Discovery of Inorganic Cathode Materials and Solid Electrolytes for Next Generation Battery Technology University of Liverpool in United Kingdom

DPhil studentship in Organic Luminescent Materials at the University of Oxford , Department of Chemistry. This funded PhD project is supervised by Dr Daniel G. Congrave and is based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory (CRL), Oxford, United Kingdom. The research is interdisciplinary and sits at the intersection of organic chemistry , physical chemistry , and materials science , with a focus on the design, synthesis, and investigation of new luminescent organic materials. The project aims to adva...

[Funding of fees plus a stipend per annum for 2026/7; stipend amount listed as £21,805.] University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship in Electrochemical Lithium Extraction at the Penryn Campus. This project addresses a major challenge for the UK clean-energy transition: securing a resilient, sustainable supply of lithium for batteries, energy storage, and electric vehicles. The research will develop a lithium-selective membrane-based electrochemical extraction process for recovering lithiu...

[Studentship covers fees at the Home rate for UK and EU applicants with pre-settled or settled status who meet the residency criteria.] PhD Studentship in Electrocatalysis of sulfur redox in the solid state at the University of Nottingham. This project sits within the Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group and the wider lithium-sulfur battery research programme. The studentship focuses on interfacial processes in lithium-sulfur cells, with particular emphasis on developing new catalys...

The University of Nottingham is inviting applications for a PhD studentship in the interfacial chemistry of high-energy lithium-ion batteries, supervised by Professor Lee Johnson within the Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group (NAMI). The project examines the fundamental chemical reactions occurring at interfaces between nickel-rich positive electrode materials and battery electrolytes. It will investigate how electrode composition, state of charge, electrolyte chemistry, and operat...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Localized Electrochemistry and SECM/SECCM Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a three-year project on localized electrochemical analysis of light-metal degradation. The position is based at the Institute of Surface Science and the Department of Electrochemistry and Big Data at Hereon’s main campus in Geesthacht, Germany, near Hamburg. The research will investigate degradation pathways of light metals used in structural applications, medica...