This Research Fellow post sits within the SUSTAIN programme grant at the University of Southampton, developing flexible batteries for textile electronics in healthcare. The work replaces toxic organic solvents and salts with water-based, lithium-conducting hydrated polymers that stay safe, stretchable and energy dense. The programme works with textile designers, printed electronics and wireless specialists, and sustainability analysts to build working demonstrations. The fixed-term post is funded for two years with likely extension, and suits chemists or materials scientists with a PhD awarded or imminent.
What the job involves
- Develop lithium batteries that run on water and hydrated polymers for textile electronics
- Make batteries that are non-toxic, deformable, stretchable, energy dense and lightweight
- Build working demonstrations of textile electronics that act as wearable health monitors
- Work with textile designers, printed electronics and wireless communications experts and sustainability analysts
Qualifications
- PhD awarded or imminent in chemistry, materials science or a closely related discipline, or equivalent qualification and experience
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
