Computational Nanoscale Design of Advanced Lithium Iron PhosphateBattery Cathodes

Advanced energy storage materials are essential to the continued economic prosperity of our society,

as we move towards the electrification of the transportation industry and the further development of our

renewable energy resources. Accelerating the pace of discovery and development in advanced energy storage

materials will therefore be vital to maintaining economic competitiveness in the twenty-first century. These

interships will help train students in the development of an urgently needed economic engine for rapid materials

innovation through the combined computational design, synthesis, and characterization of novel energy storage

materials. The discovery and synthesis of new lithium-ion iron phosphate based battery materials will be

facilitated by combining materials modeling at McGill University with the empirical investigation of battery

materials at Hydro-Quebec. Through this synergistic approach these Mitacs interships will fuel the Canadian

driven discovery, development, manufacturing, and deployment of advanced lithium-ion battery materials (with

high energy density and fast charging) at least twice as fast as possible today, at a fraction….TOBECONTINUED

Faculty Supervisor:

Kirk Bevan

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

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