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Fully-funded PhD Scholarship in Chemical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Location:
Liverpool, United Kingdom Deadline: 11/22/2022
Fields: Chemistry, Engineering, Science.
Qualification:
Masters
Description:
This multi-disciplinary
PhD studentship is an exciting opportunity to join a large project involving
academic and industrial partners to develop new materials as supports for
Fischer Tropsch and CO2 utilization catalysts. Using a range of experimental
approaches, including robotic high-throughput methods and modern informatics
methods, the successful candidate will explore routes to high surface area
porous metal borides, metal nitrides and other related materials onto which
various catalyst nanoparticles can be deposited.
The project will combine synthetic chemistry, advanced
structural analysis (crystallography) and characterization with sorption and
spectroscopic methods. The successful candidate will also develop skills in
teamwork and scientific communication as part of a team that works closely
together.
This is a multi-disciplinary PhD that sits at the interface
between Chemistry, Materials Science and Manufacturing. The student will be
based in the state-of-the-art laboratories of the Materials Innovation Factory (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/materials-innovation-factory/)
at the University of Liverpool, as part of a larger project involving teams at the University of Oxford and in industry. The MIF is not only home to outstanding
University research facilities but is also the permanent base for many
industrial scientists.
Wider context:
This PhD studentship is
part of a large project that aims to provide the scientific foundation that
will allow the UK consumer chemical sector to become sustainable and carbon
neutral. The consumer chemical industry makes products that go into cosmetics,
vitamins and health supplements, soaps, detergents, household chemicals,
perfumes and foods.
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While some steps have already been taken to make this
sector more sustainable, the use of virgin petrochemicals and other
non-sustainable and/or polluting feedstocks remains prevalent. The project will
develop routes to synthesize (and recycle) feedstock chemicals that do not
depend on virgin petrochemicals.
These new materials will not only need to be sustainable
and carbon neutral, they also need to offer high performance, be cost-effective
to produce in bulk quantities and must not have long-term persistence in the
environment after use. This will require new catalysts and catalytic
processes.
For any enquires please e-mail Dr Troy Manning at: [email protected]
To apply please visit: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/
Please ensure you quote
the following reference on your application: New porous materials for CO2
Catalysis (Reference CCPR025).
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