Develop new batteries that are more powerful, cheaper and safer than lithium-ion batteries
Research on alternatives to lithium-ion batteries has been going on for some time. A new EU research project has been launched to support breakthroughs in magnesium batteries. Magnesium is a promising material and one of the most important candidate materials in our post-lithium battery strategy,' said Maximilian Fichtner. He is the deputy director of Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) in Germany, a research institution dedicated to research and development of electrochemistry. The battery concept was developed by KarlsruherInstitutfürTechnologie (KIT) in collaboration with the University of Ulm, in collaboration with partners Deutsches InstitutfürLuft-und Raumfahrt (DLR) and ZentrumfürSonnenenergie-undWasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW). In general, the research project will pass the European Union's Horizo? ?n plan to receive more than 7.6 million euros in support. KIT is one of the 10 scientific institutions participating in the project, will receive 870,000 euros. DLR will also receive more than 750,000 euros in revenue. The entire project coordination is in Spain Fundación Cidetec. Other partners come from Israel, France, Denmark and the United Kingdom. 'E-Magic' is the abbreviation of the European Magnesium Interactive Battery Community. The participating research institutes stated that they have united to develop all the necessary steps for magnesium batteries, from basic research to the cell production process. 'Lithium' The special challenge of batteries is to achieve long life,' said ZhirongZhao-Karger, HIU project coordinator. However, at the same time, scientists hope to take advantage of the positive properties of new anode materials. For example, magnesium anodes do not form dendrites, which may cause malfunctions or Short-circuit electrochemical deposits, such as lithium-ion batteries. 'This is why we can use magnesium in metallic form and directly use the very high storage capacity of the metal. This increases the performance of the battery,' Zhao Kage continued. Another advantage of using magnesium technology in battery production is that it reduces the use of lithium. According to HIU, the content of magnesium on the earth is 3000 times that of lithium, and Recycling is easier. Therefore, magnesium batteries may also be cheaper than lithium-ion batteries. At the same time, new technologies will be an opportunity to establish a competitive battery manufacturing pattern in Europe, which may reduce the dominant position of Asian battery manufacturers.