Description du projet
Une nouvelle batterie éloigne les automobilistes des stations-service
Pour préparer la transition vers les véhicules électriques, il est nécessaire de disposer de batteries qui se chargent plus vite et durent plus longtemps. Le projet Nessox, financé par l’UE, met actuellement au point une nouvelle catégorie de batteries écologiques qui permet une recharge rapide et une autonomie prolongée. Plus précisément, il combine la légèreté et les hautes performances des batteries au lithium-oxygène (Li-O2) avec la modularité des batteries à flux. Ces dispositifs possèdent également un catholyte semi-solide breveté à base de nanoparticules carbonées qui assure une flexibilité et des performances élevées. L’anode est à base de lithium métal et la cathode est une électrode fluide riche en O2. En mettant sur le marché cette batterie liquide écologique, le projet changera le paradigme du stockage et de la distribution de l’énergie et contribuera ainsi à une nouvelle économie circulaire et durable de l’énergie.
Objectif
Electric vehicles are poised to replace the high-polluting gasoline transport, driven by international policies aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, market uptake of electric cars is still low, less than 1% of automotive sales in 2016. The adoption of electric vehicles is hindered by long recharging times (on average 4 hours) and limited autonomy (max 300 km), due to performances constraints of the Li-ion batteries, the state-of-art in e-vehicles.
After 4 years of research, BETTERY has developed NESSOX, a patented new class of batteries that allow for fast recharge of the battery and outstanding performances in terms of autonomy, size and weight.
The core technology is the patented design NESSOX, based on combining the lightness and high performances of the Li/O2 technology with the modularity of flow batteries, and a proprietary semi-solid catholyte based on a carbon nanoparticles, which assure flexibility and high performances.
NESSOX intend to introduce a new paradigm in electric vehicle transportation, by finally freeing e-drivers from the inconvenience of long recharging stops and limited duration of the battery, thus unleashing the market adoption of e-vehicles.
BETTERY plans to initially target the small vehicles market (e-bikes and e-scooters), and then move to the automotive sector. Global leaders in the automotive supply sector expressed their interest in collaborating for product development and distribution.
BETTERY is a high-tech start-up founded in 2018 by engineers and chemists with extensive experience in research, product development and project management.
The Phase 1 project will be a launch pad for the future commercialization of the system, enabling BETTERY to validate the Nessox performances and the market opportunity in key areas, assess the process’ economic performance indicators, and refine the business plan to attract the future investment needed for scaling up the production.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteries
- social sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehicles
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineering
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
74016 MASSAFRA (TA)
Italie
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.