| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/M507714/1 |
| Title: |
Graphene enabled next generation battery technology |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dryfe, Professor RAW |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
| Starts: |
30 June 2015 |
Ends: |
29 December 2015 |
Value (£): |
51,742
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Processing |
Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The project aims to develop a graphene enable sodium ion battery. There are several markets for rechargeable batteries
and these can the segmented into 1. The 3C or consumer electronic Market, 2. Power tools and applicances 3.
Automotives, 4. Industrial including stationary energy stroage. SHARP sell products in all of these markets excepting the
automotive market. The sodium ion battery (NIB) is being developed as a low cost alternative rechargeable battery
technology. It is expected that NIB could directly replace lithium ion batteries (LIB) in all of the established and emerging
markets and lead acid batteries (PbA) in the low cost applications. The direct substitution of a highly developed and
optimised LIB technology for established applications will be time consuming and difficult to displace. SHARP are
interested in the emerging markets, such as stationary energy storage, where there is no currently established energy
storage technology and the development of new technologies will involve demonstrators and hence new technologies can
also be established. This project will focus on developing electrodes for a new NIB technology for longer life and higher
volumetric densities specifically for residential and community energy storage systems. In particular for coupling PV local
renewable energy generation sources with local energy storage systems. The advantages of this system are to provide a
greater self sufficiency to consumers, and to buffer an intermittent energy generation thus providing a greater stablity
between the grid and the property.
Current alternative technologies for stationary energy storage include lead acid batteries (PbA) and lithium ion (LIB). Whilst
lead acid batteries are significantly lower cost than lithium ion their life-time is significantly lower, therefore the life time
costs of these technologies are similar. Sodium ion batteries (NIB)offer a lower cost alternative to LIB however NIB
batteries have not yet been commercialised as further development is required to optimise cycle life and performance
properties, specifically for the stationary energy storage markets. The addition of graphene into the electrodes is expected
to improve the electronic transport properties of the electrodes improving the current distribution, the packing density, and
hence the volumetric energy and performance properties of the cell.
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.man.ac.uk |