Hosting offer - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship LRCS, Amiens
Updated : 2025.03.07Call for Expression of Interest for fellowships in Energy Storage
LRCS welcomes Expressions of Interest from outstanding PhD-holders in energy storage to apply for MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowships. This highly regarded fellowship gives candidates the opportunity to pursue their own research project for up to two years, under the supervision of an experienced academic within the field. The scheme is open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe. The LRCS offers academic mentoring and grant-writing support to outstanding candidates who wish to join the laboratory with a project falling under some of the laboratory’s research areas.
For the 2025 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call, the LRCS is looking to support outstanding applications in the following areas:
- Digital models and digital twins for battery manufacturing (with Prof. Alejandro Franco);
- Edge-computing and machine learning for advanced battery materials analysis (with Dr. Arnaud Demortière);
- Inorganic ion conductors for All Solid-State Batteries (with Prof. Christian Masquelier);
- Organic-based electrodes and electrolytes for batteries (with Prof. Matthieu Becuwe);
- New chemical hydrides for hydrogen storage in solids (with Dr. Raphaël Janot);
- Recycling of Industrial Black Mass from LFP and LFMP Batteries (with Dr. Nadir Recham).
Please submit project outlines in Word format in an email with subject ‘MSCA_mentorsurname_candidatesurname’ (e.g. ‘MSCA_Demortiere_Rossi’) by the 25 April 2025 to:
- Christian Masquelier, Director of LRCS, christian.masquelier@u-picardie.fr
- Emma Prevignano, Manager of European Projects, emma.prevignano@u-picardie.fr
PhD position LRCS, Amiens
Updated : 2025.03.23Crystal Chemistry of Positive Electrode Materials for Na-Ion Batteries
Supervisor: Christian MASQUELIER
The aim of this collaborative PhD work is to explore the crystal chemistry of new inorganic phosphate materials for use as insertion/extraction hosts in Na-ion batteries. A comprehensive study of the transport and stability properties will be carried out in conjunction with the structural characteristics. The approach is to find, and discover, new compositions that possess essential characteristics for an attractive electrode material in Na-Ion batteries: environmentally friendly elements, long life, low cost.
The PhD work will be conducted in LRCS Amiens and in ICMCB Bordeaux, two complementary CNRS-affiliated laboratories in France, which have extensive collaboration records on similar topic(s)
Applications must be submitted exclusively via the CNRS Job Portal.
If you need more information, you can contact the supervisors.
PhD position LRCS, Amiens
Updated : -0001.11.30Development by Additive manufacturinG of sOlid state Batteries (DAGOBA)
Supervisor: Loic DUPONT
A PhD thesis entitled 'Development by Additive Manufacturing of Solid State Batteries (DAGOBA)' will begin next September on the topic of FFF 3D printing of batteries developed as part of the Limasse project (all-solid-state lithium metal batteries). This 3D printing project is an extension of the research carried out as part of the ANR IODA project (3D printing of lithium ion batteries with liquid electrolyte) and the ESA GROGU project (battery with polymer electrolyte). These two projects benefit from the patent we have filed and which uses the Co continuity of immiscible polymers). Within the framework of the PEPR LIMASSE, we will need to adapt the formulations in order to be able to cycle materials with higher potential such as Nickel Rich NMC 811. For the electrolyte, as part of WP3 of the LIMASSE project, the best argyrodite-based formulations developed by the Polymer Materials Engineering (IMP) laboratory in St Etienne will be shaped into filaments before being printed. for the negative electrode, formulations suitable for the introduction of low-potential active materials (lithiophilic substrates) will also have to be developed.
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ContactResearch Engineer LRCS, Amiens
Updated : 2025.02.13Formulation and prototyping of All Solid State batteries
As part of the LIMASSE research project, part of the Priority Research Programs and Equipment (PEPR) program, you will be in charge of formulating and optimizing positive electrodes and All-Solid separator layers. You will also be in charge of their implementation in 1Ah Pouch cells.Applications must exclusively be sent exclusively via the CNRS Job Portal.
Research Engineer H/F LRCS, Amiens
Updated : 2025.02.13Formulation and prototyping of high-power batteries
As part of the HIPOHYBAT research project, you will be in charge of formulating and optimizing the positive and negative electrodes of sodium-ion separators.You will also be in charge of their implementation in 1Ah Pouch cells or 18650 cylindrical cells.
Applications may be sent exclusively via the CNRS portal, by clicking on the link below
PhD Position LRCS, Amiens
Updated : 2025.01.31New electroactive transition metal complexes for aqueous organic flow batteries
Encadrant: Emmanuel BAUDRIN
Description du sujet de thèse
The development of renewable energies makes stationary energy storage a necessity. Although widely developed for small equipment and mobility, Li-Ion or Na-ion batteries are not necessarily the most suitable for this type of application, for reasons of cost, safety and recyclability. One of the most promising avenues is the development of flow batteries, in which energy is stored in electrolytes stored outside the electrochemical cell. This makes it possible to decorrelate the power and capacity of the electrochemical system. Classically, electroactive species are dissolved in aqueous or non-aqueous media, the most highly developed being vanadium flow redox (VRFB) systems. Recently, the use of electroactive organic molecules in aqueous electrolytes has revitalized these systems. Although much progress has been made, potentially interesting molecules for posolytes remain scarce and some improvements can be made for negolytes. The aim of the proposed thesis is to develop, prepare and characterize new aqueous-soluble transition metal complexes that could be used to form electrolytes for redox flow batteries. The study will involve (1) selecting and/or modifying ligands for transition metal complexation 2) study complex formation and electrochemical properties (3) assess solubility and stability in aqueous electrolytes (4) test in complete batteries.
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