PhD Position, TUDelft, Netherlands

Hydrogen Storage Research
Location:	Delft, Netherlands		# of openings:	1
Job Code:	RRR-069
Position
Job category:	PhD funded position
Project Leader
Head of Research Project:	Prof. F. M. Mulder
Department
Department:	Department of Radiation, Radionuclides & Reactors
Candidate requirements
Requirements:	Preference is for applicants that have a strong physics or physical chemistry background and affinity with first principles modelling and/or experimental techniques operating at the microscopic/atomic scale.
Description
PhD studentships Hydrogen storage is a major bottleneck in the development of a future energy economy based on hydrogen as an energy carrier. Key to competitive hydrogen storage is the development of lightweight, cheap and safe materials that can be reversibly loaded under temperature and pressure conditions suitable for applications. Surface adsorption of hydrogen in porous, crystalline materials such as metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) provide materials with record specific surface areas per gram material, and are therefore proposed as potential hydrogen storage materials. Our research focuses on the design of new materials using first principles modelling, chemical synthesis and the fundamental characterisation of the hydrogen sorption. Characterisation of the adsorption using macroscopic methods as well as in situ neutron diffraction will be performed to determine which are the most favourable positions of hydrogen in the crystals with the optimum adsorption interaction strength. With this knowledge new materials will be designed, aiming at improved characteristics and higher capacity. For this research we have openings for two highly motivated PhD students who will work on the project in close collaboration; one with a synthetic chemistry background and one with a physics background. For more information, please visit: http://www.rrr.tudelft.nl/fame. Links: www.tnw.tudelft.nl www.tudelft.nl
Employment conditions
Employment conditions:	The successful candidate will be employed by the TU Delft for a fixed period of 4 years within which he or she is expected to write a dissertation leading to a doctoral degree (PhD thesis). Benefits and other employment conditions are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities
Pay range
Pay range:	€2000-€2558 per month

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