Project description
Producing greener lithium–ion batteries
Electric vehicles depend on lithium–ion batteries for sustainable, emission-free driving power. However, the process to manufacture them is high-energy and environmentally harmful. The EU-funded greenSPEED project aims to create more sustainable electrode and cell manufacturing that doesn’t emit any volatile organic compounds. To do this, it will develop a new battery cell based on Ni-rich NMC which can be manufactured with dry electrode coating, removing any need for casting solvents or energy intensive drying. Anode manufacturing will rely on microwave-assisted plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition, which can deposit silicon directly on copper using locally produced silane gas. Researchers expect the greenSPEED cell to increase energy density by 69 % while reducing energy consumption and costs compared to current cells.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryvolatile organic compounds
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedCoordinator
8010 Graz
Austria
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Participants (10)
8020 Graz
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70563 Stuttgart
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9559 Wiltz
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92700 Colombes
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2333 CG Leiden
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
80809 Munchen
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8010 Graz
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52428 Julich
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41515 Grevenbroich
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63457 Hanau Wolfgang
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