Two Phd Positions in Hydrogen Storage Research at Delft University Of Technology

December 25, 2007

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Two Phd Positions in Hydrogen Storage Research at Delft University Of Technology
Delft, (Zuid-Holland), 40 hours per week Technische Universiteit Delft

Job description
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.

Requirements
University Graduate
The PhD student in synthetic chemistry must have a strong synthetic chemistry background and additional experience with physical chemistry experimental characterisation methods. The PhD student in physics or physical chemistry will have a strong physics or physical chemistry background and affinity with first principles modelling and/or experimental techniques operating at the microscopic/atomic scale.

Organization
Technische Universiteit Delft Radiation, Radionuclides & Reactors
De Technische Universiteit Delft is een veelzijdige universiteit die onderwijs aanbiedt en onderzoek doet van een internationaal erkend niveau op het gebied van de technische wetenschappen. Onderwijs, onderzoek en ontwerpen zijn sterk gericht op maatschappelijke toepasbaarheid. De TU Delft ontwikkelt technologie voor volgende generaties met focus op duurzaamheid, veiligheid en economische vitaliteit. Bij de TU Delft werkt u in een omgeving waar technische wetenschappen en de maatschappij elkaar ontmoeten. De TU Delft bestaat uit 8 faculteiten, een ondersteunende Universiteitsdienst, unieke laboratoria, onderzoeksinstituten en -scholen.

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 – 3000

Maximum salary amount in Euro’s a month 2502
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: These positions have a temporary employment basis of four years (48 months).
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
* About the organization (http://www.tudelft.nl/)

Application
You can apply for this job before 31-05-2008 by sending your application to:

E-mail address: n.d.banga@tudelft.nl

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