Postdoc CO2 based monomer synthesis for plastics production based on electrochemical carboxylation

Updated: almost 2 years ago
Job Type: Temporary
Deadline: 13 Jul 2022

E-CARB is developing a showcase for a novel electrochemical utilization route of CO2, renewable electricity and circular bio-feedstock for the production of adipic acid, a precursor of nylon 6,6 polymer. E-CARB gathers a consortium of academic experts and companies along the nylon 6,6 polymer value chain from Germany and the Netherlands. You will work with experts from TNO, TUDELFT and Frauenhofer on the development of an electrochemical carboxylation route using CO2 and butadiene as starting materials. Although there is significant progress related to electrochemical utilisation of CO2, the field of carboxylation has been lacking. As a postdoc, you will be responsible for achieving experimental proof of concept.
This work will be done in combination with TNO. TNO is the largest independent contract research organisation in the Netherlands with a clear focus on making technology applied. Within TNO, electrochemistry research is done within the VOLTACHEM program. For more information, see www.voltachem.com .

The ambition of the Department of Process & Energy is to perform world class education and research in the area of process and energy for a sustainable development. We focus our research on the following areas: Energy Technology, Engineering Thermodynamics, Large Scale Energy Storage, Intensified Reaction and Separation Technology, Fluid Mechanics, and Multiphase Flow. We are situated in the Process and Energy lab, a modern and inspiring academic environment with unique experimental facilities. For more information, see: https://www.tudelft.nl/3me/organisatie/afdelingen/process-energy .

The section Large Scale Energy storage focuses its research on storage of electricity, on the scale of solar plants and wind farms and on process integration with thermo-chemical conversion of bioresources. It aims at bridging the gap between electricity load and demand, especially needed for highly intermittent energy sources like solar and wind. The main theme of the group is the conversion of power to preferably high energy density liquid fuels and chemicals where sustainably produced hydrogen is coupled to a (biobased) carbon source e.g. CO2, CO or C.



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