Project title: Towards the next generation of high performance li-ion battery cells
Acronym: NEXTCELL
Type of project: EU projects
Role: Partner
Financing: Horizon Europe
Duration: 1.01.2023 – 31.12.2026
Laboratory: Laboratory for Internal Combustion Engines and Electromobility LICeM
Project description:
The lithium-ion battery (LIB) market is a rapidly growing industry that supplies rechargeable batteries for a wide range of applications, from portable electronics to electric vehicles. The EU-funded NEXTCELL project aims to develop a groundbreaking gellified cell concept for high capacity and high-voltage LIBs. Led by the electric vehicle industry, with key industry manufacturers along the value chain involved, NEXTCELL’s approach will address three key parameters hindering the greater market penetration of LIBs: costs, safety and sustainability. The ultimate goal of the project is to fast-track the commercialisation of the novel cell design and its new components, providing Europe with cutting-edge third generation LIBs while meeting the industry’s increasing demands for cost reduction, user-friendliness, and safety.