Post-Doc Project

Electrodeposition of semiconducting nanowires using water and/or ionic liquid

Laboratory

Research activities at the LRN are focusing on the applications of nanostructured semiconducting materials following three main axes:
nano-materials and applications (mainly nanowires/nanotubes growth and organic electronics)
nano-characterization, development of original setups (near-field and electronic microscopies)
nano-biotechnologies (use of QDs for targeting and diagnosis)

Project details/job

The postdoctoral position opening in the lab will concern the electrodeposition activities of the laboratory, especially the growth of semiconducting nanowires/nanotubes.
During the past years, the laboratory has developed an activity related to the growth of CdSe nanowires by “classical” electrodeposition in aqueous solution using polymer templates [1, 2], and a more original project related to the growth of Si, Ge and SiGe nanowires/nanotubes in ionic liquid [3,4].

The candidate will take in charge the electrodeposition work of the group (one Professor and one assistant professor) in collaboration with one PhD student in order to improve the electrodeposition processes and the properties of the different kind of NWs to use them in photoconducting and sensoring applications.
As for the CdSe nanowires, the work will mainly be about functionalizing the NW surfaces so as to decrease the number of defects in order to be used as photodetectors.
As for the Si, Ge applications which is the more important project, the goal of the applicant will be to understand the electrodeposition processes in ionic liquid so as to improve the control of the growth of the nanowires/nanotubes and their compositions (doping, alloying…).
All the electrodeposition facilities are available in the lab and the candidate will also benefit from all the necessary characterization tools (TEM, SEM, AFM, DRX…).
Depending on the results related to the growth of the nanowires, the candidate would have also the opportunity to participate to the application part of the project (NWs for sensing and photodetecting applications and Si nanowires as electrodes for high capacity electrode for Li Ion batteries.

Preferred skills

The applicants should have strong background in electrochemistry/electrodeposition with knowledge in ionic liquid electrodeposition if possible, general activities in material sciences (including characterization techniques), and if possible some experience in surface chemistry.

Contract:

Beginning of the contract as soon as possible for a first 18 month secured contract (around 2350 € gross/month)

Contact

Please send a CV, PhD report, Master’s results, 2 recommendation letters and a motivation letter to Pr Michael Molinari (Michael.molinari@univ-reims.fr) and Ass. Pr. Jeremy Mallet (Jeremy.mallet@univ-reims.fr)

1 Mallet, J.; Kante, I.; Fricoteaux, P.; Molinari, M.; Troyon, M., ., Temperature and pH influences on the structural and the emission properties of electrodeposited CdSe nanowires , Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 16 (3), 1041-1047 (2012)
2 Yu-Zhang, K.; Guo, D. Z.; Mallet, J.; Molinari, M.; Loualiche, A.; Troyon, M, Electrodeposition and Characterization of CdSe Semiconducting Nanowires, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8 (4), 2022 (2008) , 3 Jeremy Mallet, Florie Martineau, Karine Namur, and Michael Molinari, Electrodeposition of silicon nanotubes at room temperature using ionic liquid, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15, 16446 (2013) ;
4 Mallet, J.; Molinari, M.; Martineau, F.; Delavoie, F.; Fricoteaux, P.; Troyon, M., Growth of Silicon Nanowires of Controlled Diameters by Electrodeposition in Ionic Liquid at Room Temperature Nano letters, 8, 3468 (2008)

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