Collaboration Researcher

CERIC-ERIC Research Project CECOMEC Job Description

The Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium – CERIC–ERIC is an integrated multidisciplinary Research Infrastructure open for basic and applied research in all fields of material and biomaterial sciences and nanotechnology.

The position is open for the CERIC-ERIC research project CECOMEC. The aim of the project is to investigate the influence of double doping on the electrochemical activity of ceria-based compounds that can act as catalysts for fuel electrodes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)/Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC).

The studies will be based on structural characterization techniques at the microscope scale (XAS, XRD) and chemical characterizations coupled to 'operando' data collection. The research will be carried out as a collaboration between the LISA beamline (ESRF-Grenoble) and the Gdansk University of Technology (Gdansk Tech).

Responsibilities

• Preparation of electrodes and laboratory characterization at Gdansk Tech
• Realization of experiments of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and microscopy at the LISA and PolyX beamlines
• Analysis of the experimental data
• Design of in situ reaction cells in collaboration with the LISA and IOM staff

The successful candidate will spend part of the time in Gdansk University of Technology (GUT) for the sample preparation/characterization, part in Jagiellonian University – National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS for nanoscale and microscale imaging and part at LISA beamline (ESRF) for the structural characterization.

Requirements

• Master degree in chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering
• Experience in structural characterization techniques and chemical characterizations