Industrial Supervisor: Chris Lyness (JLR)
Academic Supervisor: Dr Rohit Bhagat, Dr Andrew Moore and Prof. Richard Dashwood

Project Overview:
The aim of this project is to create a battery that can communicate its state of health during operation. This technology would be invaluable in understand the electrical, thermal and mechanical behaviour batteries experience during operation and will lead to faster, safer and more efficient electric vehicles.

This project main goal is to embed microsensing technology into lithium ion batteries during manufacture. Lithium batteries are extreme environments with varying electrical, thermal mechanical and chemical conditions.

Objectives:

• Investigate microsensors that may be used within lithium ion battery pouch cells.
• Demonstrate the manufacture smart lithium ion batteries.
• Investigate the smart lithium ion battery within an electric vehicle application

Key Warwick Facilities
The University of Warwick’s Energy Innovation Centre provides is a Nationally leading facility in the field of lithium ion energy storage. The Centre has the facilities required to take fundamental battery active materials powders and turn them into commercial cells.

WMG’s Electrochemical Engineering Group has collectively over 100 man-years of experience in lithium ion batteries. This studentship will be embedded into this team which will provide key expertise in battery manufacture to the applicant.

Candidate Requirements:
Due to the source of funding only UK or EU nationals are eligible for this position.

Applicants should have a good UK honour degree or equivalent in Electrical, Electronics, Materials or Mechanical Engineering or other relevant discipline. A demonstrable strong interest, or experience within these degree areas of sensor, battery technology or small signal analogue or RF electronics is desirable.

Experience of conducting experiments is also desirable.