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Selection of the PostDoc within the Sonata BIS project

12/31/2021

In respect to the on the announcement from 10th December, only one candidate applied.

Mr. Ahsanul Kabir, with MSc from University of Stuttgart and PhD from Technical University of Denmark has been interviewed and received high notes for his skills.

Based on the interview, the selection committee has positively assessed Mr. Kabir's skills and recommend him for employment at Gdańsk University of Technology.

PostDoc position available in Sonata BIS project

12/10/2021

Within the Sonata BIS project: "High-temperature corrosion studies and development of oxidation lifetime model of alloy powders and sintered porous alloys: effects of composition and microstructure" we have an opening for PostDoc for maximum 24 months.

The PostDoc will work on fabrication of metallic materials by means of 3D printing and tape-casting, followed by high-temperature sintering.

More details available at NCN website:
https://www2.ncn.gov.pl/baza-ofert/?akcja=wyswietl&id=188913

In case of any questions please send them to: sebastian.molin@pg.edu.pl

PhD student position - stipend opportunity announcement

11/22/2021

For Daina 2 project, carried out in collaboration with KTU (Kaunas University of Technology) and WUT (Politechnika Warszawska), we seek an ambitious PhD student to join our project.

Please send your CV and motivational letter with the description how you fit to the requirements to Sebastian Molin.

We offer a stipendship of 4000 PLN/month (800 EUR/month) for maximum duration of 36 months.

You can find some details about the position on the NCN website:
www2.ncn.gov.pl/baza-ofert/?akcja=wyswietl&id=188609

Some more information about the project can be found here:
projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=492621

To apply, please send your CV, motivation letter and publication's list to Sebastian Molin.
The deadline is 29th December and the interviews will take place on 30th December by Skype.

Publication in Corrosion Science

6/2/2021

Our work has been published in Corrosion Science, a leading journal in the field of corrosion.
"High temperature corrosion evaluation and lifetime prediction of porous Fe22Cr stainless steel in air in temperature range 700–900 °C"
This work is based on a collaboration of Gdańsk Tech with Paul Scherrer Institut (M. Makowska, F. Marone), where we have performed some advanced 3D imaging of porous alloys.

This article is also the first outcome of the Sonata BIS project.

We show how can we try to predict the lifetime of the porous alloys based on only short-time measurements (~150 hours). It is a simple and practical approach, supplementing other developed methods of lifetime prediction.

The article is Open Access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010938X21003553

New project granted: Polish Lithuanian research on metal supported µSOFC

5/18/2021

Together with Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) we have been granted a NCN Daina-2 (Lithuanian-Polish cooperation call) project: "Porous metal supported micro-scale solid oxide fuel cells: fundamentals, fabrication and testing". We will work on fabrication of a novel fuel cell based on specially tailored porous metal substrate.

At PG we are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to work on development and testing of new fuel cells.

Link PL: ncn.gov.pl/aktualnosci/2021-05-04-wyniki-konkursu-daina-2

English PDF abstract: ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2020-06-15qez4/streszczenia/492621-en.pdf

New publication - electrostriction in Pr doped ceria

4/21/2021

In collaboration with DTU, a new paper has came out in Nanoscale.
At PG we performed electrochemical characterization of the very interesting Pr-doped ceria materials:
"Gigantic electro-chemo-mechanical properties of nanostructured praseodymium doped ceria" by Victor Buratto Tinti, Ahsanul Kabir, Jin Kyu Han, Sebastian Molin and Vincenzo Esposito

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/nr/d1nr00601k

New publication - up-scaling of protective spinel coatings

3/5/2021

New paper has been accepted!
This work was led by prof. Smeacetto from Politecnico di Torino and included a broad international collaboration with industrial participation.
In this work the PoliTo group has electrophoretically deposited spinel coatings on full scale interconnects (Sunfire). The interconnects were subsequently used in stacks and analyzed post-mortem.
"Mn-Co spinel coatings on Crofer 22 APU by electrophoretic deposition: up scaling, performance in SOFC stack at 850°C and compositional modifications" - A.G. Sabato, E. Zanchi, S. Molin, G. Cempura, H. Javed, K. Herbrig, C. Walter, A.R. Boccaccini, F. Smeacetto, accepted in Journal of the European Ceramic Society, March 2021.

New publication - SOC cathode active layers

2/24/2021

We are happy to announce that our paper: Improvement of Oxygen Electrode Performance of Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Cells by Spray Pyrolysis Deposited Active Layers authored by Bartosz Kamecki, Jakub Karczewski, Piotr Jasiński and Sebastian Molin has been accepted for publication in Advanced Materials Interfaces.

Conference presentations at 2021 ICACC virtual conference (8-12 February)

2/24/2021

Our group presented three contributions at the 45th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2020 Virtual):

High-temperature oxidation of steel particles - Agnieszka Drewniak, PhD student, Sonata BIS project contribution;
High-temperature corrosion of porous Fe22Cr steel - Damian Koszelow, PhD student, Sonata BIS project contribution;
Electrophoretically deposited iron substituted manganese- copper spinel coatings for prevention of chromium poisoning in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - Justyna Ignaczak, PhD student, Harmonia project

The presentations were pre-recorded. If you are interested, please let us know and we will be happy to share them.

Link to the conference: LINK

Presentations at European Fuel Cell Forum

10/21/2020

Our team is presenting two oral contributions at the Forum:
B. Kamecki - Nanocrystalline La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-δ oxygen electrodes fabricated by spray pyrolysis for solid oxide cells operating at intermediate temperatures
S. Molin - Fabrication and testing on MnCo2O4 based interconnect protective coatings prepared by spray pyrolysis

The forum is fully virtual this year.
www.efcf.com