Descripción del proyecto
Baterías de estado sólido de capa fina para aplicaciones de comercialización masiva
Las baterías recargables (de iones de litio) se acercan a su pleno potencial debido a la limitación de su componente fundamental: el electrolito líquido. Las baterías de electrolito sólido (baterías de estado sólido) disponen del doble de densidad de energía, de mejor rendimiento y son más seguras. Sin embargo, la complejidad de su fabricación evita su aplicación en los dispositivos de consumo dominantes. En este contexto, el proyecto TheBatteries, financiado con fondos europeos, desarrollará baterías de estado sólido de película delgada y costes de producción muy bajos para aplicaciones comercializadas en masa (teléfonos inteligentes, relojes inteligentes y dispositivos ponibles, entre otros). El proyecto pondrá en marcha pilotos de dispositivos portátiles con las baterías innovadoras a través de la colaboración con los fabricantes de equipos originales, generará impulso comercial temprano mediante sectores verticales de dispositivos ponibles y creará un centro de producción para fabricar baterías de película delgada que satisfagan la demanda temprana.
Objetivo
Since their commercial introduction in 1991, rechargeable batteries have been getting better, but the rate of improvement has slowed down. We still don’t have mass market smartphones that run longer than a day on a single charge.
The main reason why Li-ion batteries are nearing their full potential is the limitation of its key component—liquid electrolyte. On the contrary, novel with solid electrolyte batteries (solid-state batteries) have ~2x energy density, better performance & are safer to use. However, the complexity of their manufacturing have not allowed them to enter mainstream consumer applications.
We are developing new types of plasma evaporation vacuum manufacturing equipment that provides an engineering breakthrough over the iterative development of vacuum technology that has been taking place since 1980s. Our manufacturing process finally makes economies of scale work in thin-film solid-state batteries production, reaching the very low production costs. This cost price will make it economically viable to produce advanced thin-film batteries for such mass market applications as smartphones, smartwatches, wearables & other devices.
Despite of the current high production prices of solid-state batteries, the market is forecasted to grow to ~€2.8bn by 2021. As thin-film solid-state batteries manufactured with our technology are only 2-3X more expensive than Li-ion batteries (but ~13X cheaper than competitive thin-film solid-state batteries), we have an opportunity to disrupt the market, triggering overall shift towards solid-state batteries.
To bring our thin-film batteries to the market we will implement pilot portable device pilots with our batteries through tight collaborations with OEMs, generate early market traction through various wearable device verticals & build a production facility to manufacture thin-film batteries to meet the early demand.
We are aiming at ~€15m revenues & ~70 FTEs by 2022.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteries
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phones
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
35-005 RZESZOW
Polonia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.