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Towards the next generation of high performance li-ion battery cells

Descrizione del progetto

Nuovo concetto di cella gelificata per applicazioni ad alta tensione

Il mercato delle batterie agli ioni di litio (LIB, Lithium-Ion Battery) è un settore in rapida crescita che fornisce batterie ricaricabili per un’ampia gamma di applicazioni, dall’elettronica portatile ai veicoli elettrici. Il progetto NEXTCELL, finanziato dall’UE, mira a sviluppare un concetto innovativo di cella gelificata per le LIB ad alta capacità e ad alta tensione. Spinto dall’industria dei veicoli elettrici, con il coinvolgimento dei principali produttori del settore lungo la catena del valore, l’approccio di NEXTCELL affronterà tre parametri chiave che ostacolano una maggiore penetrazione sul mercato delle LIB: costi, sicurezza e sostenibilità. L’obiettivo finale del progetto è quello di accelerare la commercializzazione del nuovo design delle celle e dei suoi nuovi componenti, fornendo all’Europa celle LIB di terza generazione all’avanguardia e soddisfacendo al contempo le crescenti esigenze dell’industria in termini di riduzione dei costi, facilità d’uso e sicurezza.

Obiettivo

The Li-ion battery (LIB) market is now entering a period where energy density improvements and cost reductions are levelling off for the current generation 3a. To continue with this trend while keeping pace with the increasing industry demands for cost reduction, user-friendliness of electric vehicles and safety, breakthrough innovations at material level and cell design are needed. Within this context, NEXTCELL overarching goal is to provide a new 3b LIB cell generation for both high capacity and high voltage applications developing and validating a ground-breaking gellified cell concept.
The project workplan revolves around a three dimension-based methodology: (i) Prototyping the gellified cell concept up to TRL6 (20Ah), (ii) Modelling the gellified cell concept, and (iii) Evaluation of technical, safety, sustainability, and costs improvements.
NEXTCELL’s approach will not only provide Europe with cutting edge 3b cells but will also tackle three key parameters hindering a greater market penetration of LIBs technology: (i) Costs: optimising its manufacturing processes, reducing capital and operating costs of future Giga-factories by avoiding evaporation of solvents and the electrolyte-filling step. (ii) Safety: Producing intrinsically safe cells, avoiding the presence of low boiling point components in cell components. (iii)  Sustainability: Reducing energy consumption by 50% against SoA and avoiding the use of toxic organic solvents (NMP).
The project is led by the electric vehicle industry, from the project coordination by FEV (leading vehicle and powertrain international service provider) to key industry manufacturers along the value chain, such as SOLVAY (polymer, binders, and separators), ABEE (cathode production), VARTA (LIB manufacturer) or CRF (research centre for the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles group). Thus, NEXTCELL has a solid determination towards fast and successful commercialisation of the novel cell design and its new components after the project.

Coordinatore

FEV EUROPE GMBH
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 207 044,88
Indirizzo
NEUENHOFSTRASSE 181
52078 Aachen
Germania

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Regione
Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen
Tipo di attività
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 495 565,13

Partecipanti (19)