batteries

Position Overview 

We invite applications for one Ph.D. position starting in September 2025, focusing on computational modeling of battery materials using at least one of the following methods: first-principles calculations (DFT), molecular dynamics (MD), and phase-field modeling. The research will target critical challenges in: 

1. Novel materials discovery for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) using calculations;

Dear colleagues,

Universidad Loyola Andalucía (Seville, Spain) is currently offering a postdoc position (2 years) within the “BatCAT” project, at the Department of Engineering. The aim of this project is to develop a multiscale multiphysical simulation framework of the manufacturing process of electrodes, by means of a coupled thermo-diffusive-mechanical numerical model (DEM- or FEM-based).  

Requirements

Journal Club for February 2024: Mechanics in Solid-State Batteries: Mechanical Properties, Interfacial Failure, and Multiphysics Modeling

Wei Li⁼, Ruqing Fang⁼, Junning Jiao, Juner Zhu*

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

* Corresponding author: j.zhu [at] northeastern.edu
= Authors with equal contributions to this article

James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow is looking for an extremely collegiate research-driven professor with an excellent understanding of the materials and energy domains. The School here in Glasgow is in a very interesting phase of development, with strategic plans to approximately double in size by 2030 and that offers many opportunities for appropriately ambitious candidates. Example research areas include but are not limited to:  

Mechanics of High-capacity Rechargeable Batteries

Cole Fincher, Yuwei Zhang, Matt Pharr

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University

1. Introduction

Owing to their enormous capacities, Li-S batteries have emerged as a prime candidate for economic and sustainable energy storage. Still, potential mechanics-based issues exist that must be addressed: lithiation of sulfur produces an enormous volume expansion (~80%). In other high capacity electrodes, large expansions generate considerable stresses that can lead to mechanical damage and capacity fading.