MAX IV is looking for a Postdoc experienced in electrochemistry research. The focus will be to document experimental designs and procedures that give reliable and reproducible results, transferrable between research facilities in Europe. Two to three reaction cells based on the most promising designs will be developed and tested at major European synchrotrons. All results (CAD models, performance data, and procedures) will be published in an open data base for the benefit of the European research community.  

Your team

At MAX IV, you will work in the Support Labs team which is part of the Beamline Office group. The Support Labs team is involved in support for sample preparation, installation and maintenance of sample environments, as well as detector support for beamlines. In addition, the team operates ten chemistry and instrumentation labs across MAX IV.

This project was granted funding from the EU organisation LEAPS, consisting of all major synchrotron radiation sources in Europe. The motivation for the project comes from academia and industry that seeks standardisation of electrochemical experiments and technical solutions to ensure reproducible and accurate results from all facilities. The project is called SEEQuality and includes close collaboration with a postdoc at ESRF/CEA (France) and an engineer at HZB (Germany).

Your main work tasks will be 

• Plan and partake in the development of an expert advisory board in electrochemistry. The board will guide in selecting the best technical solutions. 
• Jointly with ESRF/CEA and HZB review the best designs for electrochemistry experiments, and documenting these in the open database Wayforlight. 
• Take part in the development of electrochemical reaction cells (demonstrators) in collaboration with ESRF/CEA and HZB.
• Take part in the in the initial testing of the reaction cells and collect data to be published in the Wayforlight database.
• Take part in a Round-robin test of the developed reaction cells at different synchrotron facilities.