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Postdoc position for Investigating the Non-Scalable Quantum Size Regime in Catalysis - DTU Physics
Summary
A postdoctoral researcher will test the electrochemical activity and product selectivity of size-selected bimetallic cluster catalysts for CO₂ reduction. The role also correlates electrochemical results with atomic-scale structural and compositional characterization.
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The Section for Surface Physics & Catalysis (SurfCat) is looking for candidates for a postdoc position for Investigating the Non-Scalable Quantum Size Regime in Catalysis. This postdoctoral position is part of a Novo Nordisk Foundation funded project investigating the Non-Scalable Quantum Size Regime in Catalysis.
You will take charge of the electrochemical activity testing of size-selected bimetallic cluster catalysts for the electrochemical CO(2) reduction reaction (CO(2)RR), working with clusters produced in-house via a mass-selected cluster source.
Your main task will be to quantify intrinsic CO(2)RR activity and, critically, product selectivity at the very low site densities characteristic of mass-selected cluster catalysts, using a membrane-based electrochemical mass spectrometry (EC-MS) setup for real-time, quantitative detection of gaseous and volatile liquid products.
These measurements will together with atomic-scale structural characterization establish how quantum-size effects and heteroatomic ensembles in bimetallic clusters govern activity and selectivity. Throughout, you will maintain strict sample integrity between synthesis an1 …
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