17 Apr 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
CEA Liten- Research Field
Physics » Other
Technology » Energy technology- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
France- Application Deadline
30 Jun 2024 - 00:00 (Europe/Paris)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
35- Offer Starting Date
2 Sep 2024- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
Do you expect to have a real impact on the energy transition? If yes, CEA-Liten is the ideal place for your PhD work. Our teams (1,000 people) are fully mobilised to develop the innovative solutions of tomorrow.
Your role? to give birth to breakthrough innovations.
Meet and join the 150 PhD students working in our laboratories, alongside with experienced researchers eager to transfer your discoveries up to the industrial stage.
You will participate to the development of fuel cells working on their durability. The lifetime of fuel cells is one of the limiting factors in their large-scale deployment. A good understanding of the mechanisms involved in material degradation is a prerequisite for the development of these solutions, particularly catalyst degradation.
We propose to develop a comprehensive model coupling all the phenomena required to simulate catalyst degradation during cycling at potentials representative of cell use. Studies on the effect of cycling frequency and amplitude will enable us to define a validation experiment.
A first existing degradation model will be validated, then coupled to an oxidation model. We will also study the relevance/necessity of taking other reaction paths into account. The complete model will be implemented in a 2D model capable of simulating cells representative of an operational fuel cell.
The subject is therefore mainly numerical simulation with an experimental component. The thesis will be supervised and accompanied by three experts respectively in electrochemistry, numerical simulation and experiment on fuel cells. The candidate must have basic knowledge of electrochemistry or chemistry and an interest in numerical simulations.
What we offer:
In the heart of the Alps, an exceptional and internationally recognised scientific ecosystem, in a city committed to the environmental transition "Grenoble European Green Capital 2022",
A major technological research institute; the CEA-Liten plays a decisive role in the development of future technologies for the energy transition and the limitation of greenhouse gas emissions,
A balance between private and professional life (50 days off/year), an active Works Council for leisure and extra-professional activities,
Salary according to your qualifications and experience (28,8k€ gross income/year), access to a savings scheme funded by the CEA,
Industrial-grade facilities for research,
Participation to scientific conferences,
Training to strengthen your skills or acquire new ones.
Interested? Contact us. We look forward to meeting you!!
Job reference : SL-DES-24-0732
Requirements
- Research Field
- Physics » Other
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
Additional Information
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- CEA Liten
- Country
- France
- City
- Grenoble
- Postal Code
- 38000
- Geofield
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- City
Grenoble- Website
https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/CEA-Liten/Presentation.aspx- Street
17, Avenue des Martyrs- Postal Code
38000
[email protected]
STATUS: EXPIRED