Objective The global electric vehicle (EV) and Energy Storage Market growth depends highly on Li-ion battery levelized costs dropping 3/4 current costs by 2018. The most promising means to achieve 2/3 cost reduction is to improve battery density/capacity with the use of a silicon anode coupled with other advanced materials. Over the past 10 years an estimated $500m has been invested into developing silicon anode material, but it has yet to be industrially exploited.CLB Europe aim to offer the high-scale production of their proprietary Silicon-Graphene composite Anode Material, SiGrAM, designed for advanced Lithium-ion batteries. When used as the anode it is able to improve the batteries life cycle and charge/discharge characteristics by 300% while lowering overall cell costs by up to 70% (reducing size and weight).SiGrAM’s proprietary Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) manufacturing process uses carbon nano-platelets to uniformly embed silicon into graphene in stable structures, that in turn absorb the silicon expansion during battery charging. Such special nano-platelets create both strength and good elastic deformability that maintains its structural integrity for long cycle life.Results have shown the material to be the most stable silicon anode material known today able to triple the anode specific capacity. The material will be able to work in a variety of battery applications from consumer electronic devices to electric vehicles to utility energy storage systems.CLBE’s SiGrAM material is currently at TRL 6 as an early stage production process has proved positive. CLBE now requires funding to scale the production process for high demand and to validate further the product when coupled to other advanced cathode and electrolyte materials in Lithium-ion batteries, along with establishing an optimised in-house industrial production line and a reliable European supply chain. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringnatural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteriessocial sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehiclesengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresgraphenenatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.1.2. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Nanotechnologies Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) NMP-25-2015-1 - Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies, advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2015 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator CLB EUROPE LTD Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address 72 GREAT SUFFOLK STREET SE1 0BL LONDON United Kingdom See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region London Inner London — East Lewisham and Southwark Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all POWERTECH SYSTEMS France Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 22 RUE GUSTAVE EIFFEL 78300 Poissy See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data