Materials science and technology are our passion. With our cutting‑edge research, Empa’s around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well‑being of society for a future worth living. Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.

Empa’s Laboratory Materials for Energy Conversion focuses on materials and device innovation for sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and validate modular electrocatalytic reactors and analysis methods for realistic CO₂ electrocatalysis, with a focus on parallel investigations and accelerated aging.
• Dissect degradation processes of CO₂ electroreduction catalyst, electrodes, and ionomer membranes under diverse real‑world operating conditions, using operando electrochemical and spectroscopic methods.
• Lead synchrotron campaigns aiming at unveiling the degradation mechanism of catalysts, electrodes, and ionomer membranes with high time resolution...