Objective Although the development of nanoparticles-based materials has advanced rapidly in recent years, industrial production techniques have not kept pace. At this point there is a substantial need for safe production facilities, enabling the synthesis of large amounts of metallic nanoparticles with controlled and uniform quality (particle size, particle size distribution, chemical composition, etc.). This project will respond to this need by developing an industrial production line including on-line monitoring systems, assuring at the same time safety for the operating personnel as well as for the surrounding environment. The nano-structured materials of interest for this project are silicon and silicon-based alloyed nanoparticles, which have a huge potential as anode material in battery applications. With the aim to realise long life, high capacity Li-ion batteries, a new anode material with a volumetric capacity three times higher than the standard graphite anode has to be developed. The potential to replace 50% of turnover of the battery graphite market will generate a business of min 200 Mio € per year. The overall objective of this project is to transfer the ICP processing knowledge and technology investigated at a lab-scale to an industrial scale apparatus for the continuous production of tailored oxygen-free Si-based nanopowders at a production rate between 1and 10 kg/hour. Fields of science natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteriesengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Keywords ICP battery plasma scale-up silicon Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP-2008-2.1-2 - Processing and upscaling of nanostructured materials Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UMICORE Address Rue du marais 31 1000 Bruxelles / brussel Belgium See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stijn Put (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window EU contribution € 853 401,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT Switzerland EU contribution € 639 200,00 Address Ueberlandstrasse 129 8600 Dubendorf See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Patrik Hoffmann (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA Italy EU contribution € 505 789,00 Address Via zamboni 33 40126 Bologna See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Verdiana Bandini (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 444 325,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Walter Krause (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window DACS DVORAK ADVANCED COATING SOLUTIONS Switzerland EU contribution € 252 330,00 Address Feuerwerkerstrasse 39 3602 Thun See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Dvorak (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SAFT SA France EU contribution € 174 230,00 Address Rue sadi carnot 12 93170 Bagnolet See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nathalie Frene (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
