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Industrial PhD in Battery Technology development - Sacrificial material for pre-lithiation
Beyonder is looking for a highly motivated candidate in battery technology development, especially with interest in examining the process of pre-lithiation increasing cycle life and lifetime of battery cells, all key features of Beyonder’s Lithium-ion Capacitor battery cell.
Topic: Sacrificial material for pre-lithiation
Objective: Develop a safe and scalable pre-lithiation technology
Expected Milestone 1: Evaluate different sacrificial layers and/or electrode materials. Different potential sacrificial materials will be evaluated, organic and inorganic, in terms of specific capacity, reversibility, chemical or electrochemical potential, air stability, and price etc.
Expected Milestone 2: Develop an electrode fabrication process. An electrode fabrication process will be developed according to the sacrificial material selected with both chemical lithiation and electrochemically facilitated processes will be considered.
Expected Milestone 3: Evaluate the pre-lithiation process. The developed pre-lithiation process will be validated in a battery cell product. The capacity, cycle life, rate capability, self-discharge rate, swelling, etc. will be systematically evaluated.
The position is for 3-years. You will work one year at Beyonder’s R&D facilities in Sandnes, one year at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, and the last year to be agreed on. You will be supervised by prof. Steven Boles at NTNU and CTO Dr. Han Ho Lee with >33 years for experience from the battery technology industry. You will be part of a high skilled and international team at Beyonder, and work at a recognized University in Norway.
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For more information, contact recruitment@beyonder.no or NTNU by Professor Steven Boles (steven.boles@ntnu.no).
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