PhD Candidate: Intermediates in Nitrogen Reduction Reaction
Fritz-Haber Institute in Berlin (Germany) and Radboud University in Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Application deadline: 15 September 2024
The project will be focused on helium tagging ion spectroscopy of intermediates in nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Finding new favorable conditions for NRR is a hot topic in catalysis. Homogeneous systems serve as models to unravel the details of all reaction steps. The project will aim to use a new helium-tagging ion spectroscopy instrument connected with an IR free-electron laser to study intermediates in NRR. You will learn advanced mass spectrometry- and spectroscopy techniques.
We are looking for internship students who are:
- Eager to learn new things
- Interested in reactivity testing of new metal complexes
- Interested in the exact details of chemical reactions
- Like experimenting and being creative
- You can choose from one or more topics of our expertise:
- Analysis of properties of novel catalytic systems (mass spectrometry, electrochemistry, photochemistry, NMR spectroscopy, gas chromatography)
- Theoretical investigation of metal complexes and their reactions (DFT calculations)