Project description
Innovative calcium-based rechargeable batteries
Less than 1 % of cars currently run on batteries. However, despite a remarkable 50 % reduction in the cost of the dominant Li-ion battery (LIB) technology over the past decade, LIBs are gradually approaching their fundamental limits in terms of energy density. Furthermore, there is a potential risk to the supply of lithium. Batteries based on calcium (Ca) show promise and are particularly appealing since Ca is the fifth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and can be used as a metallic anode in organic solvent based wide potential window electrolytes. The EU-funded CARBAT project aims to achieve proof-of-concept for a rechargeable Ca anode battery by synergising scientific efforts and expertise in computational screening, solid-state and coordination chemistry, materials science, electrochemistry, and battery engineering.
Objective
"We propose calcium based rechargeable batteries to be a FET helping to solve some of the Grand Challenges our modern society is facing: pollution, oil-dependency, and climate change. Today transportation contributes to >25% of the total CO2-emissions globally and while electrification of the sector is on-going still <1% of cars run on batteries – mainly due to issues of cost and driving ranges feasible (energy density limited). While the cost of the totally dominant Li-ion battery (LIB) technology has been reduced by an impressive 50%(!) the last decade, LIBs are slowly reaching their fundamental limits in terms of energy density. Furthermore, the risk of limited lithium supply and associated cost increases cannot be ignored. Therefore, new sustainable battery chemistries must be developed and Next Generation Batteries was indeed ranked as the #2 game-changing technology by the World Economic Forum in Davos 2016.
Batteries based on Ca have promise of leap-frog increase in energy densities and are especially attractive as Ca is the 5th most abundant element on Earth’s crust and can be used as metallic anode in conventional wide potential window electrolytes, as recently showcased by the coordinating partner. The main objective of CARBAT builds on this breakthrough and is to achieve proof-of-concept for a Ca anode rechargeable battery with > 650 Wh/kg and > 1400 Wh/l. CARBAT will accomplish this by combining scientific efforts and excellence in computational screening, solid-state and coordination chemistry, materials science, electrochemistry, and battery engineering, and apply this to: (i) develop cathode active materials operating at 4 V and with capacities of 200-300 mAh/g (ii) optimize electrolyte formulations for fast Ca2+ transport (>1 mS/cm), and finally (iii) assembly of 100 mAh full cell demonstrators integrating such materials which will be validated and benchmarked vs. the state-of-the-art Li-ion technology using performance and sustainability indicators."
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- natural sciences chemical sciences electrochemistry electric batteries
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry alkaline earth metals
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences climatology climatic changes
- natural sciences physical sciences optics spectroscopy
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H2020-EU.1.2. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
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28006 MADRID
Spain
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