Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD scholarship in Electrochemistry commencing 1 February 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Description of the scientific environment
Catalysis is key in the future transition towards renewable chemicals and fuels. The newly established Center for High Entropy Alloy Catalysts (CHEAC) targets electrochemical reactions for the production of renewable and high-value chemicals. See more: https://chem.ku.dk/research_sections/cheac/.
Project description
The research will be focused on the preparation and characterisation nanostructured multimetallic electrocatalysts for different electrocatalytic reactions. The PhD candidate will combine electrochemical methods such as cyclic voltammetry and electrodeposition in aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes with non-electrochemical techniques such as in situ spectroscopy (mainly infra-red spectroscopy and attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy), microscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and in situ/in operando synchrotron-based techniques.
Principal supervisor is Assistant Professor Maria Escudero, Department of Chemistry, maria.escudero@chem.ku.dk.
Job description
The position is available for a 3-year period and your key tasks as a PhD student at SCIENCE are:
- To manage and carry through your research project
- Attend PhD courses
- Write scientific articles and your PhD thesis
- Teach and disseminate your research
- To stay at an external research institution for a few months, preferably abroad
- Work for the department