PhD Scholarship: Intelligence-assisted and sustainable recycling of lithium-ion batteries

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Nathan, QUEENSLAND
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

About the opportunity

We are currently looking for a PhD candidate to join the team working on Intelligence-assisted and sustainable recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The primary focus of this role is to the unprecedented consumption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is underway to meet the needs of modern transportation electrification and generates the same scale of spent LIBs. Recycling-friendly designs intrinsically facilitate the long-term sustainable utilization of natural resources, reduces the detrimental impacts of the spent LIBs on the environment and improves the economic viability of recycling. This PhD project incorporated intelligence-assisted predesign strategy into the battery management system and battery chemistry, including ameliorating traceability of battery structure and operation status, promoting cost-effective material sorting and separation, and adoption of sustainable battery materials. The intelligence-assisted predesign strategy will promote multi-disciplinary cooperation in a systematic and synergetic way, and globally facilitate governmental authority to establish and implement a series of standards, regulations, and even laws to address the environmental pollution issues from spent batteries and avoid the ever-increasing consumption of natural resources. Success in this role requires collaboration with Chief investigators who are working on Australia Research Council Discovery Project (ARC DP210103266)

About us

Griffith Sciences is one of the four academic groups of the University and has an international reputation for excellence in learning and teaching, research and professional practice. The Group hosts three schools – Engineering and Built Environment, Information and Communication Technology and Environment and Sciences along with four research institutes and six centres.

The Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy (CCCE) is a Griffith Strategic Centre for innovation in the area of Materiel Sciences and Energy sustainability. In 2021 the centre underwent a name change to reflect the expertise of its members. Since its creation in 2010 the centre was well known nationally and internationally as the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy (CCEE). Our overarching goal is to deliver positive research outcomes that help drive healthy, clean and sustainable environments, both now and in the future.

The Centre has four main areas of research focus:

  • Catalyst and catalysis
  • Sensing & energy devices
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Advanced battery technology

The successful applicant will be based on the Gold Coast campus

About you

The selection of applicants for the award of higher degree by research scholarships at Griffith University involves consideration of your academic merit and research background. To be successful within this role, you will be able to demonstrate a knowledge and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering or related discipline.

  • Expressions of interest are welcome from domestic and international (onshore) applicants, who are currently located in Australia and able to start in 2022.
  • Applicants must have completed, or expect to complete, a Bachelors degree with honours equivalent to H1 or high H2A, or a Masters degree (AQF Level 9) incorporating a significant research component of a standard comparable to a bachelor honours degree or be regarded by Griffith University as having an equivalent level of attainment in accordance with Schedule One of the HDR Scholarship Policy

Expressions of interest from researchers at Griffith University and other Australian institutions in their final trimester of their degree are encouraged, as conditional offers can be issued. You will be required to complete your current program and meet the required grades by 31 January 2022.

About the scholarship

The 2021 Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship has an annual stipend of $28,597 (indexed) for a period of up to three years of full-time study. Please see the GUPRS Conditions of Award  for more information.

A successful International applicant will also be awarded a Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship to cover tuition fees for up to three years.Please see the GUIPRS Conditions of Award  for more information.

EoI process

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Expression of interest (EOI) should be emailed to Professor Shanqing Zhang [email protected]  containing:

  • A full CV
  • Academic transcripts
  • Statement addressing your suitability for the project/scholarship
  • Evidence that you have completed a Bachelor Degree with H1(E) or H2A(E)  or will be regarded by Griffith University as having an equivalent level of attainment in accordance with Schedule One of the HDR Scholarship Policy
  • Name of two references

Closing date for EOI: 11:59pm on 15 September 2021

What Griffith offers

As a scholarship holder, you will study with a University that ranks among the top 2% worldwide and spans across campuses in South East Queensland. At Griffith University, we’ve worked hard to create a culture that will challenge you to be curious, creative and courageous. We also support the professional and personal development of all our HDR candidates and invest in the skills of our people. Griffith University values diversity, inclusion and flexibility and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. Griffith's strategic goals are to also increase the proportion of women in senior academic and administrative roles and in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM).

The Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy is a supportive and high achieving group of researchers that value the input of their PhD Students and provide excellent mentoring

Further information

For project related enquiries please contact:

Professor Shanqing Zhang

Phone: (07) 5552 8155

Email: [email protected]

For administration enquiries please contact:

Griffith Graduate Research School

Phone: (07) 3735 3817

Email: [email protected]



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