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IMAGE: Better understanding of the lifecycle accelerates the development of long-lasting, recyclable, and safe lithium-ion batteries. view more
Credit: (Photo: Laila Tkotz, KIT)
Recycling and optimized resource cycles, second use, and knowledge-based cell design are expected to enhance sustainability and safety of lithium-ion batteries in future. The basis is now provided by process engineers and materials scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), who jointly study the battery lifecycle. The new research projects are carried out within the battery research clusters greenBatt and BattNutzung funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Battery cells of constant high performance can considerably reduce the ecological footprint of applications, such as electric mobility. In addition, second use of such cells is considered, e.g. in large networks of storage systems. But not all cells are suited for such second-life scenarios.