🔋 Postdoctoral Appointee – Battery Manufacturing Research
💰 Salary Range: $70,758 – $117,925/year
📅 Application Review: Ongoing
🔗 Ref #: 420843
The Applied Materials Division (AMD) at Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to join a high-impact team working at the frontier of next-generation battery research. This role focuses on the design, scale-up, and manufacturing of advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, in close collaboration with national labs, industry, and academic partners.
🔬 Research Focus
- Development of scalable synthesis routes for advanced battery materials
- Process optimization for cost-effective, high-performance cathode production
- Electrochemical evaluation, full-cell prototyping, and technology transfer
- Collaborative use of synchrotron X-ray, electron microscopy, and interface analysis
🏭 Facility Advantage
Work at the Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) — a pre-pilot-scale R&D facility for process development and prototyping in battery technologies.
🎓 Minimum Qualifications
- Ph.D. (within past 0–5 years) in Materials Science, Chemical/Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or Condensed Matter Physics
- Strong hands-on experience with cathode material synthesis and electrochemical characterization
- Familiarity with X-ray diffraction, structural analysis, and multiscale materials characterization
- Proven track record through publications, patents, or presentations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work in multidisciplinary teams
💡 Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with synchrotron X-ray, neutron, or electron microscopy techniques
- Skilled in impedance spectroscopy and operando characterization
- Background in crystallography, machine learning for materials, or spectral data analysis
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