PhD position: Nanoscale structural evolution in lithium-sulfur batteries
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student for an interdisciplinary research project across the fields of energy materials, electrochemistry and materials physics.
Project background
Lithium-sulfur batteries are considered a strategic candidate to achieve both significantly higher ener-gy storage and better sustainability than current Lithium-ion batteries. They operate by converting sulfur into lithium sulfide and back on discharge/charge. Practically achieved energies are far from theoretical values due to difficulties to deposit the insulating active material in high areal and volume density in the porous carbon cathode and to fully use it electrochemically. Up to now, the exact rela-tion between the nanoscale structural evolution of active materials, underlying physical-chemical mechanisms and electrochemical properties is unknown. The project aims to identify structure-transport-property relationships by focusing on operando scattering methods and electron microscopy.
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