The group ‘Operando Interfacial Photochemistry’ in the department PS-ADLU at the Helmholtz Center Berlin is offering a 2-year postdoc position for performing soft-X-ray (resonant) photoelectron spectroscopy measurements and managing the experimental setup SOL³PES at the BESSY II synchrotron radiation facility in Berlin, Germany. The SOL³PES (Solid, Solution, Solar – PhotoElectron Spectroscopy) is a multi-user (near)-ambient pressure soft X-ray photoelectron experimental station offering a wide-range of techniques: liquid-microjets, flat-jets, cryo-jets, condensed liquid films at elevated pressures, transmission cells, as well as micro-(photo)electrochemical flow cells (µ-PECs).
The scientific focus is on energy-materials (solar fuels, water splitting applications, fuel cells, electrocatalysts, and electrolytes), (aqueous) nanoparticle solutions, and redox-active (in-)organic molecules in solution. Primarily, non-radiative relaxation processes, as well as induced electron and charge transfer processes at the solid-liquid, liquid-liquid, liquid-vapor, and electrolyte-anode interfaces will be investigated by Auger-, resonant photoelectron spectroscopy, and partial electron yield X-ray absorption under operando conditions.
Deadline for application: December 31, 2023
Recruitment: Mid-January
Start: February/March 2024
Successful candidates should have practical experience in photoelectron spectroscopy (preferably in liquid-microjet PES and/or in near-ambient pressure PES).
Enthusiasm, experimental skills, the ability to work in a team and a high level of self-reliance as well as excellent written and spoken English skills are a must.
More information:
https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/en/jobs/postdoc-w-m-d-physik-photoelektronenspektroskopie/
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