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Competitive and sustainable lithium solid-state battery technology enabling large scale production for automotive application

Project description

Manufacturing automotive solid-state batteries in Europe

Road transport accounts for nearly 75 % of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions. This necessitates decarbonisation of the sector to achieve climate neutrality. The transition to battery electric vehicles provides a promising solution to help reach this goal. Currently, however, the Asian market dominates battery production. To address this, the EU-funded SOLIDBAT project intends to establish competitive solid-state battery (SSB) manufacturing in Europe by covering the entire value chain. Using digital tools and materials models, it will design a high-energy density SSB that is safe, long-lasting and able to charge quickly. During development, priority will also be given to cost efficiency, recycling and sustainability, such as limiting raw material waste and using green processing methods.

Objective

The growing energy demand aggravated by the high dependency on non-renewable fossil fuels has severely impacted on climate change, as evidenced by Earth’s global average temperature increase in the last century. Road transport is responsible for around three quarters of transport-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, thus decarbonization of this sector is necessary to achieve a climate neutrality. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are a crucial enabler for accomplishing this target. In this frame, SOLIDBAT proposes a disruptive solid-state battery (SSB) technology to meet the challenging demands of the automotive sector. The focus is on high energy density SSB (400 Wh/kg, 1000 Wh/L) enabling fast charging, long life, and safety. To achieve these goals, SOLIDBAT entails innovation in five main areas: i) Digital tools and models for materials development and cell parameters design; ii) High capacity and water processable surface protected nickel-rich NMC cathode active material; iii) 3D-texturized high energy lithium metal anode coated with a protective artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI); iv) Highly conductive and electrochemically stable hybrid gel polymer electrolyte (HGPE), crosslinked in-situ; and v) Scalable solutions for SSB technology manufacturing that are easily adaptable to current lithium-ion technology, thus hastening the introduction into the EV market. Moreover, cost, sustainability and recycling are prioritized along the whole project development, in e.g. reducing raw material use and avoiding organic solvents for greener processing.
SOLIDBAT's collaborative consortium spans the whole battery value chain, fostering European innovation and industry growth. By establishing SSB manufacturing in Europe, SOLIDBAT contributes to climate-neutral energy and transport transitions, as well as avoids the dependence of battery production on Asian countries such as the current situation for Li-ion technology.

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CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA DE ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS FUNDACION, CIC ENERGIGUNE FUNDAZIOA
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€ 1 043 138,75
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CALLE ALBERT EINSTEIN 48 PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE ALAVA
01510 MINANO ALAVA
Spain

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Noreste País Vasco Araba/Álava
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