George Demopoulos

Applications are now being accepted for several openings in the area of ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS: Solution Synthesis and Electrochemical Processing/Testing of Nanocomposite Materials for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell and Litium-ion Battery Electrode Applications to be filled starting in Winter 2012 until September 2012 at the latest:

Our group has secured funding and is looking for graduate students (preferably at the PhD level) and one PDF to work on the following projects:

1-Hydrothermal synthesis of nanostructured lithium titanate;

2-Preparation of mesoporous electrode films by electrophoretic deposition;

3-Fabrication of plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cell electrodes;

4-Also we have projects involving nanomaterial applications to encapsulation of environmental pollutants (As,Se).

Candidates with materials/process/chemical engineering and/or chemistry backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Relevant research experience and familiarization especially in terms of chemical reactors, aqueous chemistry, electrochemistry, FTIR and Raman spectroscopic characterization techniques would be an asset.

Interested applicants are advised to consult relevant papers published by my group to learn more about what the above projects may involve. More information may be obtained by contacting Professor Demopoulos.