A position is open for a Research Fellowship for a Master under the project New Generation Storage - NGS, REFª C644936001-00000045, financed under Invitation Notice n.º 02/C05-i01/2022 regarding the development of projects within the scope of the Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation, framed and financed under component n.º 5 - Capitalization and Business Innovation of the Recovery and Resilience in Portugal.

Scientific field: Materials Science and Engineering

Admission requirements: The candidate must have a Master's degree in Materials Engineering, Nanotechnologies, Chemistry, and related areas and be enrolled in a doctoral program or a non-degree course. Preference will be given to candidates with training and research experience in the specific scientific area of the work plan, namely in developing materials based on natural polymers that can be implemented in battery cells. The documents proving this situation must be submitted no later than the scholarship contracting stage but may be replaced by a declaration of honor (as presented in the last pages of this call).

Workplan: The work to be developed is included in the objectives of activity 1 of Business Project 4 - Production of Flexible Cells and Cellulose-based Components 6 – Solid State Thin Film Batteries (Work Package II - Components and Modules) of NGS, which aims at the design, synthesis, characterization and optimization of the components (electrodes, electrolyte, sensors and encapsulation) of thin-film batteries. In particular, the candidate will work with the rest of the team on optimizing the sensor architecture and its implementation in thin-film batteries, focusing on the following points:

1. Formulation of solid-state electrolytes based on cellulose and lignin fibers;
2. Membrane formation by casting and doctor-blade methods;
3. Electrochemical characterization of electrolytes;

d)           Dissemination of the work elaborated in articles and technical-scientific conferences, as well as periodic organization of communication actions to promote the results obtained and preparation of periodic reports.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Law No. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of 27 August (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow) and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of 29 October, by Law No. 12/2013 of January 29, Decree-Law No. 89/2013 of July 9 and Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28; Regulation of Research Scholarships of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf).

Workplace: The work will be developed at the Materials Research Center (CENIMAT|i3N) of the Nova School of Science and Technology, under the scientific supervision of Dr. Luis Pereira and Dr. Joana Pinto.

Duration of the fellowship(s): The fellowship will last for 12 months, scheduled to begin in November 2024, possibly renewable within the duration of the project (if the research fellow is enrolled in a PhD or non-degree course).

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to € 1.259,64, according to the stock chart of the exchanges awarded directly by FCT, I.P. (https://www.fct.pt/fct-atualizou-o-valor-das-bolsas-de-investigacao-3/), payment being made monthly by bank transfer.

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