EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable PV

我们建议建立一个新的和可持续的光伏领域的博士培训中心。它将支持英国光伏行业的转型，这反过来将帮助英国实现其可再生能源义务，并将在技术行业以及当地制造和安装领域创造就业机会。CDT允许英国光伏研究的分布式性质，拥有一个由七个合作伙伴组成的多中心团队，涵盖光伏研究的方方面面，从新材料到新的设备架构，再到光伏系统和性能。博士项目和培训涵盖了材料和设备物理、电子工程、物理和合成化学、运营管理和制造方面的工程和物理科学专业知识。CDT毕业生将能够转变光伏技术的最先进研发，并通过这样做，为改进的光伏产品和系统的生产和实施做出贡献。所有合作伙伴都是SuperSolar Hub的成员，因此已经协调了综合光伏研究和培训。CDT的学生将加入一个蓬勃发展的研究社区。该团队在英国最先进的实验室中拥有无与伦比的共享设施。我们的团队方法将具有广度和深度的专业知识集合在一起，用于培训和研究，这是任何其他方式都无法汇集的。此外，合作使我们能够跨越光伏领域的传统界限，并使令人兴奋的研究载体能够在新的和可持续的光伏CDT议程中得到遵循。国际合作和正式的交流协议将强调高级研究的全球方面，这对领导小组的发展非常重要。CDT成员将与相关研究主题互动，如用于能源和其他应用的燃料的光化学转化，以及太阳辐射供暖和制冷，并将成为英国能源CDT网络的积极成员。我们的目标是培养具有灵活思维的最好的研究人员，能够跨不同学科进行交流，并成为新兴光伏行业先进技术的领导者。我们将为毕业生提供加入可持续能源和光伏行业所需的培训。我们将通过一个培训计划，让学生了解光伏的各个方面，包括对社会的影响和商业环境的体验，从而在每个群体中建立真正的目标认同和共同性。将为学生提供定制的课程和培训计划，使他们能够(I)巩固所有相关学科的基础知识，(Ii)当前最先进的知识以及扩大规模和系统方面的挑战，以及(Iii)作为国家团队的一部分参与前沿跨学科研究项目的无与伦比的机会。我们将创造一个博士培养环境，让学生受益于领先的学术专长和世界级的设施，以发展他们的知识，以及在他们选择的研究主题内创新和创造的工具。我们的毕业生将拥有独特的跨职能技能组合，这将使他们对寻求解决雄心勃勃的基础制造研究挑战的学术界和迫切需要经过适当培训的能够在其商业运营中支持光伏技术的科学家和工程师具有极高的价值。为了让学生有机会培养共同的使命感，每个团队都将一起参加培训活动。课程将涵盖所有光伏技术的共同基本方面，以及基于合作伙伴的研究专业知识的高级课程。将有工业和国际就业机会。CDT的连贯性将得到虚拟协作媒介的帮助，其中包括网络研讨会和视频讲座以及学生和工作人员可以通过小组和在线论坛进行协作的页面。

We propose a Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable PV. It will support the transformation of PV in the UK will that will in turn aid the country to achieve its renewal energy obligations, and will generate jobs in the technology sectors as well as local manufacturing and installation. The CDT allows for the distributed nature of PV research in the UK with a multi-centre team of seven partners covering all aspects of PV research from novel materials through new device architectures to PV systems and performance. The PhD projects and training span engineering and physical science expertise in materials and device physics, electronic engineering, physical and synthetic chemistry, operations management and manufacturing. The CDT graduates will be capable of transforming state of the art R&D across the PV technologies and, in so doing, contribute to the production and implementation of improved PV products and systems.All partners are members of the SuperSolar Hub and hence already coordinate integrated PV research and training. Students in the CDT will join a thriving research community. The team has unrivalled access to shared facilities in the best state of the art laboratories in the UK. Our group approach brings together expertise with a breadth and depth for training and research that could not be assembled in any other way. Moreover, the collaboration allows us to cut across the traditional boundaries in PV and enables exciting research vectors to be followed in New and Sustainable PV CDT agenda. International collaborations and formal exchange agreements will emphasise the global aspects of advanced research that are important for the development of a leadership group.The CDT members will interact with related research themes such as photochemical conversion of fuels for energy and other applications, and heating and cooling by solar radiation and will be a proactive member of the UK wide Network of Energy CDTs.Our goal is to train the best researchers with a flexible mindset able to communicate across different disciplines and be leaders in the emerging PV industry for advanced technologies. We will provide the training required for graduates to join the sustainable energy and PV sectors. We will establish a real identity of purpose and commonality in each cohort through a training programme designed to give students an understanding of all aspects of PV, including implications for society and an experience of a commercial environment. Students will be provided with a bespoke curriculum and training programme that exposes them to: (i) underpinning fundamentals across all the relevant disciplines, (ii) current state-of-the-art in knowledge and challenges in scale-up and systems, and (iii) unparalleled opportunities to engage in leading-edge interdisciplinary research projects as part of a national team. We will create a doctoral training environment in which students benefit from leading academic expertise and world-class facilities to develop their knowledge as well as the tools to innovate and create within their selected research theme. The unique cross functional skill-sets that our graduates will have will make them highly valuable to the academic community seeking to address ambitious basic manufacturing research challenges, and to industry, who have an urgent need for appropriately trained scientists and engineers able to support PV technologies within their commercial operations.To allow the students the chance to develop a common sense of purpose, each cohort will attend training events together. Courses will cover fundamental aspects common to all PV technologies and also advanced courses based on the partners' research expertise. There will be industrial and international placements. Coherence across the CDT will be aided by a virtual collaboration medium containing webinars and video lectures and pages where students and staff can collaborate via groups, and online forums.