Job title:
Post-doctoral position in carbon and nitrogen-based co-electrolysis
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Job description
Offer Description
ICFO is offering a postdoctoral position to a well-qualified, highly motivated and dynamic young scientist who wishes to contribute advance technologies that drive the clean energy transition.
The CO2 Mitigation Accelerated by Photons group led by Prof. Dr. Pelayo García de Arquer is searching for exceptional researchers, with an excellent proven track record, to develop efficient catalyst and electrodes to convert carbon and nitrogen waste in renewable fertilizers, within the framework of the EU-EIC-funded collaborative project ICONIC.
The successful candidate will lead on the design and characterization of novel catalysts, and their implementation into nanostructured electrodes within flow cell- and MEA-based reactors. The candidate will work together with other group members and collaborators (TU Delft, TU Munich, ICMAB, ICN2, and Trinity College Dublin) to develop a new technology seeking to obtain urea from polluted water streams.
The postdoctoral candidate will have the opportunity to work in an EU vibrant project at the intersection of spectroscopies, electrochemistry, materials science, and chemical engineering, as well as utilize state-of-the-art fabrication and characterization facilities.
For more details, please visit the group website at: .
Funded by the European Union.
Requirements
Research Field Chemistry Education Level PhD or equivalent
Research Field Engineering » Chemical engineering Education Level PhD or equivalent
Research Field Chemistry Education Level PhD or equivalent
Research Field Other Education Level PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Candidates must hold an internationally-recognized Ph.D.-equivalent degree (or evidence of its completion in the nearest future) preferably in areas related to electrochemistry, materials science, chemical engineering or chemistry.
With research within the areas of CO2 electroreduction, nitrogen and nitrate electroreduction, and water electrolysis (including fundamental studies in H-cell-type reactors and ideally flow cell)
The candidate should combine proven expertise in several of the next domains:
- Strong background in electrochemistry and chemical engineering
- Experience in CO2 and N2/nitrate co-electrolysis (ideal)
- Experience in CO2 electrochemistry in flow-cell and/or MEA reactors
- Experience in nitrogen-based electrochemistries
- Experience in gas diffusion electrodes
- Electrode fabrication and membrane integration
- Multiscale modeling using COMSOL
- Strong background in analytical chemistry for product quantification
Languages ENGLISH Level Excellent
Additional Information
Benefits
Salaries for ICFO Postdoctoral positions are assigned by the Selection Committee, based on experience and seniority of the applicant, as well as the assigned tasks and responsibilities within the group. Standard salaries range from a lower level aligned with national Ramon-y-Cajal fellowships to higher levels aligned with Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowships.
The contract is offered for a period of 3 years.
Additionally, a family allowance is also available on request and after corresponding approval for people with family charges in the terms described in the corresponding policy.
Eligibility criteria
ICFO is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are selected exclusively on merit and potential on the basis of submitted application material. No restrictions related to disabilities, citizenship or gender apply to ICFO positions. ICFO abides by the principles of openness, efficiency, transparency, supportiveness, and international comparability as stated in the European Charter for Researchers and the European Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
Selection process
Suitable candidates are requested to submit:
- Presentation letter with a declaration of interest,
- Curriculum Vitae, including contact details,
- The contact e-mail of two potential referees.
Candidates will be assessed as they apply and the call will remain open until the suitable candidate is identified.
Candidates may contact for formal enquiries regarding the application, as well as address scientific enquiries to .
For update information about the hosting group, please visit .
For updated information about ICFO, please visit .
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute ICFO Country Spain State/Province Barcelona City Castelldefels Postal Code 08860 Street Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3 Geofield
Where to apply Website
Contact State/Province
Barcelona City
Castelldefels Website
Street
Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3 Postal Code
08860 E-Mail
STATUS: EXPIRED
Expected salary
Location
Castelldefels, Barcelona
Job date
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:52:04 GMT
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