Making batteries usually involves using toxic chemicals and huge ovens to dry them out, which wastes a lot of energy. This project replaces those poisons with water or a completely dry process, similar to how some powders are pressed together. It's like switching from a messy, smelly paint that needs a ventilator to a clean, dry-apply system.
Current battery production relies on toxic solvents and energy-heavy drying processes, leading to high capital costs for solvent recovery and high carbon emissions.
Aqueous and dry electrode processing technologies piloted in large format pouch and cylindrical cells.
If you are an EV manufacturer dealing with high energy costs and toxic emissions in your gigafactories — this project developed aqueous and dry electrode processing that removes VOC emissions. This allows for the production of Gen 3 cells with a lower carbon footprint.
If you are a material supplier dealing with the need for European-sourced components to avoid Asian supply chain risks — this project developed a process using 95% blend graphite and NMC811 active materials. This ensures a localized, sustainable supply chain for high-density cells.
If you are a machinery builder dealing with the high cost of solvent recovery systems — this project developed dry manufacturing techniques that eliminate organic solvents. This reduces the capital costs associated with expensive recovery hardware.
The project aims to demonstrate manufacturing of automotive cells at a fraction of the cell manufacturing cost currently available today by eliminating expensive solvent recovery systems.
The processes are being piloted using large format pouch and cylindrical cells to demonstrate manufacturability for automotive batteries in Europe.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on developing aqueous and dry electrode processing technologies, but specific licensing terms are not listed.
It addresses the EU's plan to prohibit combustion engine car sales by 2035 and upcoming recycling regulations by reducing VOC emissions and carbon footprints.
The project runs from 2022-09-01 to 2026-08-31, indicating that full results and pilot validations will be available by late 2026.
The consortium is heavily industry-weighted with 10 industrial partners (56% of the group), including 4 SMEs. This strong industrial presence, spanning 10 countries, suggests the technology is being developed with direct commercial application and scalability in mind, rather than purely academic interest.
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