2-year Postdoc Atomistic Methodology to Treat - Rennes, France - INSA RENNES

INSA RENNES

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Rennes, France

il y a 2 semaines

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Sophie Dupont

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Description

About us:

The postdoctoral associate will mainly work within the theory group in Rennes (around 15 staff, PhD students and postdocs) involving the Foton Institute and the Rennes Chemical Sciences Institute in tight collaboration with experimentalists on the topic of water splitting or materials for energy.

The group is involved in European Union projects, national projects (ANRs or PEPR), and regional projects.

Mission:

2-year postdoctoral position is offered at the Foton Institute-OHM - INSA Rennes (France) and founded by Brittany Region as part of the specific program: Sustainable Attractiveness Strategy (SAD).

Immediate start is possible with competitive salary with qualification, ability, and experience.

The present SAD project has several objectives:

To provide a physicochemical understanding at the atomic scale of solar photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices,
To study complex multilayer stacks approximating the devices experimentally developed, and in particular focusing on the description of solid surfaces and solid/liquid interfaces between semiconductors (III-V on silicon, and hybrid Perovskites) and the electrolyte, and
To provide a fundamental description of the physical processes induced by addition of catalysts (metals or 2D materials) which are used to extract the charges in these devices.

Profile:

The ideal profile would combine an existing background on materials science, liquid or material/liquid interaction by using DFT codes (ABINIT, SIESTA, VASP), high performance computing, and also a great sense of autonomy.

Molecular dynamics is required on microcanonical (NVE), canonical (NVT) or isobaric-isothermal (NPT) ensembles.

Good communication skills in English are required.

Applications (resume, cover letter, 2 recommendation letters, list of publications) must be sent
on February 26th by the latest.

More information available from Laurent Pedesseau, Associate Professor.