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BATTERY 2030+ – large-scale European initiative for battery research starts up
Future batteries need to store more energy, have longer life, and be safer and more environmentally friendly than today's batteries. The European initiative BATTERY 2030+, in which PSI is participating, is intended to help achieve these goals.
Battery Electrodes and Cells
The primary goal is the development of a safe, environmentally benign, and cost effective electrochemical energy storage system with significantly improved specific energy. The research work focuses equally on the scientific background essential for the development of new technologies and on the analysis of ageing and safety relevant aspects of current industrial batteries. The investigated systems include both lithium-ion and post-lithium-ion batteries.
How can cobalt be reduced in EV batteries?
The electrification of transport is increasing. This means, more batteries are needed. However, some of these batteries contain an extremely problematic raw material: cobalt. PSI is researching alternatives.
Members of the Electrochemistry Laboratory (Copy)
Electrochemistry Laboratory (LEC)
Forschungskommission
Prof. Dr. Marco Stampanoni (Präsident) Photonenforschung (PSD) Dr. Knud Thomsen (Sekretär) Forschung mit Neutronen und Myonen (NUM) Dr. Thomas Huthwelker Photonenforschung (PSD) Prof. Thomas Lippert Energie und Umwelt (ENE) Dr. Andreas Menzel Photonenforschung (PSD) Dr. Christopher Mudry Forschung mit Neutronen und Myonen (NUM) Dr. Cristina Müller Biologie und Chemie (BIO) Dr. Bojan Niceno Nukleare Energie und Sicherheit (NES) Prof. Christof Niedermayer
Toward better motors with X-ray light
Making Switzerland's road traffic fit for the future calls for research, first and foremost. In the large-scale research facilities of PSI, chemists and engineers are investigating how to improve the efficiency of motors and reduce their emissions.