Ph.D position - University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Combustion and Gasdynamik

Overview

Your Tasks: Participation within the DFG (German Research Community)-Research Project "Functionalized Si/SiNx Nanoparticles as Anodes for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries: Gas-phase Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical Investigation"

The overall goal of this project is to investigate the formation of Si/SiNx composite nanoparticles by scalable gas-phase synthesis and to study their electrochemical properties as anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This includes a detailed investigation and understanding of the correlation between synthesis conditions and materials characteristics as well as between materials characteristics and electrochemical performance. The PhD candidate is expected to carry out independent research work to fulfil the project tasks. This project will be conducted in collaboration with the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA (ANL). Therefore, the candidate is expected to travel to ANL to conduct own experiments and analysis at ANL