Internship:Developing continuous perovskite film deposition towards roll-2-roll

AMOLF; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 4,464 - 8,928; Full time

Job summary

AMOLF in Amsterdam is offering an internship/master project focused on developing continuous perovskite film deposition for roll-to-roll solar cell fabrication.

Interns will gain hands-on experience with a slot-die coater, and will investigate how various conditions affect crystallization. Candidates must be enrolled in a relevant Master’s program and available for at least 5 months.

AMOLF promotes diversity and encourages all qualified applicants to apply.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s program in a relevant field.
• Must be available for at least 5 months.
• The internship must be mandatory for your curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a slot-die coater to deposit layers for perovskite solar cells.
• Investigate deposition conditions and their effect on crystallization.

Skills

Master’s program in physics

Master’s program in chemistry

Master’s program in materials science

Experience with lab coating and characterization

Knowledge of perovskite solar cells

Education

Enrolled in a Master’s program

Job description

Overview

Internship/Master project: Developing continuous perovskite film deposition towards roll-2-roll solar cell fabrication

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a slot-die coater in the lab to deposit specialized layers for perovskite solar cells and characterize them.
• Investigate how deposition conditions and coating dynamics affect the crystallization regime of perovites.

Qualifications

• You are currently enrolled in a Master’s program in physics, chemistry, materials science, or a related field.
• You have a nationality of an EU-member state and/or you are a student at a university in the Netherlands.
• The internship has to be a mandatory part of your curriculum.
• We expect you to be available for at least 5 months, although longer is preferable.

Work environment

AMOLF is a part of NWO-I and initiates and performs leading fundamental research on the physics of complex forms of matter, and to create new functional materials, in partnership with academia and industry. The institute is located at Amsterdam Science Park and currently employs about 140 researchers and 80 support employees. The 3D Photovoltaics Group focuses on nanoscale phenomena at (electrified) solid-liquid interfaces and the development of new materials and energy conversion principles for sustainable energy generation. The group investigates how high purification requirements can be offset by nanophotonic concepts and rational light management strategies, develops new fabrication pathways for photovoltaic absorber and contact layers within circular chemistry, and studies (in)direct storage of solar energy. It also develops in-situ characterisation techniques to determine electrochemical, optical and surface properties with nanoscale resolution.

Additional programme

AMOLF Energy Research Academy offers a special program for research internships in sustainable energy science, consisting of a research project in one of AMOLF’s research groups and a series of tutorials on sustainability science. Admission to this Academy is possible only in combination with a research internship project at AMOLF.

Application

You can respond to this vacancy online via the button below. Please annex your:

• Motivation letter;
• Resume;
• List of followed courses plus grades.

Online screening may be part of the selection.

Diversity and compliance

AMOLF is committed to an inclusive and diverse work environment and recruits on the basis of competencies and talents. We encourage anyone with the right qualifications to apply regardless of age, gender, origin, sexual orientation or physical ability. AMOLF has won the NNV Diversity Award 2022 for demonstrating effective implementation of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).

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