solar PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 231 solar PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Spray-coated Perovskite Solar cells on carbon fibre composites PHY-02-Lidzey

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

We will develop a process to spray-coat solar cells onto the surface of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites having a non-planar geometry (e.g aerofoils, cylinders etc). Read more

Supervisor: Dr D G Lidzey

24 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Advanced Characterisation Methods for Tandem Solar Cells

UNSW Sydney School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE)

Equity and Diversity at UNSW. “UNSW was one of the first cohort of research and higher education institutions in Australia to receive Bronze Athena Swan accreditation in 2018. Read more

Supervisor: Prof ZH Hameiri

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Probing Solar Wind Variability in the Inner Heliosphere using Multi-spacecraft Observations (Ref: STFCDTP24/EE/MPEE/YARDLEY)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Applications are welcome for a 3.5-year fully-funded PhD project that will enable you to develop exertise in observational analysis and numerical modelling required to understand the sources and variability of the solar wind, critical for comprehending the near-Earth space environment. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Yardley, Prof J McLaughlin

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fast Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flares – Preparing for Solar-C

University College London Department of Space & Climate Physics

The Sun is our closest star, and with space now firmly established as part of our society’s environment, its unique proximity has inescapable consequences for us. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Matthews

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The kinetic stability of the solar wind

University College London Department of Space & Climate Physics

The solar wind is a continuous plasma outflow from the Sun. Due to the solar wind’s low density and high temperature, collisions between plasma particles are very rare so that non-equilibrium conditions often develop. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Verscharen

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The Link Between Solar Coronal Heating and Particle Acceleration

University College London Department of Space & Climate Physics

Our Sun’s atmosphere, the solar corona, is extremely unstable. Magnetic instabilities heat the corona to 1 million degrees and occasional explosions… Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Reid

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Atomic Layer Deposition of Novel Nanolayer Materials for Solar Cells

Australian National University School of Engineering

Project Description. Solar photovoltaics (PV) has emerged as THE breakthrough technology which will underpin the coming clean energy transition and allow us to address the epochal challenge of climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Black, Prof D Macdonald

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of solar concentrator for hydrogen production in solar thermochemical water-splitting cycle

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The UK has set an ambitious commitment of achieving net zero by 2050. Low carbon hydrogen is expected to play a vital role in the next few decades. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Sukki, Dr NS Sellami

3 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Pick-up of electrons from comets, dust and interstellar neutrals in the solar wind (Ref: STFCDTP24/EE/MPEE/WICKS1)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

The solar wind is a supersonic flow of plasma from the Sun that fills interplanetary space. Over half of the particles in the plasma are negatively charged electrons that have superthermal heavy tails. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Wicks, Dr C Goetz

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Liquid sunshine - Modelling of coronal rain in the quiescent and flaring solar corona (Ref: STFCDTP24/EE/MPEE/ANTOLIN)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

The solar corona, the most extended layer of the solar atmosphere, is home to extremely energetic processes like magnetic reconnection that can dramatically heat up the gas to tens of millions of degrees through the conversion of the Sun’s magnetic field energy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Antolin, Dr N Jeffrey

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigating Free Energy in Solar Active Regions and its Relation to Flaring (Ref: STFCDTP24/EE/MPEE/BLOOMFIELD)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Solar flares are among the most energetic events in the solar system, affecting physical systems from the solar surface, through the heliosphere, into geo-space and beyond. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Bloomfield, Dr S Regnier

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Nanotechnology-enhanced thin film solar cells (Ref: RDF24/EE/MPEE/KARTOPU)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize the field of solar energy by enhancing the efficiency and lowering the cost of thin-film solar cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Kartopu, Prof N Beattie

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Making High Efficiency Flexible Solar Cells

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Perovskite based solar cells have the advantages of highly efficient conversion of sunlight into electricity. However, at present there are challenges in making solar cells from these materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Ebbens, Dr A Dunbar

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Predicting the source regions of solar energetic particles using machine learning techniques (Ref: NUDATA24/EE/YARDLEY)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

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Supervisors: Dr S Yardley, Prof J McLaughlin

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Feasibility of Space-based Solar Power for Terrestrial use

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Space based solar power has been a theoretical concept for over 50 years, but recently there has been a new wave of research due to declining cost for both solar technology and space launches. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Sukki, Dr NS Sellami

3 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 231 solar PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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