BASF aims to change the way batteries are produced to create healthier planet with focus on manganese
The world’s largest chemical producer’s long-term battery materials strategy incorporates its goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 25% by 2030 and to net-zero by 2050. BASF will look to use more manganese in the production of cathode active materials.
German-based BASF SE (FRA:BAS), the world’s largest chemical producer, has outlined its long-term battery materials strategy, focused on cathode active materials, including manganese.
The cathode part of a battery is the positive electrode that acquires electrons from the external circuit and is reduced during the electrochemical reaction, and typically the primary active component of the cathode has been cobalt.