Postdoc in solid-state batteries - micromechanical modelling of cells

Job description

Next leap in the battery development is expected to be lithium solid-state batteries (SSB), allowing the replacement of the flammable organic electrolyte in Li-ion batteries with a safer and a more compact solid electrolyte. Within the framework of the Swedish governmental battery initiative COMPEL, aimed to support competence and excellence in battery research and education for the transport sector, KTH join forces with a coordinated initiative on composite SSB with seven postdoctoral positions in several disciplines, focusing on various aspects along the battery value chain, ranging from synthesis, cell assembly, characterization, modeling to scaled-up manufacturing. The 2-year postdoc project Micromechanical modelling and mechanical characterisation of contact, interfaces and fracture in solid-state battery cells is hosted by the Department of Engineering Mechanics (Division of Material and Structural Mechanics) at the School of Engineering Sci...