Since 2009 I am working in the MECS group at the TU Delft. The group is working on materials for energy conversion and storage. Together with Joost Middelkoop and Bart Boshuizen we support the researchers in the group.
In my present research, I focus on the deposition and characterisation of materials for sustainable energy applications, such as hydrogen sensing materials.
Activities
- Sputter deposition of metals.
- Instruction of new students on the available sputter deposition equipment.
- Reactive sputtering of hydrides, oxides and oxy-hydrides.
- Design and maintenance of Hydrogenography setups.
- Design and maintenance of Ultra High Vacuum systems and parts.
- Gas dosing systems with pressure control.
Equipment
- Two AJA int. UHV sputter deposition chambers with in total 10 sputter guns.
- Prevac UHV sputter deposition chamber with 3 sputter guns.
- Dektak 3 Profilometer.
- Optical Microscope.
- Optical setups for gas loading, heating, transmission and reflection measurements.
- Fiber optic UV- VIS spectroscopy.
TU Delft Optical Hydrogen Sensing & Thin Film Energy Materials 