[OFER-TRABEC] NAC: PhD in Artificial Photosynthesis

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Institución:University of Bath, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Contacto correo-e:s.eslava@bath.ac.uk
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The development of artificial leaves is crucial to exploit the solar energy and meet the increasing population energy demand, which is rising 10% per year. In line with this, this PhD project aims to develop efficient artificial leaves to make chemical fuels from sunlight. It will cover the photocatalytic solar H2O splitting into hydrogen (and oxygen) and the CO2 photoreduction with H2O to carbon-based fuels such as methanol, methane and carbon monoxide. The applicant will work with a multidisciplinary team embracing a wide range of expertise in chemistry, materials science, and chemical engineering. He/she will develop novel wet-chemistry methods for the preparation of photocatalytic materials, in order to maximise their surface area, minimise their electron-hole recombination, and maximise their performance. The candidate will exploit the use of nanomaterials such as graphene oxide, a two-dimensional material with extreme surface area, to tune the formation of photocatalyst
s or the use of mesoporous crystalline silicas as templates and hosts for photocatalysts. Extended physico-chemical characterisation with FTIR, XRD, UV-Vis, EXAFS, and others and photocatalytic tests will be carried out to relate the performance of photocatalysts to their properties. Studied photocatalysts will be metal oxides and sulphides, together with metal co-catalysts.

This project will be based in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Bath, which is top 3 in the UK for Chemical Engineering (The Times Good University Guide 2015) and obtained 100% overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2014). Collaboration will be kept with colleagues at University of Bath (the Department of Chemistry and the centre for Catalysis and Reaction Engineering) and Imperial College London. Finally, the candidate will be part of the UK Solar Fuels Network, funded by EPSRC, which will provide further opportunities for attending international conferences and disseminating his/her research.

The PhD project will achieve important advances in artificial photosynthesis, exploiting the solar energy and providing clean solar fuels to be readily used as feedstocks in our existing technologies (the industry of fertilisers, plastics, pharmaceuticals or synthetic fuels for transport). In parallel, it will advance in the utilisation of CO2, offering strategies to decrease the high levels of atmospheric CO2 causing global warming.


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Información complementaria de la oferta:
Students should have a First class honours degree (or equivalent) in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering or other suitable subject. Experience of catalysis, inorganic synthesis, reaction engineering, and computer simulation is desirable. The position involves laboratory work.

There is available funding for UK/EU candidates.

Further information and entry requirements can be found on
http://www.bath.ac.uk/engineering/graduate-school/research-programmes/chemphd/index.html

English language requirements must be satisfied for the application.

If you meet the requirements and you are interested, please send an email to Dr. Salvador Eslava with CV and transcript details at s.eslava@bath.ac.uk . You will then receive further information about the application procedure

Academic references will be required

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