Doctoral Researcher (PhD) Position – Nr. 260
Upscaling the 2-powder method for production of NdFeB-based permanent magnets with less critical elements
Dissertation
75 % with a fixed-term contract of 3 years
The position is within the framework of a collaborative project between the Functional Materials Group, TU Darmstadt, and the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS Hanau. The aim of the project is to investigate the 2-powder method [1] as a new route for production of NdFeB-based magnets with reduced amounts of critical elements for sustainable electrical mobility and wind energy. Reduction of the resource-critical heavy rare earth elements dysprosium and terbium as well as partial substitution of the light rare earth elements neodymium and praseodymium with cheap and abundant cerium and lanthanum in permanent magnets will be systematically studied.
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