Postdoc Microbatteries and Thermogalvanic Devices

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Giorno di aggiornamento: 16-11-2025

Località: Leuven Flemish Brabant

Categoria: IT - Software IT - Hardware / Reti Tecnologie dell’informazione

Industria: Industrie

Tipo di lavoro: Tijdelijk, Stage

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Postdoc Microbatteries and Thermogalvanic Devices

Research & development - Leuven | Just now

Develop and optimize microbatteries, harvestore devices and test structures
What you will do
Microbatteries are extra-small-footprint batteries integrated in an electronic microsystem to provide it with power. The application area stretches from a wireless sensor for the internet of things, over a smart pill for smart drug delivery to an embedded chip on a smart card. To extend the scope of these microbatteries they can be coupled to an on-board energy-harvester, such as an infrared photovoltaic cell, to be able to recharge the battery when idle. Of course, this harvester also takes up space and for true autonomous microsystems (i.e. no external connections possible) management of available space is critical. In the electrochemical storage team at imec and together with a consortium of research partners (https://harvestore.eu), we are enabling the route to combine storage and harvesting in a single device to optimize space and thus energy of the microsystem. Together with you we want to explore these “harvestore” devices including thermogalvanic devices, where temperature differences are electrochemically exploited to gain energy.
Moreover, microbatteries present controlled test structures to characterize the interactions between battery materials: the material interfaces are more limited, more clearly defined and controllably modifiable, in comparison to powder-based batteries. At imec we aim at characterizing these interfaces to serve as input for the modelling of powder-based batteries, where imec focusses on the characterization task and one of our partners on the modelling task (https://www.sim-flanders.be/project/lifesbat). For this work you can start from imec’s knowledge on thin film batteries and 3D structured Si substrates.
The work will involve design of devices, deposition and micropatterning of thin-film stacks and testing of the devices. Your main activities will take place in the imec labs in Leuven where the state-of-the-art nanofabrication facilities of imec and a fully equipped battery lab are at your disposal.
We expect from you as this post-doc researcher:
  • Delivering inventive contributions to the development and optimization of microbatteries and harvestore devices and test structures.
  • Setting out the experimental plans to timely achieve the targets defined in the projects
  • Discussing and defending these experimental plans with other team members and scientific management
  • Timely and accurately executing and analyzing of the experiments of these experimental plans, and that in collaboration with other team members, including researchers, PhD students and process assistants.
  • Regular and effective reporting of the progress in the experimental plan to the management of imec and of our partners.
  • Project management of the related projects within imec, which includes the responsibility to keep the overview and to follow-up of the related tasks of co-workers.
  • Daily supervision of PhD, master, and intern students
  • Ensuring good practice in the lab and setting up process and characterization protocols in your field of expertise
This is a fixed-term contract. Contract duration is initially 1 year but might be extended.
What we do for you
We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer (http://www.imec-int.com/en/careers#diversity) and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, ’our corporate university’, we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.
We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a competitive salary with many fringe benefits.
Who you are
  • You have a PhD degree in Science or in Science of Engineering.
  • You have experience in microfabrication techniques such as thin-film deposition techniques, photolithography and wet and dry etching
  • Knowledge of electrochemistry, microbatteries and/or thermal measurements is a plus
  • You are creative and like to think with a team to solve problems
  • You have experience in collaborative research projects and can effectively summarize a project status
  • You take initiative and can work independently, while you keep on consulting and discussing with a team
  • You can plan your work and that of your colleagues according to your deadlines and deliverables
  • You are result-driven and can meet quality output with stringent deadlines
  • You can guide and motivate team members in their work
  • You have an impeccable knowledge of English, given the international character of imec
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Scadenza: 31-12-2025

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