Doctoral Candidate (f/m/d) (75 % part-time)

Area of research:

Other

Part-Time Suitability:

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

Starting date:

Job description:

In the Institute for Applied Materials – Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), for a 3-year PhD project, we are looking for a candidate with experience in (solid-sate) NMR spectroscopy. The goal of this project is to characterize local structures but also ion dynamics in electrolyte and electrode materials for Na-ion batteries. This includes probing ion-specific transport mechanisms and interactions on liquid or solid electrolytes, elucidating desoiation/resodiation mechanisms in electrodes during electrochemical cycling, and applying operando NMR to observe sodium speciation, metal plating, and dendrite growth.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.