BIOANODE - Conversion of BIOmass from forest industry into hard carbons as sodium ion battery ANODE

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

The great concern of global warming and ever-increasing demand for energy have triggered an urgent shift from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources. Driven by this ongoing clean energy transition, demand for batteries is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years. Batteries offer a very tangible opportunity to store and provide energy on demand reliably and swiftly to end users for different applications. As a strategic action area, batteries are expected to play a far more important role than today. And this trend will be reinforced with the release and implementation of new and comprehensive legislative and governance frameworks globally and domestically. The BIOANODE project responds to EU and national battery strategies by focusing on sustainable production of affordable biobased anodes for sodium-ion batteries. The project will contribute to the battery production value chain by adapting renewable raw materials, tuning the production process and reducing costs. In BIOANODE, pilot production of biocarbon and anode carbon in kg scale is planned, which will be conducted under industrially relevant conditions. A systematic interdisciplinary study and comprehensive material characterization will be conducted to investigate physio-chemical properties and electrochemical performance of the carbon materials produced from the pilot scale production process. Through this Innovation project, WAI, together with SINTEF Energy Research and NTNU, aims to develop its compacity and competence in producing and application of renewable carbon as anode material for battery production. A postdoc researcher will be employed by NTNU and actively participate in R&D activities.