"Research Associate in Particle Engineering for Dry Electrode Manufacturing"

An exciting opportunity exists within the battery manufacturing research group at the University of Sheffield. The post holder will work on the Xerode - Dry Printing Accelerator research grant funded by the University of Sheffield.

The electrode in a lithium-ion battery control many crucial performance characteristics of the final cell. State of the art electrode manufacturing uses a wet mixing and coating process to deposit the electrode. This is a highly productive process but uses very large amounts of solvent and factory footprint to accommodate the drying process.

This project aims to overcome limitations of the current process, providing a method to print dry, formulated electrodes directly onto a current collector, with positional and compositional printing control for advanced customer-driven designed electrodes. As a Research Associate working on Xerode you will research and develop novel particle engineering and deposition techniques, to produce powders suitable for dry printing of lithium-ion battery electrodes.

What We Offer

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

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