| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/P510737/1 |
| Title: |
Portable solar powered electricity supplies using recovered batteries |
| Principal Investigator: |
Howey, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Engineering Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Oxford |
| Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
| Starts: |
01 July 2016 |
Ends: |
30 June 2017 |
Value (£): |
76,345
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Energy Storage |
Solar Technology |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
Millions of functional rechargeable lithium ion batteries are disposed of each year. Some of these are recycled to recover
the materials they are made of, but this is expensive and the recovered value is low. A better, and more sustainable
approach, is to identify those batteries that have remaining functional lifetimes and to use them in new applications. This
project is developing a process whereby these end of life batteries can be recovered, rapidly tested, and integrated into
portable, low cost, lightweight, solar cell (or grid) rechargeable power supply units that can be used to charge mobile
phones and to power low energy lighting. There are around 600 million people globally with mobile phones that have no
access to electricity at home. To charge them, they often have to walk for many hours to charging stations to connect their
phones to car battery-based chargers; a privilege for which there are high charges. The power supply units developed in
this project will provide low cost energy for phone charging and low energy lighting applications, using a circular economic
approach to the reuse of lithium ion batteries.
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.ox.ac.uk |