Phd Research Fellow in Electrochemical and Chemo-physical Properties of Anode Materials

About the position
The Ph.D. research fellow will become a part of the newly created UiA battery initiative which co-creates a competence hub for lithium-ion battery research and development in close exchange and collaboration with local industry partners in the south of Norway.
**Responsibilities**:
The research fellow will work on developing methods to assess and improve the fast-charging performance of anode materials at the material level. This involves first establishing a measurement routine that isolates material properties from other transport effects, enabling a reliable quantification of how “fast-chargeable” an anode material is. Next, they will identify whether the primary bottleneck during fast charging is the surface intercalation kinetics or the solid-state diffusion of lithium within the particles. Finally, the insights gained will be applied to optimize material properties, such as crystallinity, particle size, and surface coatings, in collaboration with indus...