Storing Electricity from Renewable Sources in Chemical Bonds
Solar and wind energy are incessant, but by nature intermittent resources. One way to store the temporary surplus of ‘green power’ lies in chemical bonds. Within this theme, the PhD student will work on the design, characterization and testing of new solid catalysts capable of turning carbon dioxide into fuels and base chemicals.
Vacant Projects:
- High-temperature/high-pressure electrochemical COx reduction
Prof. Emiel Hensen – Eindhoven University of Technology - A surface-science model for operando NAP-XPS studies of CO2 hydrogenation on dispersed oxides on a zirconia film
Prof. Emiel Hensen – University of Twente - Continuous sensing and flow with bubbles
Prof. Albert van den Berg – University of Twente
Smart Biomass Conversion
What if we could replace crude oil with a more sustainable alternative to make the transportation fuels of the future? The chemical process currently used for the production of e.g. liquid fuels, can be tailored to enable the use of certified biomass as well as municipal waste. The PhD student will work on the synthesis of a new generation catalysts, capable of using a.o. lignin as a renewable feedstock to produce fuels, fuel additives or base chemicals, such as aromatics.
Vacant Projects:
- MRI Flow Imaging of Trickle Bed Reactors
Prof. Hans Kuipers – Eindhoven University of Technology - Heat and mass transfer in dispersed multiphase turbulence with catalytic particles
Prof. Detlef Lohse – University of Twente
Catalyst Diagnostics to Develop More Active Catalysts
New green routes for fuels and chemicals require radically new catalyst materials. But with current technologies, testing and characterizing these materials is very time-consuming. In this theme, the PhD student will develop an integrated spectroscopic and microfluidic testing platform, inspired by the latest developments in life sciences.
Vacant Projects:
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- Multiscale Structuring for 2-Step Catalysis & Sensing (Joint Doctorate)
Prof. Alfons van Blaaderen – Utrecht University - Making use of diffusiophoresis for enhanced mass transports off spatially inhomogeneous catalysts: experiments
Prof. Detlef Lohse – University of Twente - Making porous supraparticles for catalysis (Joint Doctorate)
Prof. Detlef Lohse – University of Twente
- Multiscale Structuring for 2-Step Catalysis & Sensing (Joint Doctorate)