The Technological Institute of Energy (ITE), supported by funding from the Valencian Institute for Business Competitiveness (Ives), is carrying out the Elecch project, an initiative whose progress is aimed at supporting industry in the implementation of cell reforming lithium with lithium. can be applied for. Aiming to achieve Li-ion batteries with better performance, lower cost and greater stability.
The design and manufacture of lithium-ion battery electrodes is a multifaceted process involving many parameters and variables. The Elich project pursues the development and implementation of manufacturing processes for electrodes and cells from future generation active materials through semi-automated processes to improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries.
Growth of cells with better performance
Electrode production processes are one of the more energy-intensive cells production steps and, as a result, reduce the stability of the process due to the use of toxic and non-environmentally sustainable solvents. Currently, there are few existing laboratories that have semi-automated processes for the validation and optimization of the production of electrodes and cells with new generation chemistry.
In this context, Eletouch’s main innovation lies in the implementation of these processes (technically known as slot-die and Z-folding) to support the battery industry in the development of cells with improved performance.
