMatZero CDT findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

A review of complementary first principles materials modeling and electron microscopy approaches for investigating the structure and properties of grain boundaries in polycrystalline energy materials. Keith McKenna UoY School of Physics, Engineering and Technology Newcastle Chemistry Renew PV Network aippub.org/3UnrosW

Thrilled to see our #photovoltaics roadmap now published in JPhys Energy! Fantastic collaborative effort among >80 people, primarily from the UK PV community. Well done to the many people involved! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…