Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Are you motivated to tackle climate change through science and engineering? Curious about how we can transform CO₂ into sustainable aviation fuels and high value chemicals? Join our team and contribute to cutting edge research on electrocatalytic CO₂ conversion, with a strong focus on materials development and scaling technologies for real world impact in aviation and beyond. You will take an active role in both research and development, combining experimental work with scientific analysis. Your activities will include: Getting started and building knowledge * Explore the latest literature on CO₂ electroreduction and synthetic fuel pathways * Understand catalyst materials, especially copper based systems for ethylene production * Learn about electrochemical reactor and cell design Materials and device development * Design and fabricate novel electrodes * Investigate materials that improve conductivity, selectivity, and durability Experimental research * Perform electrochemical CO₂ reduction experiments * Optimise operating conditions such as electrolyte composition, humidity, and current density * Analyse performance in terms of efficiency, selectivity, and stability Collaboration and communication * Discuss results with a multidisciplinary team * Contribute ideas and improvements to the project * Present your findings in reports and presentations In this internship CO2 reduction will be studied to produce ethylene on copper catalyst due to its preferable selectivity. The electrodes will be manufactured using various techniques and then used to prepare a membrane electrode assembly stack. Composition of the electrodes and assembly procedure of this stack and the cell operating conditions will be varied to find the most optimal configuration. An approximate description of the activities to be encountered during this project are: Performing literature review and gain acquainted with: * Materials to produce ethylene via electrocatalysis. * Electrode design strategies. * Electrochemical cell design. CO2 reduction via electrocatalysis * Investigation of strategies to manufacture gas and liquid diffusion electrodes with different catalysts. * Manufacturing custom MEAs. * Electrochemical experiments with full data analysis. * Participating in active discussion with colleagues about your results. * Reporting and presenting your findings.
