Would you like to help develop high performance materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries? Do you have a passion for complex machines, a high-tech product and sustainability? Then join HyET Lithium on its mission!

Background

With the increasing trend of devices to become mobile and wireless, batteries become more and more important. Batteries will play a crucial role in the future energy system and the strive to create a carbon-neutral society. This is due to the rapid rise of e-mobility, but also to their capacity to balance supply and demand within the electricity system. Li-ion batteries are taking dominance for a wide range of applications, due to their high energy and power density over earlier generation batteries. Despite their technological promise, performance of current Li-ion batteries is insufficient for future demand. Further advancement of Li-ion battery technology is necessary to meet the future needs regarding energy and power density, weight, charging time, lifetime, safety, and costs.

HyET Lithium is a start-up company focusing on the development of next-generation using silicon anodes. To achieve high-energy densities, high-capacity anodes based on materials such as silicon are required. Silicon has emerged as a promising alternative to graphite as an anode material due to its high theoretical specific capacity, which is more than ten times higher than graphite: 4200 mAh/g versus 372 mAh/g, respectively. Furthermore, Si is abundant and can provide fast charging capabilities. This offers enormous potential to significantly improve battery performance, especially energy density, resulting in batteries that last longer and take up a smaller space.

What will you do

During the internship you will:

• Conduct literature research;
• To help develop battery active materials;
• Carry out experiments on lab scale;
• Assemble batteries on lab scale;
• Evaluate physical or electrochemical properties of the materials;
• Correlate properties of the material to the production process parameters;
• Report on the experimental results;
• Discuss with experts on the results.

Desired profile

You are:

• A bachelor or master student in engineering, preferably a background in chemistry, physics or mechanical engineering with an affinity for experimental lab work;
• Hands-on, innovative, communicative, a fast learner;
• Strong analytical and communication skilled;
• Team-focused and pragmatic;
• An out of the box thinker;
• Comfortable in fast-paced environments;
• Fluent in English (spoken and written);
• Excellent in MS-Office.
  
  

What we have to offer

• An internship for minimum of 6 to a maximum of 12 months;
• Exciting opportunity to employ your research skills by characterizing materials using various advanced experimental techniques;
• Help us realize a world where energy is utilized sustainably and affordably;
• Join a fast growing, international oriented organization in the field of lithium-ion batteries.
• Join a company where Unity, Innovation and Excellence are key values.
• Surround yourself with specialists in your area of interest;
• You will receive an internship allowance.
  
  

Are you interested or do you want to know more?

Apply for this position by sending a cover letter and CV to info@hyetlithium.com. If you would like additional information about the internship possibilities, please contact Norah Hornsveld, Chief Technical Officer (norah.hornsveld@hyetlithium.com / +31 657517023).

About the HyET Group

The HyET Group’s vision is to promote and accelerate the adoption of essential decarbonization technologies. The companies under the HyET Group are active across the renewable energy supply chain and develop technologies that will enable large-scale implementation of renewable energy production, storage and distribution. HyET Group currently consists of seven companies: HyET Solar, HyET Lithium, HyET E-Trol, HyET Hydrogen, HyET NoCarbon, HyET HyLabNL and HyET Pro2NL.