[QE-users] Postdoctoral position on "Diamond-based photovoltaics for advanced sustainable energy"

[Antonio Cammarata]

*Deadline: August the 31*^*st* *, 2026*


*Job description*

Applications are invited for postdoctoral researcher in the Advanced 
Materials Group <https://nano.cvut.cz/>(Department of Control 
Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical 
University in Prague), to work on the computational materials science 
topic “Diamond-based photovoltaics for advanced sustainable energy”, 
under the supervision of associate professor doc. Antonio Cammarata PhD.

The rapid increase in energy demand necessitates the development of 
highly efficient photovoltaic (PV) generators. Currently, conventional 
PV materials are constrained by the Shockley-Queisser limit, which can 
be surpassed by integrating multiple photon-to-current conversion 
processes. In this context, diamond-based materials emerge as strong 
candidates for next-generation PV devices. Our objective is to develop 
novel nanostructured diamond-based materials for advanced PV 
applications, leveraging the unique properties of the diamond structure. 
The ultimate goal is to create PV materials capable of generating 
electric current through multiple physical mechanisms beyond the 
standard photovoltaic effect, including multiple exciton generation, 
singlet fission, and thermoelectric conversion. To achieve this goal, 
doped-diamond systems will be considered. The thermal stability of 
selected compounds under operating conditions will be assessed by means 
of molecular dynamics simulations with Machine Learning force field 
parameterised on-the-fly on ab initio data. Additionally, quantum 
mechanical calculations will be used to characterize electronic 
structure, photocurrent generation and transfer in terms of geometric 
and electronic dopant environment.We will exploit access to High 
Performance Computing centers to accelerate our computational efforts. 
The project’s outcomes will serve as a guide for designing 
diamond-derived PV materials for multiprocess photon-to-current 
conversion, ultimately contributing to the development of innovative 
energy harvesting solutions


*Information on how to apply, eligibility criteria, benefits and 
conditions are found on the web page 
*_https://international.cvut.cz/jobs-at-ctu/crop-postdoctoral-fellowship-programme/ 
<https://international.cvut.cz/jobs-at-ctu/crop-postdoctoral-fellowship-programme/>_. 
When applying, select “Diamond-based photovoltaics for advanced 
sustainable energy” among the list of offered topics.


Besides following the procedure described in the web site above, 
applicants are invited to send the application material to associate 
professor Antonio Cammarata to the e-mail address _cammaant at fel.cvut.cz 
<mailto:cammaant at fel.cvut.cz>_.

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doc. Antonio Cammarata, PhD in Physics
Associate Professor in Applied Physics
Advanced Materials Group
Department of Control Engineering -KN:G-204
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Czech Technical University in Prague
Karlovo Náměstí, 13
121 35, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 35 5713
Fax:   +420 224 91 8646
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-0682
ResearcherID: A-4883-2014
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