Master Thesis - Advanced electrolytes for sodium-based battery applications

Your Job:

Join the SIB:DE FORSCHUNG (Sodium-Ion-Battery Germany Research) project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and actively contribute to the development of liquid electrolytes for sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) as a strategic alternative to lithium-ion technology, supporting the European energy and mobility transition.

Your tasks in detail:

• Identification of novel electrolyte components (conductive salts, solvents/co solvents and functional additives) and their optimal compositions for the development of advanced non aqueous aprotic sodium-based battery electrolytes
  
• Physicochemical, electrochemical and analytical characterization of various liquid electrolyte classes by selected complementary methods on electrolyte and lab cell level
  
• Investigation of the influence of the electrolyte on the overall cell performance under varying conditions
  
• Documenting and visualizing the achieved results in presentations

Your Profile:

• You are enrolled in a master`s programme in chemistry, physics, materials science or a comparable field of study and are currently planning to write your master`s thesis.
  
• Good prior knowledge of electrochemistry is required to successfully write this thesis.
  
• Interest in the field of battery development research.
  
• Very good written and spoken English; good written and spoken German desirable.
  
• Willingness to learn various electrochemical methods.
  
• High degree of independence, motivation and reliability.
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• Your thesis deals with a future-oriented, socially relevant topic with direct practical relevance in an international environment
  
• Qualified supervision by scientific colleagues
  
• Independent preparation and execution of the assigned tasks
  
• Ideal conditions for practical experience alongside your studies
  
• Interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, committed and collegial team
  
• Excellent scientific equipment and the latest technology
  
• Outstanding scientific development opportunities at the Helmholtz-Institute Münster as well as cooperation opportunities with our other research locations in Aachen and Jülich
  
• The position is limited to 7 months and is appropriately remunerated. Following completion of the master`s thesis, there is the possibility of directly continuing with a doctoral thesis if interested.
  

Place of employment: Münster

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

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