Research Objectives
Three overarching scientific objectives are addressed by TU-BRIDGE. All are in the context of the battery value chain:
- Create Digital Twins of products and processes based on calibrated physics-based numerical models that harness ML-technology for increased speed and model utilization
- Develop research workflows to understand, model, and predict stability and failure of cells due to Defects and Aging
- Establish innovative Recycling Technology to achieve optimal ecological and economic critical raw materials recovery, leading to full recovery of most battery components, and based on decision models that guide industry to process complex battery systems
Doctoral Projects
The doctoral school hosts 13 doctoral students and educates them over 4 years in a structured, collaborative, and internationally competitive training program. The program comprises the following doctoral projects:
Montanuniversität Leoben
DP.MUL1: In-situ Spectroscopy of Battery Cell Interfaces & Degradation Phenomena
DP.MUL2: Biohydrometallurgical Recycling Process for Recycling Lithium Ion Batteries
DP.MUL3: Modelling of Inductive and Plasma Induced Carbo/hydrothermal Pyrometallurgical Treatment
Graz University of Technology
DP.TUG1: Flexible and Physics-Based Reduced Order Models
DP.TUG2: Advanced Models for Cell-Scale Reactive Flow during Thermal Runaway
DP.TUG3: Multiscale Modelling of Battery Cell Property Variations by Degradation and Aging
DP.TUG4: Automated Battery Disassembly and Routing Model
DP.TUG5: CO2-Enhanced Continuous Hybrid Hydrometallurgical Black Mass Recycling
Vienna University of Technology
DP.TUW1: Multi-scale X-ray Imaging for Non-Destructive Characterization of Batteries
DP.TUW2: Large-scale Elemental Mapping for Advanced Modeling
DP.TUW3: Advanced Analytics for a Novel Defect-based Electrochemical Models of Cathodes
DP.TUW4: Next-Generation Solvent Technologies for Holistic End-of-Life Battery Processing
DP.TUW5: Dielectrophoretic Black Mass Separation for Battery Recycling
