Bachelor's students
BACHELOR PROJECTS
Students with a background in chemistry or physics are encouraged to explore the possibilities of doing a Bachelor research project at the Van 't Hoff Laboratory.
Below you can find brief descriptions of Bachelor research projects which are available in our group.
If you are interested in a (similar) project or topic, please contact the student coordinator Sam Bastiaan for more information.
Charge Regulation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions
Polyelectrolytes are polymers with electrically charged chemical groups that strongly impact the physical properties. A key property of polyelectrolytes is their electric charge, but this is not easily determined. In this project, different experimental techniques (conductivity, titration, osmometry, …) will be used to measure the electric charge of polyelectrolytes, as a function of polyelectrolyte concentration and ionic strength.
Sam BastiaanFCC PhD
Improving Bijel Channel Properties for Energy Storage Applications
Lithium-ion batteries are widely utilized to power consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and more. Additionally, large-scale, on-demand storage and retrieval of electric energy is becoming crucial in a world moving increasingly toward clean energy. Therefore, one of the key goals in battery research is to improve the rate of charging and discharging in lithium-ion batteries. Currently, this rate is constrained by the transport of lithium ions between the battery’s electrodes. In order to overcome this diffusion limitation and achieve both higher power delivery and faster charging, the distance between cathode and anode must be reduced. In our group, we attempt to negate the diffusion limitation by constructing a battery using interwoven anode and cathode.
Timo BosFCC PhD