The FOCUS program
"Multiscale battery simulation applied to electrode materials" aims to develop a
more predictive simulation approach in the field of
Li-ion batteries. This approach is based on a
strong coupling between physical modeling and experimental characterization. The simulation models and software developed within this program will be a complementary tool to the experience to accelerate the development and synthesis of more efficient, durable and safe materials and electrodes.
In this context, the CEA is launching fifteen theses and post-docs to enrich the skills invested in this ambitious project.
Li-ion batteries are complex systems involving multiple coupled physico-chemical and multi-scales phenomena. Integrating this multi-scale approach is essential to, in the upward direction, have less empirical and more predictive models based on the underlying physical phenomena, and in the downward direction, orient developments towards problems of interest at higher scales. If a predictive approach based on modeling and simulation is relevant at any scale to make improvements and innovations on Li-ion batteries, it is probably at the material scale that ruptures are most likely to emerge.
This is why the FOCUS program focuses on these scales and integrates two parallel and complementary paths. The first one aims to improve current technologies known and available through greater use of modeling and simulation in a process of development-characterization-modeling-simulation coupling and by ensuring consistency between the different scales. The second path aims to accelerate the development of new materials for the emergence of innovative technologies including solid electrolyte batteries. This second path will benefit from the contribution of the first one in terms of overall approach (link between scales, coupling, characterization, modeling, simulation, validation, etc.).
You would like to participate in this program, find the thesis subjects offered bellow. To your applications!
To apply, please refer to the link of the thesis subject on the INSTN website or contact Didier Jamet, FOCUS program pilot - didier.jamet@cea.fr