PhD Candidate: Sustainable Battery Recycling

Chalmers University of Technology; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 363,000 - 435,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Job summary

Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg invites a highly motivated PhD student to join an EU Horizon project on sustainable battery materials processing and recycling. The position focuses on extracting and recovering critical raw materials from lithium‑ion battery black mass using supercritical CO₂ technologies.

You will work in a multidisciplinary environment with academic and industrial partners across Europe, contribute to innovative recycling processes, and pursue advanced studies

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Metallurgical Engineering or related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Experience with experimental laboratory work and materials characterization techniques.

Responsibilities

• Take courses at an advanced level in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
• Develop scientific concepts and communicate results verbally and in writing.
• Teach at the undergraduate level up to 20% of working hours or perform duties associated with this share of time.
• Develop and optimize extraction processes for recovery of critical raw materials from lithium-ion battery black mass and similar sources.
• Design and perform laboratory-scale experiments related to battery recycling and resource recovery.
• Characterize materials and process products using advanced analytical techniques.
• Analyze experimental data and publish findings in scientific journals and present at conferences.
• Report findings and collaborate with EU Horizon project partners.

Education

Master's degree

Tools

XRD

SEM

Elemental analysis

Job description

Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg invites a highly motivated PhD student to join an EU Horizon project on sustainable battery materials processing and recycling. The position focuses on extracting and recovering critical raw materials from lithium‑ion battery black mass using supercritical CO₂ technologies.

You will work in a multidisciplinary environment with academic and industrial partners across Europe, contribute to innovative recycling processes, and pursue advanced studies