General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DES-27-0271
Thesis topic details
Category
Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, nanosciences
Thesis topics
Development of a new class of positive electrode materials for Na-ion batteries
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Disordered Rock-Salts materials derived from Li2MnO2F have been extensively studied over the past decade as potential high-energy-density positive electrode materials for Li-ion batteries. At the CEA, our experience with these materials, which are highly sensitive to usage conditions, has enabled us to surpass state-of-the-art performance in full cells incorporating them. Surprisingly, very few studies have been reported on their sodium equivalents and their use in Na-ion batteries, despite their composition being low in critical and expensive materials, making them particularly suitable for this technology. This is likely due to their exacerbated instability compared to the lithiated phases. In a previous internship, we were able to develop synthesis and electrode implementation protocols that allowed us to achieve specific capacities exceeding 220 mAh·g?¹ with a material of this type, which could make it competitive with a LiFePO4-based Li-ion technology. The thesis will therefore focus on optimizing the material's composition and understanding the influence of the synthesis protocol in terms of structure (X-ray diffraction analysis) and material surface state (spectroscopy).
University / doctoral school
Ingénierie - Matériaux - Environnement - Energétique - Procédés - Production (IMEP2)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2027
Person to be contacted by the applicant
COLIN Jean-François
jean-francois.colin@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DEHT//LM
17 rue des Martyrs
38054 CEDEX 9
Grenoble
0438783491
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
COLIN Jean-François
jean-francois.colin@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DEHT//LM
17 rue des Martyrs
38054 CEDEX 9
Grenoble
0438783491
En savoir plus
https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/Pages/CEA-Liten/HDR/COLIN-Jean-francois.aspx