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Job offer from INM – Leibniz-Institute for Current Materials – Doctoral Student (DC2)

INM – Leibniz-Institut fuer Neue Materialien GmbH
Campus D2 2 66123 Saarbruecken

The Innovative Electron Microscopy Department develops and applies electron microscopy methodologies for nanoscale and atomic-resolution characterization of functional materials and their interfaces, with specific focus on soft-hard interfaces.

MSCA-DN E-CHEMIN (DC2): CHARACTERIZATIN OF SOLIDLIQUID AND SOLID-SOLID ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERFACES OPERANDO ANT THE NANOSCALE

The aim of the project is to reveal the nanoscale details of the ionic transport at electrode-electrolyte interfaces in operando focusing on the specific role of composite materials in improving sodium ion batteries (SIBs) and zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) performances. The DC will design and test microbattery closed-cell setups based on MEMS chip technology and perform operando characterizations of solid-solid (S-S) and solid-liquid (S-L) interfaces using probe corrected scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM)



and related spectroscopy techniques. Processes at Na-ion carbonaceous anode and their composites for SIBs will be compared. Zn composite cathodes for ZIBs will be tested. Tight cooperation with DCs#1 and #4, assisting with nanoscale characterisation of carbonaceous, composite covalent anode materials in SIBs, and multifunctional ion-conductive polymers in rechargeable aqueous ZIBs, is expected. Operando experiments will be compared with ex-situ TEM analysis of materials from coin cells at different states of charge to ensure comparability of the results. Chemical composition, electronic structure at S-L, S-S and S-S-L interfaces will be probed by EELS.

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Campus D2 2
66123 Saarbruecken
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