Leire Zubizarreta

Instituto Tecnologico de la Energía- ITE

European Green Cars Initiative PPP Workshop 2013 Electric Vehicle

Batteries: Moving from Research towards Innovation

OUTLINE

General Objectives

Overall Work Plan

Consortium as a whole

Results obtained up to now

Strategic Impact

SOMABAT:

Development of novel SOlid MAterials for high power Li polymer BATteries (SOMABAT).

Recyclability of components

Public-Private Partnership "Green Cars":

Cross-Thematic cooperation between NMP, ENERGY,

ENVIRONMENT (including Climate Change),

TRANSPORT (including Aeronautics)

Call (identifier)

Sustainable automotive

electrochemical storage

(FP7-2010-GC-

ELECTROCHEMICAL-

STORAGE)

Topic area GC.NMP.2010-1

Number of partners

SOMABAT 13

Total budget// financed

SOMABAT * 5.0 // 3.7M€

The GENERAL OBJECTIVE of the project is.....

The development of novel breakthrough recyclable solid materials

to be used as components (anode, cathode and electrolyte) for a

high energy density and safe Li polymer battery, to study and test

the potential recyclability of components, and to study the

sustainability of the final developed battery.

To develop of Li polymer battery with an energy density higher

than 220 Wh/kg and final cost lower than 150 €/kWh.

Study of technical specifications for batteries and new

emerging potential markets.

Development of synthetic and recyclable materials

Modelling of Li polymer cells behaviour

Integration of the optimised materials as a Li polymer

battery prototype and test it

Recycling of the new developed components

Analyze the environmental impact and sustainability of the

developed lithium polymer battery

Strategies

Development of new materials

New recycling alternatives for

battery components

Life cycle analysis

Objetives

50 % of weight of the battery

recyclable

Reduction of cost up to

150€/KWh.

New tailored electrode chemistries

and recyclable materialsImprove electrochemical performance

Reduce the cost

Other battery cell components

Recyclability and recovery of

battery components. Lifecycle

analysis of the cellEnvironmental friendly

SustainableReduce the cost

Integration

ModellingUnderstanding procceses taking place in cell performance

Development of novel solid materials for high power Li polymer battery.

Recyclabilityof components

Li

General Objectives

Overall Work Plan

Consortium as a whole

Results obtained up to now

Strategic Impact

Workpackages

WP8DISSEMINATION AND EXPLOTATION

WP3DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MODELING OF LI POLYMER

BATTERY

WP6 and WP7COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT

WP2DEVELOPMENT OF SYNTHETIC AND

RECYCLED MATERIALS

WP4RECYCLABILITY OF

BATTERY COMPONENTS

WP5SUSTAINABILITY ASSESMENT

OF LI POLYMER CELL

WP1INITIAL

SPECIFICATIONS

nº WP Y1 Y2 Y3

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4

Qtr 1

Qtr 2

Qtr 3

Qtr 4

WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 WP7 WP8

MATERIALS

CATHODE

ANODE

POLYMER ELECTROLYTE

DESIGN AND INTEGRATION

MODELLING

BMS

BATTERY

SUSTAINABILITY

RECYCLING

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS

Research areas within the project

MATERIALS

Carbon based

hybrid materials

High energydensity

High stabilityLow cost

Low irreversible

capacityLow density

Environmental friendly

Graphitisable

carbonsLow density

Low irreversible capacity

Low reversible capacity

High cost

Non GraphitisableCarbons

Low cost

High reversible capacity

High stability

Decrease of environmental

impact (obtained from wastes)

High irreversible capacity

Metal nano-alloys(Si, al, Sn…)

Store and release of

large amount of Li

Assure high voltages

Large volume changes

(easy degradation)

NanostructuredLiMPO4 as cathode for

electric vehicle

Toxicity

Cost

Environmental impact

Performance

Safety

cycling stability

Research areas within the project

Results obtained up to now…

MATERIALS

ANODE: C/C composite based on graphite and carbon xerogels

Selection of a 1st generation materials and development of scaling-up procedures

CATHODE: LFP cathode materials which reach the cost target of the project. Performance criteria such as cycle life and power were looked at in order to propose a product suitable for large cell market

POLYMER ELECTROLYTE: PVdF-HFP based polymer electrolyte with balanced properties in terms of ionic conductivity, thermal and mechanical properties

MATERIALS

2nd generation materials under development…

ANODE

CATHODE

POLYMER ELECTROLYTE

Modification of carbon materials to improve the first coulombic efficiencly and capacity retention /Optimization of textural properties

Substitution of iron by other elements in LFP structure

Use of more environmentally friendly and stable Li salt and plasticizers in membrane composition

DESIGN AND INTEGRATION

Research areas within the project

MODELLING

o Modelling of Li polymer battery developed

In the approach of modelling the SOMABAT battery a multi-scale model of the lithium-

polymer battery is proposed. The models will be used to give an insight to the proposed

battery module regarding temperature and electrical distribution and to support cell and

module optimization.

BMS o Development of a new battery management system according to the developed

materials

Development of cell management unit. The environmental testing and firmware

development for the battery management system hardware that was developed. This

includes software design, source code development, reviews, validation and testing the

system for stability on terms of electromagnetic immunity, vibration robustness and

temperature operating range.

Results obtained up to now…

INTEGRATION

o Integration and testing of the optimised materials in lithium polymer

battery

Design of 1st generation cell. Development of Li polymer integration technologies:

development of two first prototypes with the materials developed in the core of

SOMABAT project. Electrode formulation for 2nd generation cell.

Results obtained up to now…

Life cycle analysis

Pyrometallurgy Hydrometallurgy

SUSTAINABILITY

Research areas within the project

LCA

o Analyze the environmental impact and sustainability of the developed lithium

polymer battery by life cycle assesment

Definition of the goal and scope, life cycle inventory under development. During this

period, analyse and modelling of several materials were performed. Data were

obtained from different partners and preliminary analyses on parts of the battery were

carried out.

Results obtained up to now…

RECYCLING

o Recyclability of the battery components

After comparison of technical process performance, the economic features of possible

process routes, pilot scale plants as well as industrial implemented plants have been

figured out. Summarizing these results, and gathering all detail data of project members

on battery components, a specific SOMABAT recycling process to combine economic

efficiency with technical optimisation of recovered metals has been designed.

SOMABAT summary

General Objectives

Overall Work Plan

Consortium as a whole

Strategic Impact

• Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía_ITE (ES)

• Université de Liège_ULg (BE)

• Kompetenzzentrum – Das virtuelle Fahrzeug Forschungsgesellschaft mbH_VIF (AT)

• Kiev National University of Technologies Design_KNUTD (UA)

• Institute of Chemistry Timisona of Romanian Academy_ICT (RO)

• Cleancarb_CCB (LU)

• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas_CSIC-CIN2 (ES)

• Recupyl_RE (FR)

• Accurec_AC (DE)

• Lithium Balance_LB (DK)

• Cegasa Internacional_CEG (ES)

• Umicore_UMI (BE)

• Atos Origin_ATOS (ES)

Consortium

Organization

name Logo

Industrial //

Scientific partner Role in SOMABAT

ITE SC (Reseach center) Project Coordinator

Material // LCA

ICT SC (Reseach center) Material

KNUTD SC (University) Material

ULg SC (University) Material // LCA

CSIC-CIN2 SC (Reseach center) Material

UMICORE I (Large company) Material

VIF SC (Research center) Modelling

Lithium Balance I (SME) BMS

CEGASA I (Large company) Integration

CleanCarb I (SME) Test

ACCUREC I (SME) Recycling

RECUPYL I (SME) Recycling

ATOS I (Large company) Administrative

support// diffussion

SOMABAT summary

General Objectives

Overall Work Plan

Consortium as a whole

Strategic Impact

SOMABAT OBJECTIVE IMPACT

Development of novel breakthrough

recyclable solid materials to be used as

components (anode, cathode and

electrolyte)

Reduction of the weight and volume of the battery

Increase of the battery energy efficiency

Easier penetration of the electric vehicle in the

market

Reduction of the petroleum consumption and

decrease of energy dependency

Increase of SOMABAT battery safety

and cost reduction Increase the EV acceptance by the consumers

Development of recyclability alternatives

for the different novel materials.Use of

recycled materials and components

Revalorisation of batteries and components

Reduction of wastes

Sustainability evaluation process

integrated on the SOMABAT battery

production

Energy saving

Reduction of the CO2 emissions and wastes

Increasing product quality

Standardized battery

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ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European

Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)

under Grant Agreement n° 266090 (SOMABAT).