9 Feb 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
University of Lorraine- Department
L2CM- Research Field
Chemistry » Molecular chemistry- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
France- Application Deadline
1 May 2024 - 00:00 (Europe/Paris)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
35- Offer Starting Date
1 Oct 2024- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
The aim of the project is the development of abundant metal-based light-responsive complexes and their use in DSSCs (Dye-sensitized Solar Cells). Several noble metal complexes (Ru, Ir, Pt) have long been considered as lead compounds due to their ideal photophysical and geometrical properties with power conversion efficiency (PCE) values in the 9-11 % range. Despite these ideal photophysical properties, ruthenium is a scarce metal, toxic and expensive and limits the real-world industrial development of the cells. In consequence, the main goal of our project is the replacement of such expensive metals by cheap and environmentally benign metals in the search for developing low-cost efficient devices, and resource-preserving industrial processes.
The L2CM has recently contributed to the field by investigating different approaches to tune the electronic properties of abundant organoferrous complexes (ANR PhotIron). By combination of chemical synthesis and quantum simulations, the parameters influencing the excited state lifetime of organo-ferrous dyes and their interfacial behaviour after chemisorption on semiconductor have been pointed out. [1,2] The L2CM and the University of Ferrara in Italy (S. Caramori) are currently leaders in the field of iron-sensitized DSSC cells with a record efficiency of 2% very recently obtained. [3,4]
In spite of these promising results, the efficiency of the Fe-sensitized DSSCs is still to be improved. In this regard, dye-TiO2 interfacial TD-DFT computations have already shed light on the reasons for such limited performance. Therefore, current synthetic efforts are targeted to overcome these specific aspects with the aim to make organoferrous complexes a genuinely alternative to their ruthenium counterparts.
References:
[1] Pastore, M.; Duchanois, T.; Liu, L.; Monari, A.; Assfeld, X.; Haacke, S. & Gros, P. C. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 28069-28081 (10.1039/C6CP05535D)
[2] Reddy Marri, A.; Marchini, E.; Diez Cabanes, V.; Argazzi, R.; Pastore, M.; Caramori, S.; Gros, P.C. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 3540-3554. (10.1039/D0TA10841C).
[3] Reddy Marri, A.; Marchini, E.; Diez Cabanes, V.; Argazzi, R.; Pastore, M.; Caramori, S.; Gros, P.C. Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 4288 – 4301 (10.1039/D2SC05971A).
[4] Pastore, M.; Caramori, S.; Gros, P.C. Acc. Chem. Res.2024 (10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00613)
Requirements
- Research Field
- Chemistry » Organic chemistry
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
The candidate should have an excellent background in organic/organometallic synthesis and related characterization techniques (e.g. UV-Vis, fluorescence). An experience in an international environment as well as a good English level will be appreciated. The candidate must be open-minded and willing to work in a multidisciplinary and international environment.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
- Research Field
- Chemistry » Organic chemistry
- Years of Research Experience
- None
Additional Information
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- UL-CNRS
- Country
- France
- City
- VANDOEUVRE LES NANCY
- Postal Code
- 54052
- Street
- Bd des Aiguillettes
- Geofield
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- State/Province
Choisissez s'il vous plaî- City
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy- Website
http://www.l2cm.univ-lorraine.fr/l2cm/- Street
Bd des Aiguillettes- Postal Code
54500
[email protected]- Phone
+33(0)372745684
STATUS: EXPIRED