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battery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 65 battery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Curb-side V2G for Neighbourhood-Level Peak Shaving under High EV Penetration

As EV numbers surge, this work shows how curb-side Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) can turn parked cars into a shared energy buffer, smoothing the sharp neighbourhood demand peak and easing pressure on local networks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Hettiarachchige Don, Dr S Prabhu, Prof V Becerra
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Composite Materials with integrated ‘‘massless’’ energy storage for use in civil and mobile applications such as electric vehicles, drones, and composite planes

Nowadays in electric cars, batteries, contribute a large part of the vehicle's weight, which means additional footprinting and load bearing function. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Koutsonas
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing a coordinated control for hybrid ac/dc microgrids with renewable sources-battery storage under dynamic generation and load conditions

Due to the ongoing high penetration of renewable energy sources into the grid, the energy landscape is going through a major transformation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JA Ahmed, Dr F Kahwash
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in physical chemistry: sustainable electrodes for next-generation energy storage

Project Overview. We have a vacancy for a PhD student working in the area of physical chemistry. While lithium dominates current battery technology, there is considerable drive to move away from lithium salts to more abundant or lower cost alternatives. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Hallett
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Operando Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

As part of new ERC Starting Grant funded by UKRI Horizon Europe guarantee focused on development of operando electrochemical scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) to be employed to study the fundamental processes that lead to battery  degradation as well as study of electron beam damage products in nonaqueous battery electrolytes during cycling. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Mehdi, Dr LJ Hardwick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Designing the Resilient Lunar Power Grid

As humanity prepares for a sustained presence on the Moon, the single most critical challenge is establishing a reliable, resilient, and truly sustainable power grid. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Tingas, Dr F Kahwash
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced Simultaneous Wireless Information and PowerTransfer (SWIPT) systems for future generation IoT systems

In the upcoming era of sixth-generation (6G) networks, it is predicted that a wide range of low-power devices will have the capability to efficiently sense their surroundings and transmit data on a large scale. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C H See, Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in Enhancing next generation Li-ion prototypes

  Research Group: Battery Research Materials and Cells (BMAC)
The PhD project will focus on the development and characterization of next generation Li-ion battery prototypes using the WMG pilot line facilities for… Read more
 Supervisor: Prof LP Piper
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Guarantee-Driven Mapping: Coordinated LiDAR-Vision Robots for Dense 3D Reconstruction

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Jovan, Dr A Durrant
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing Advanced Materials and High-Throughput Automation

Supervisor. Prof Jawwad A. Darr. Start Date. 1st February 2027. Application deadline. 30th October 2026. Duration. 3 years. £23,805 per annum for the academic year 2026/2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Darr
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Computational Chemistry Driven Design of Improved Thermal Batteries

Thermal batteries (often termed primary reserve batteries) offer several key advantages over primary and secondary batteries due to their long shelf life, high temperature stability, quick activation, reliability, robustness and the fact that they are maintenance-free. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof DS Scanlon
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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AI-enabled Digital Design of Sodium-ion Batteries Using Advanced Multi-scale Computing and 3D Characterisation Techniques

Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a scalable and resource-resilient technology for stationary energy storage and low-cost electrified transport, yet their commercial deployment is still limited by coupled materials, interface, microstructure and cell-level challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Niu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced AI Technologies for Intelligent Power Electronics and Energy Systems

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the way power electronic systems are designed, controlled, monitored, and optimized. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y.Y. Yang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Faraday Institution PhD Studentship: Sustainable and Scalable Sodium-Ion Cathodes for Future Energy Storage

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship at Imperial College London in the Department of Chemical Engineering in collaboration with WE Soda. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Magda Titirici
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Faraday Insitution PhD/EngD studentship

“Small Features; Big Impact - Characterising the porous microstructure of battery electrodes.”. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Cooper
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)