PhD student position in Recycling of Li-ion batteries to develop skills and knowledge on communication, reporting, and creative thinking.
Sustainability and reliability of energy sources and portative energy storage devices are significant problems of the modern society, and securing the conflict-free material supply is the bottleneck that we can solve by creative recycling approaches. As the team member of the research group, the PhD student will challenge to overcome this issue and support the society to reach sustainability goals. This position will allow the student to develop skills and knowledge on not only the battery technologies, recycling, chemical/metallurgical technologies, and advanced material characterization techniques but also communication, reporting, and creative thinking.
Information about the research and the project
The recycling of lithium (Li) ion batteries has been attracting both scientific and industrial interest due to the increasing amount of applications, waste, and security of supplying raw materials to the battery industry. Although several recycling processes were suggested to recover the valuable content of batteries, only pyrolysis and combustion were introduced to remove the organics in the batteries such as polymer binder of the electrode active materials and separator. However, high-temperature processes of batteries generate fluorinated toxic exhaust gas emissions. The project aims to investigate and develop a novel supercritical fluid process technology for the separation of organic and organometallic components as well as the extraction of valuable metals from the electrodes of Li-ion batteries.
-The details of the departmental research activities may be found here.
Major responsibilities
Your major responsibility is to pursue research in line with the project, publish and present scientific articles and take part in discussions within the group and also related companies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing. You will be expected to take responsibility for some of the departmental duties and participate in teaching activities in the field of Chemistry.
Qualifications
To qualify as a PhD student, you must have a master’s level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in a relevant field. You work and think independently and self-confident. You are open-minded to work in an international group and possess curiosity and enthusiasm about the research field. You have a decisive personality and the ability to overcome research based problems in temporary difficulties.
The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in English. If Swedish is not your native language, Chalmers offers Swedish courses.
Since the department is also a nuclear facility, only citizens of the countries who are a signatory of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons can apply and be considered for the position. Please check the status of your country before applying.
Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of 4.5 years.
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Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20220098 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:
CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number)
• CV
• Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
• Two references that we can contact.
Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous experience of relevance for the position (e.g. education, thesis work and, if applicable, any other research activities)
• Describe your future goals and future research focus
Other documents:
• Copies of bachelor and/or master’s thesis.
• Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, e.g. TOEFL test results.
Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).
Application deadline: 30 April 2022.
For questions, please contact:
Dr. Burçak Ebin, Energy and Materials
Email: burcak@chalmers.se
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