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Advanced Green Printed Batteries for Portable Devices

Baterias impressas avançadas amigas do ambiente para dispositivos portáteis

Reference
PTDC/FIS-MAC/28157/2017
Project Start Date
2018-10-01
Project End Date
2022-09-30
Principal Investigator
Coinvestigator
Scientific Area
Exact sciences
Funding Program
Concurso para Financiamento de Projetos de Investigação Científica e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Todos os Domínios Científicos - 2017

Abstract

The development of a new generation of batteries will play an essential role in the future use of electrical energy for many applications such as RFID devices, sensors, smart cards, medical devices. These developments will be for the next years essentially based on lithium-ion batteries which can be significantly improved in terms of performance, safety, cost and respectively integration into device. The goal of this project is to develop solid state high energy density lithium-ion rechargeable batteries for conventional and non-conventional geometries based on printing technologies by researching novel optimized and more eco-friendly materials for each component of Li-ion batteries through the use of natural polymers in which these polymers and printing technology are the perfect combination for the development of novel and low cost solutions for integrated functional electronic devices. The inks formulation of the different materials (cathode, anode and electrolyte) incorporating natural polymers for printed batteries has been little explored for the development of energy storage systems with high capacity and voltage values in which for this project, the ink developments are based on different active materials for electrodes and ionic liquids for separator. These new inks for each component should present superior electrochemical, excellent thermal and mechanical properties, low cost and adequate viscosity allowing the construction of batteries by printing technologies. Together with a deeper understanding of the physical properties of the materials, this work is significant because of the growing interest and need of materials for energy related applications. The proposed work supports our long-term objectives, is built on our research experience over the last few years in materials for each component of the printed lithium-ion batteries and theoretical simulation models for battery applications and represents a step forward on technology transfer. Conceptual proofs, several innovative papers in all areas involved in this research project, as well as several patents related to processing and applications of electroactive materials support the capacity of the team to carry out the innovative challenge of this investigation. It is also notice that different companies (functional inks: Nanopaint; fluoropolymers binder: Solvay; active material for cathode: Johnson Matthey and anode: Imerys) are collaborating with us and are open to test, take advantage and implement results from the project. In this way, this project intends to achieve both scientific and technological impact. Also multidisciplinary team present in this projet with specialists in natural biopolymers from seaweeds, rheologists, physics, chemistries, soft matter scientists, represent a new approach to this thematic field

Institutions

Main Institutions

  • Universidade do Minho (UMinho)

Other Institutions

  • Universidade do Minho (UMinho)
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

Funding 211.012,02 €

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Portugal

56.523,72 €
  • 2018-10-01 a 2022-09-30
  • PTDC/FIS-MAC/28157/2017

União Europeia - Portugal2020 (UE - PT2020)

154.488,30 €
  • 2018-10-01 a 2022-09-30
  • POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028157