Unobtrusive Indoor Energy Harvesting

Organization
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Reference Code
ICPD-2025-41
How to Apply

Create and release your Profile on Zintellect – Postdoctoral applicants must create an account and complete a profile in the on-line application system.  Please note: your resume/CV may not exceed 3 pages.

Complete your application – Enter the rest of the information required for the IC Postdoc Program Research Opportunity. The application itself contains detailed instructions for each one of these components: availability, citizenship, transcripts, dissertation abstract, publication and presentation plan, and information about your Research Advisor co-applicant.

Additional information about the IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program is available on the program website located at: https://orise.orau.gov/icpostdoc/index.html.

If you have questions, send an email to ICPostdoc@orau.org.  Please include the reference code for this opportunity in your email. 

Application Deadline
2/28/2025 6:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone
Description

Research Topic Description, including Problem Statement:

Electronic devices used indoors need a convenient, flexible, and unobtrusive means to gather energy available in the environment to reduce battery size and prolong missions. Photovoltaic (PV) devices that are tuned to artificial lighting spectra and offer flexibility while blending into their background environment (e.g. matching colors, texture, patterns) could provide quiessent power for devices, lowering energy storage requirements. This research topic seeks materials, devices, and designs towards unobtrusive indoor stationary energy harvesting.

Example Approaches: 

organic, indorganic, mixed photovoltaics, perovskites, optics-integrated photovoltaics, photoelectrochemical cells.
 
 
Relevance to the Intelligence Community:
Power & Energy

 

Key Words: solar cells, photovoltaics, optics, electronics, coatings, energy harvesting, perovskites, organic photovoltaics 

Qualifications

Postdoc Eligibility

  • U.S. citizens only
  • Ph.D. in a relevant field must be completed before beginning the appointment and within five years of the appointment start date
  • Proposal must be associated with an accredited U.S. university, college, or U.S. government laboratory
  • Eligible candidates may only receive one award from the IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program

Research Advisor Eligibility

  • Must be an employee of an accredited U.S. university, college or U.S. government laboratory
  • Are not required to be U.S. citizens
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Eligibility Requirements
  • Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Only
  • Degree: Doctoral Degree.
  • Discipline(s):
    • Chemistry and Materials Sciences (12 )
    • Communications and Graphics Design (3 )
    • Computer, Information, and Data Sciences (17 )
    • Earth and Geosciences (21 )
    • Engineering (27 )
    • Environmental and Marine Sciences (14 )
    • Life Health and Medical Sciences (45 )
    • Mathematics and Statistics (11 )
    • Other Non-Science & Engineering (2 )
    • Physics (16 )
    • Science & Engineering-related (1 )
    • Social and Behavioral Sciences (30 )
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