Fully Funded PhD Position in Engineering high-entropy manganese oxide nanocrystals for low-cost, robust rechargeable zinc-air batteries
Summary of PhD Program:
The primary challenge of access to clean and affordable energy will be addressed via the development of sustainable rechargeable batteries at low cost with metals like zinc (Zn) as an exemplar platform. Zn can outperform lithium (Li) in terms of cost ($1.85 kg−1 – Zn versus $68 kg−1 – Li), safety, and relative abundance with recycling recovery efficiency as high as 99%. The well-established ability of abundant and low-cost, manganese-based air electrodes to deliver physicochemical structure modulation and active sites for oxygen electrochemistry (oxygen reduction and evolution reactions are both of profound relevance to rechargeable zinc-air batteries (RZAB).
Application Deadline: 16 August 2024
