Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN)

15/06/2024

Since the 1940s, it has been known that diffusion in crystalline solids occurs due to lattice defects. The diffusion of defects can have a great impact on the p

18/01/2024

Gratulerer, Marie! 🎉

Dina Marie Nielsen fikk prisen for beste masteroppgave innen Fornybare energikilder og nanoteknologi. Nå jobber hun med vannkraft i Norges største kraftkonsern. 

03/11/2023

SMN is ready for Real Moro 2023!

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28/08/2023

New battery materials hold the key to transforming the way we power our world. In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, where the demand for efficient and sustainable energy storage is paramount, solid-state batteries offer a transformative departure from traditional liquid electrolytes.

These materials can offer higher energy densities, allowing batteries to store more power in a smaller volume, thereby revolutionizing portable electronics and electric vehicles. Additionally, they can give improved cycle life, ensuring longer-lasting and more reliable energy storage solutions.

This Friday, SMN and the Oxybat-project hosts a lecture series on novel battery technologies. Professor Venkataraman Thangadurai from the University of Calgary presents Garnet-Type Structure Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries. We also have Dr. Larring Yngve from SINTEF and two of our PhD- candidates, Anders Brennhagen and Madeeha Khalid Pedersen, presenting parts of their research.

The event is held in Forskningsparken at Hagen 3, 10:00-12:30.

Read more about the Oxybat-project here:

https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/287890

https://www.mn.uio.no/smn/english/about/news-and-events/events/2023/guest-oxybat/guest-lectures.html

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Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

16/08/2023

Earlier this summer we received the excellent news that the Horizon Europe project CONCEPT (Crystalline Oxides for Next generation Computing and Emerging Photonic Technologies) was granted! Congratulations to Henrik Sønsteby who is the project manager and coordinator, and our project partners at Tyndall National Institute, DEMOCRITOS National Center for Scientific Research, University of Groningen, Volatec OY, Baldur Coatings AS, F6S, IBM Research, and Lumiphase!

If you want to read more about our activities on novel semiconductor materials for the next generation of electronics see the article below! (in Norwegian).

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Norges forskningsråd

Forsker Henrik Hovde Sønsteby har satt i gang et viktig samarbeid med det ledende teknologiselskapet Intel.

04/08/2023

Vi søker ny kontorsjef! Vil du være med og legge til rette for landets fremste miljøer innen materialer, nanoteknologi og fornybare energi? Ta en kikk på utlysningen under!

Søknadsfrist 21. august!

Stillingstittel: Kontorsjef ved Senter for materialvitenskap og nanoteknologi (248399), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Oslo, Søknadsfrist: mandag 21. august 2023

01/08/2023

We're looking for candidates for a position on of . Have a look at the link below!

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Battery Materials (248303), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, September 1, 2023

22/06/2023

We're ! Three positions is available in the DEMO porject. Please see more information about the project and position by following this link: Open Positions – Demo (demo-project.eu )

Positions 1 - 3 is together with University of Oslo (UiO) and other partners.

The DEMO project is a top-level training and scientific program to create a new generation of experts in the field of hybrid through experimental and theoretical tools for the conversion of molecules into relevant chemicals.



https://demo-project.eu/
The Catalysis Group @ UiO Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet, UiO Kjemisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo

A top-level training and scientific program to create a new generation of experts in the field of hybrid catalysis through experimental and theoretical tools for the conversion of renewable molecules into relevant chemicals. Open positions Challenges Top-level training to instruct future leaders Dou...

20/06/2023

We're ! A position as Research Fellow in tandem materials is available at the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN, UiO) as part of the project DENT (Discovery and Exploration of novel materials for tandem solar cells) funded by UiO:Energi.

Tandem solar cell designs can potentially reach collection efficiencies 50% higher than today’s single-junction technology. However, there are inherent challenges in current state-of-the-art tandem materials, as the elements are either toxic, unstable, scarce, or too costly to fabricate for large scale production. The DENT project aims to find and experimentally verify novel materials capable of going beyond the state-of-the-art, and, if promising materials are discovered, fabricate solar cell devices.

The task of the PhD Research Fellow will be to experimentally investigate materials predicted by theory, or pre-screened promising materials, for their suitability in a tandem solar cell. The work will include thin film deposition and optical, electrical and structural characterization of the thin films. If an investigated material is found suitable, a solar cell test device will be fabricated and characterized.
Fysisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet, UiO
Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Tandem Solar Cell Materials (247058), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, August 8, 2023