Postdoc Position on physics, Netherlands

Duties of the position

Your principal task in the project will be the identification of suitable monitoring parameters to follow degradation of a SOEL lab-scale cell. For this, you will combine physics-based performance modelling of the SOEL cell with long-term (>1000 h) performance testing. Here, appropriate test protocols for the long-term performance tests will also need to be defined. Once the degradation parameters are identified, they will be fed to the condition monitoring scheme at the heart of the EMS. Finally, you will perform the validation of the developed EMS for a lab-scale SOEL cell and, in turn, check the validity of the identified SOEL degradation parameters via the combined experimental and modelling approach.

Required selection criteria

• You have a PhD in chemical engineering, chemistry, applied physics or a related field.
• You have experience in hands-on electrochemical cell testing via electrochemical characterisation (i-V, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, MS, GC) and analytical techniques (SEM-EDX, XRD, DRIFTS, Raman, XAS).
• You have experience in physics-based modelling of electrolysers.
• A track-record in experimental testing and modelling of high temperature SOEL cells is preferred.
• You have experience coding in C++/Python/Julia.
• You are an excellent team player in an enthusiastic group of scientists and engineers working on a common theme.
• You are creative, like to push boundaries, and are highly motivated to address a major challenge for the low carbon energy and materials transition.
• You are fluent in English and able to collaborate intensively with external parties from academia and industry in regular meetings and work visits

Benefits 

• full-time position for two years;
• Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);
• You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 4.020,- to € 5.278,- (salary scale 10) based on education and work experience;
• There are excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme;
• A minimum of 232 leave hours in case of full-time employment based on a formal workweek of 38 hours. A full-time employment in practice means 40 hours a week, therefore resulting in 96 extra leave hours on an annual basis;
• Free access to sports facilities on campus;
• A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid)

Organisation/Company –University of Twente

Research Field – Physics

Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country – Netherlands

Application Deadline –31 Oct 2024 – 22:59 (UTC)