Postdoc in Photovoltaic Module Recycling, EPFL PV-Lab Neuchâtel
Job Description
EPFL’s PV-Lab in Neuchâtel is hiring a postdoc on the recycling of photovoltaic modules. The call is open until filled.
At a glance
- Post: Postdoc in Photovoltaic Module Recycling
- Where: Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory (PV-Lab), EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Pay: on the EPFL scale for this grade; the advert gives no figure
- Closing date: none given. EPFL reviews applications as they arrive, so the post is open until filled. We re-check these listings about every 30 days
Read the official EPFL advertisement before you apply.
The project
The energy transition is under way and silicon photovoltaic capacity is growing fast. Every module installed today becomes waste eventually, and the industry is only beginning to work out how to recover the silicon, silver, glass and polymers in a way that makes economic sense.
This position joins the silicon photovoltaics activities in Neuchâtel, working on photovoltaic recycling. It is a good moment for the topic: the first large wave of modules installed in the 2010s is approaching end of life, and the methods developed now are the ones the industry will use.
What you need
- A PhD in materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, photovoltaics or a related field
- Interest in process development and the practical economics of recycling
- Read the official advertisement for the full requirements
Pay and conditions
EPFL pays doctoral assistants and postdoctoral researchers on published Swiss federal scales, which are among the higher ones in Europe. This advertisement states no figure, so check the scale for your grade and the cost of living in Neuchâtel before you decide.
How to apply
Apply through the EPFL careers page for this post. The advertisement gives no closing date. EPFL reviews applications as they come in, so apply early.
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Hiring institution: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Official advertisement: careers.epfl.ch
How to prepare for this application
- This is applied work with an industry endpoint. Process yield and cost matter as much as the chemistry.
- PV-Lab is a well-known silicon group. Read their recent papers on module technology before you write.
- EPFL works in English. Research and teaching at this level run in English, so French is useful but rarely required.
- Doctoral candidates apply twice. A lab offer at EPFL is normally followed by admission to a doctoral programme, so check the programme's own requirements too.
About EPFL
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is one of Switzerland's two federal institutes of technology. It has more than 6,500 staff and over 18,500 people on campus, including more than 14,000 students and 4,000 researchers from over 120 countries, with sites at Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Sion, Geneva and Villigen.
