CEA Battery Infrastructure

Upper organisation: CEA

Address: 17 rue des Martyrs
38054Grenoble
France

Description

The CEA Battery Infrastructure R&D focuses on lithium-ion battery development and small-run production, from materials synthesis through to integration. The goal is to develop end-to-end production systems for applications ranging from hearing aids to electric-powered buses, with the broader objectives of cutting costs, increasing battery life, and improving reliability.

The battery platform boasts all of the know-how and heavy equipment required to develop and produce small runs of lithium-ion batteries.

R&D at the platform starts with identifying and synthesizing materials to optimize battery performance, and encompasses manufacturing the various components (such as battery electrodes and electrolytes),assembling the battery packs, and integrating them into complete systems. Battery safety is assessed via a range of tests that include total destruction of the battery.

The platform's size and scope make it unique in Europe. With a strong commitment to industrial R&D partnerships, the platform works with around 30 manufacturers, including Renault, Prayon, Umicore, and Solvay (on battery materials).

Contact Person

Simon Perraud

simon.perraud@cea.fr

is SME contact

Equipment

The platform has around 20 pieces of heavy equipment, including coating and filling machines and a pre-industrial assembly line. The platform’s work focuses on lithium-ion batteries of all sizes, from tiny hearing-aid batteries weighing in at just a few grams to 300-kg electric-bus batteries.

Equipment Link: CEA Battery Infrastructure

Services

Scientific & technological

Study / initial design / Simulation

Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation

Component/ breadboard / process development & testing

Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing

Pilot line / demonstration line / pre-series

Product validation / certification

Services Link: Contact Liten - CEA Battery Infrastructure

Activities

Process industry (processing of novel materials, structures, etc.) Monitoring and control High performance computing / cloud-based simulation services Additive manufacturing High-performance production (flexibility, productivity, precision and zero defect) High-performance, high precision processing Intelligent/ sensor-based equipment Electronic and optical functional materials Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) Industrial materials (incl. catalysts, membranes, adhesives, filters) High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) Materials for energy storage and generation Surface engineering and coatings Quantum technology Optoelectronics (optical networks, optical sensors) Outsides system connectivity (communication, data transfer, wifi) Power electronics Printed/flexible electronics Memory and storage Analogue and mixed signal devices (µ-wave, RF, THz) Computing (low power computing, high performance computing, new computing (non von Neumann, beyond CMOS, beyond Moore)) Heterogeneous components & more than Moore (MEMS, NEMS, sensors, transducers) Heterogeneous integration/embedded systems Nanomedicine Nanostructured coatings Nanoparticles Nanowires and tubes 2D materials Displays (LCD, plasma) Photodetectors (solar cells, photo-diodes, photo-transistors) Laser based applications Intelligent/ sensor-based equipment Lighting (LED, OLED) Optical communication and networks Optical components & systems

Technology Readiness Levels

TRL 3: Experimental proof of concept TRL 4: Technology validated in lab TRL 5: Technology validated in relevant industrial environment TRL 6: Technology demonstrated in relevant industrial environment TRL 7: System prototype demonstration in operational environment

Service for Industry and SMEs

Yes

CEA Battery Infrastructure

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