Bachelor Theses

The topics are designed for a processing time of 3 months. Special knowledge is not necessarily required. Further information can be obtained at the chair.

1. Perovskite solar cells for space applications
2. Green Electrode for Recyclable Organic Solar Cells
3. Electrolyte additive for high-voltage Lithium-ion batteries
4. Perovskite quantum dots for solar cells
5. Cathode materials for commercial Li-ion batteries
6. Stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells
7. Photoswitchable Polymer Films
8. Environmentally  Friendly Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells
9. Green solvent for printed organic solar cell
10. Thermo-responsive polymer actuators driven by co-nonsolvency for soft robotic applications

Master Theses

The topics are designed for a processing time of 9 months. Special knowledge is not necessarily required. Further information can be obtained at the chair.

1. High-efficiency next-generation organic solar cells
2. A solid-state electrolyte interface layer-amphiphilic polymer/salt composite nanoarray for lithium metal battery
3. Smart nano-sensors made of stimuli-responsive polymers in solution and in thin films
4. Stability investigation of perovskite solar cells
5. Perovskite Solar Cells for Space Applications
6. Printed polymer-based thin film batteries
7. Lightweight Organic Solar Cells as Alternative to Nuclear Batteries for Deep Space Power Generation
8. Printed Near-infrared Quantum Dot Solar Cells

PhD-Studentships

For a period of 2.5 to 3 years a payment by TV-L is offered, including all the usual benefits. The funding is project-based for the subjects offered. Previous experience in one of the following subjects are desirable: Polymer Physics, X-ray scattering, neutron scattering, AFM or optical microscopy. When interested a stay abroad is possible.

• In situ investigations of electrode formation in organicsolar cells during advanced sputter deposition
• Amphiphilic self-assembly of completely noninvasive orthogonal switchable block copolymers
• Machine learning assisted in-situ scattering investigations on film formation
• In situ and operando probing of soft materials at buried solar cell interfaces

Research Scientists/Postdoctoral Positions

We offer contracts on a time scale of 1 up to 3 years, depending on the topic of work. The remuneration will be according to the German rate TV-L. Applicants should have research experience in experimental scattering techniques using x-ray or synchrotron radiation. Knowledge in polymer physics will be of particular value.

Presently there is no vacancy in this field.

Lab Internships

In the term holidays and for a duration of 6 - 12 weeks we offer several students the possibility of paid practical work on one of our research projects, so as to get to know the daily routine in laboratories and to make their own experimental experiences.

Please contact Prof. Dr. Müller-Buschbaum several months before the intended start of the lab internship.

Practical Work Abraod

For undergraduates, we can offer practical work at international research centers such as

• Institut Laue-Langevin ILL (Grenoble)
• European Structural Biology Laboratory (Außenstation Grenoble)
• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF (Grenoble)
• Mikrofocus-Strahl Experimente an der ESRF (Grenoble)
• Laboratoire Léon Brillouin LLB (Saclay, Paris)
• Werkstudent ESRF (Grenoble)

in the areas solid state and bio physics with neutron and synchrotron radiation. Usually, these practical work positions are financed for a duration of 2 to 3 months.

Please contact Prof. Dr. Müller-Buschbaum if possible at least six months in advance.