Tuesday, 5 March 2019: 14:20
Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium (Scripps Seaside Forum)
Next generation batteries will have to provide high performances with reduced costs and safety advantage compared to the current lithium-ion products based on liquid electrolyte technology. For doing so, an appealing solution is to reformulate the electrolyte in a nonflammable form, such as a quasi solid state. Solvay, as a raw materials provider to battery manufacturers, develops components for next generation electrolyte materials.
The first part of the talk will focus on our Solgain™ solution. This technology, based on a hybrid organic/inorganic network combined with trapped liquid electrolyte, exhibits high ionic conductivity, high flexibility and good mechanical strength in addition to good electrochemical performances. Safety concern will be discussed and progress achieved so far on advanced Li-Ion batteries will be presented.
The second part of the talk will be focused toward solutions for Solid State Batteries. All-solid-state batteries using inorganic solid electrolytes and composite electrolytes are considered as promising energy storage systems because of their safety and long life. We will discuss the pathway and product development that Solvay has established to propose full solid state battery materials for future market needs.