batteries PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Start date. January 2020. Subject areas. Electrochemical Energy Storage, Batteries, Solid state Batteries. Project description. The development of safe and cost-effective high energy density all-solid-state lithium batteries can realize the dream of the sustainable road transport system.

Li-ion Batteries; Recovery and Reconditioning

University of Birmingham
School of Metallurgy & Materials

Prof E Kendrick

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

A fully funded 4-year Faraday Institution studentship (PhD) is available in the School of Metallurgy and Materials, at the University of Birmingham under the supervision of Prof Emma Kendrick.

Designing novel electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries using operando techniques and smart synthetic control

University of Sheffield
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr N Reeves-McLaren, Dr R Boston

Application Deadline: 23 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The energy grids of the future will be increasingly dependent on renewable sources of power generation, such as wind, solar and wave.

High Resolution STEM Observations of Next Generation Battery Materials and Processes

University of Liverpool
School of Engineering

Prof N Browning

Application Deadline: 30 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

The drive to harness alternative energy sources that avoid environmentally damaging hydrocarbon fuels has led to a global research effort into the development of new energy storage technologies.

Oxidic Nanomaterials for High Density Storage in Li-ion Batteries

University of Bradford
Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Dr S Hickey, Dr W Martin

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The oxides of a number of materials are very appealing candidates as substitutes for conventional anodes in lithium-ion batteries because of their high theoretical capacity, high electric conductivity low potential of lithium ion intercalation, as well as superior electron mobilities, with one such material, SnO2 being particularly appealing.

To develop an advanced battery monitoring system for single or multi-cell batteries used in standby or emergency power systems

University of Leicester
Department of Engineering

Dr P Lefley, Dr J Rojas Siles

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

By working with the University of Leicester on this industrial MPhil, the company aims to create a new capability ‘in-house’ which will enable them bring their idea of a unique, new, intelligent battery monitoring system to life and have a product design that can then be manufactured and sold to its customers both nationally and further afield (exports to Europe and the USA).

Developing Operando Methods for Precision Battery Characterisation

University of Liverpool
School of Engineering

Prof N Browning

Application Deadline: 30 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

The drive to harness alternative energy sources that avoid environmentally damaging hydrocarbon fuels has led to a global research effort into the development of new energy storage technologies.

Durability analysis in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

Aberdeen University
School of Engineering

Dr M Aleyaasin, Dr A ALIAKBAR JAMSHIDI FAR

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

In this project , the heavy duty hybrid electric vehicles is considered for the investigation. The propulsion in these trucks is based on parallel operation of a bank of lithium batteries and series of hydrogen fuel cells.

4-year PhD Studentship in Energy Storage Materials

Lancaster University
Department of Chemistry

Dr N Tapia-Ruiz

Application Deadline: 30 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

A fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships in the area of energy storage materials is available under the supervision of Dr Nuria Tapia-Ruiz in the Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, commencing in January 2020.

Conducting Binders Enabling High-Capacity Li-ion and Na-ion Battery Cathodes

University of Manitoba
Department of Chemistry

Dr C Kuss

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The laboratory for electrochemically functional materials (Dr. Christian Kuss) at the Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba is searching for a Chemistry graduate student to join our ongoing research in conducting Li- and Na-ion battery binders.