Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE)

Completed

Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage)

Applied Research and Development

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Johnson Matthey Plc

Collaborative R&D

Innovate UK

01 September 2016

31 August 2019

36 months

£1,243,507

London

Competition Call: 1509_CRD2_TRANS_IDP12 - Seeding tomorrow’s vehicle technologies today - IDP12 CRD. Activity IDP12 - CRD

Project Contact, Johnson Matthey Plc

Project Contact, Chemistry, Imperial College London
Project Contact, JOHNSON MATTHEY BATTERY SYSTEMS LIMITED
Project Contact, Delta Motorsport Limited
Project Contact, Hyster-Yale- Ltd
Project Contact, University of Oxford
Project Contact, University of Warwick

The Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) project will develop lithium ion capacitors (LICs) and validate these in a 48V module for use in three market sectors - automotive, e-bus and materials handling equipment. LICs combine the benefits of lithium ion and supercapacitor electrode materials and structures, providing enhancing energy density vs supercapacitors and better power density than batteries. Advanced materials will be developed and scaled (Johnson Matthey) and novel coating techniques (Oxford) used to provide electrode structures optimsed for high rate capability. Roll to roll coating and A5 pouch cell manufacture (Warwick Manufacturing Group) will be followed by 48V module build and testing (Johnson Matthey Battery Systems (JMBS)) based on end user defined requirements (Nacco Materials Handling, BAE systems, JMBS and Delta Motorsport) and accelerated test protocols. Development of a physics based cell model (Imperial) will interlink with sophisticated layer structure characterisation (tomography, TEM) & cell performance results, evolving a rational design approach for specific end use scenarios.

26/05/20