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Organisation

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.

The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DRF-24-0295  

Direction

DRF

Thesis topic details

Category

Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, nanosciences

Thesis topics

Operando Bragg coherent diffraction imaging to probe CO2 Reduction

Contract

Thèse

Job description

The imperative to capture and convert CO2 into high value-added chemicals or fuels represents one of the most significant challenges in achieving a sustainable society. This reaction can be performed in the gas phase at high temperature but also electrochemically, at low temperature, not only mitigating the greenhouse effect, but also providing a way to store energy by transforming intermittent renewable electricity into high added value chemicals. This project aims to investigate the structural evolution of individual nanocrystals during CO2 reduction reactions. Using the unique capabilities of Bragg coherent X-ray imaging, we can dynamically map, in situ and operando, the three-dimensional changes in lattice deformation, strain, composition, and crystallographic defects of nano-crystallites, establishing a comprehensive experimental framework for structure-chemistry-performance relationships. The experiments will be conducted at ESRF, the European synchrotron facility located in Grenoble, in close proximity to CEA-Grenoble, within a leading international scientific environment. The project will be in collaboration with LEPMI (Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Physico-chemistry of Materials and Interface, Grenoble-France), which has expertise in electrocatalysis, materials science, and energy storage and conversion systems.

University / doctoral school

Ecole Doctorale de Physique de Grenoble (EdPHYS)
Université Grenoble Alpes

Thesis topic location

Site

Grenoble

Requester

Position start date

01/09/2024

Person to be contacted by the applicant

RICHARD Marie-Ingrid mrichard@esrf.fr
CEA
DRF/IRIG//MEM
17 avenue des Martyrs
38000 Grenoble
0476882779

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

RICHARD Marie-Ingrid mrichard@esrf.fr
CEA
DRF/IRIG//MEM
17 avenue des Martyrs
38000 Grenoble
0476882779

En savoir plus

https://carine-erc.eu/
https://www.mem-lab.fr/