PhD in Development of Advanced Diagnostic Methods for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Project Overview

This fully funded PhD studentship represents a unique opportunity to undertake advanced experimental research in close partnership with AMETEK Inc. Recent collaborative research undertaken by WMG and AMETEK has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of using new frequency response methods to characterise automotive batteries and diagnose their state of health (SOH). The ability to quantify battery SOH is a pre-requisite for the successful commercialisation of battery systems within electric vehicles and other sectors.

This PhD studentship will combine recent advances in accelerated battery test methods with model-based and data science techniques to estimate battery health and expected battery life. It is envisaged that this research will include, but is not constrained too:

• Extend our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of battery degradation and health assessment.
• Understand the transferability of existing battery test methodologies between different battery technologies and the scientific / engineering challenge of scaling-up battery-cell level methods through to complete battery systems.
• To design a new diagnostic test methodology, combining: experimental-modelling-data science techniques to reduce the cost and time required to quantify SOH with an electric vehicle battery pack.

Key Information:https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/education/researchdegrees/vacancies/phd-in-development-of-advanced-diagnostic-methods-for-lithium-ion-batteries

Funding Source: Industry Funded

Stipend: £15,609 + £4000 top up

Supporting company: AMETEK

Supervisor: Prof James Marco

Available to UK nationals and Home fees students

Start date: October 2022

To apply

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