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Reference Number EP/L505298/1
Title Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Battery (REVB)
Status Completed
Energy Categories Energy Efficiency(Transport) 25%;
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 75%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 40%;
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 10%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Dr GJ Offer
No email address given
Earth Science and Engineering
Imperial College London
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 January 2014
End Date 05 May 2017
Duration 41 months
Total Grant Value £827,503
Industrial Sectors Energy; Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region London
Programme Energy : Energy
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Dr GJ Offer , Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London (99.998%)
  Other Investigator Dr R (Ricardo ) Martinez-Botas , Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%)
Professor NP (Nigel ) Brandon , Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%)
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Objectives
Abstract The Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Battery (REVB) project aims to develop a revolutionary Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) vehiclebattery and Battery Energy Management (BEM) system which will provide breakthrough improvements in energy density,cost, range and safety of electric vehicle batteries and put the UK in a world leading position to exploit this.The project intends to double the rate of improvement of the Oxis Li-S battery, by developing and embedding a model ledR&D culture within Oxis, using a deep understanding of the underlying science which will be developed with ImperialCollege to inform product development at Oxis. It is a proven approach within other sectors (such as crash testing) withinthe automotive industry, but rarely adopted by battery developers. The project will also develop a battery energy manager,working with Lotus and Cranfield, in order to be able to push the chemistry to its limits and achieve 400Wh/kg cell energydensity with practical cycle life and performance metrics. The output of the project will offer a battery system for automotive applications that can not only store more energy than today's technology but can also harness significantly more of the that energy, resulting in a compound improvement for next generation Electric Vehicles
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