3 PhD positions (f/m/d) available at CENEM & IMN

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18. March 2021

Structure-property relationships are key for an in-depth understanding and development of modern materials utilized to solve grand challenges in today’s society like sustainable energy conversion and catalysis. The Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) and the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research (IMN) operate cutting-edge microscopes enabling a structural understanding down to the atomic scale and correlate it to material properties. For these research activities, which are embedded in Collaborative Research Centers (CRC 1452 & CRC 953) and a research training unit (GRK 1896), CENEM & IMN offer three PhD positions:

In situ Microscopy & Nanomechanics of Flexible Nanowire Electrodes

Advanced Electron Microscopy of Next Generation Solar Cells

Correlative Tomography and Advanced TEM of Novel Catalysts

Recent IMN publications in the respective fields:

In situ Microscopy & Nanomechanics of Flexible Nanowire Electrodes:

Schrenker N., Xie Z., Schweizer P., Moninger M., Werner F., Karpstein N., Mackovic M., Spyropoulos G., Göbelt M., Christiansen SH., Brabec C., Bitzek E., Spiecker E.:
Microscopic Deformation Modes and Impact of Network Anisotropy on the Mechanical and Electrical Performance of Five-fold Twinned Silver Nanowire Electrodes
In: ACS nano (2020), Article No.: acsnano.0c06480
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06480

Vogl L., Schweizer P., Wu M., Spiecker E.:
Transforming layered MoS2 into functional MoO2 nanowires
In: Nanoscale 11 (2019), p. 11687-11695
ISSN: 2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/c9nr03346g

Advanced Electron Microscopy of Next Generation Solar Cells:

Rechberger S., Gasparini N., Singh R., Kim M., Chochos CL., Gregoriou VG., Cho K., Brabec C., Ameri T., Spiecker E.:
Unraveling the Complex Nanomorphology of Ternary Organic Solar Cells with Multimodal Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy
In: Solar RRL (2020)
ISSN: 2367-198X
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202000114

Zhao Y., Miao P., Elia J., Hu H., Wang X., Heumüller T., Hou Y., Matt G., Osvet A., Chen YT., Tarragó M., de Ligny D., Przybilla T., Denninger P., Will J., Zhang J., Tang X., Li N., He C., Pan A., Meixner AJ., Spiecker E., Zhang D., Brabec C.:
Strain-activated light-induced halide segregation in mixed-halide perovskite solids
In: Nature Communications 11 (2020), Article No.: 6328
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20066-7

Correlative Tomography and Advanced TEM of Novel Catalysts:

Apeleo Zubiri B., Wirth J., Drobek D., Englisch S., Przybilla T., Weissenberger T., Schwieger W., Spiecker E.:
Correlative Laboratory Nano-CT and 360° Electron Tomography of Macropore Structures in Hierarchical Zeolites
In: Advanced Materials Interfaces (2020)
ISSN: 2196-7350
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001154

Wittkämper H., Maisel S., Wu M., Frisch J., Wilks RG., Grabau M., Spiecker E., Bär M., Görling A., Steinrück HP., Papp C.:
Oxidation induced restructuring of Rh-Ga SCALMS model catalyst systems
In: Journal of Chemical Physics 153 (2020), p. 104702-
ISSN: 0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/5.0021647