Battery Innovations

🌱 What has Northvolt developed? Northvolt announced in November 2023 that it had produced a battery that replaced lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite with sodium, iron, nitrogen, and carbon. The use of sodium to replace lithium in batteries alone is not a new creation. Several Chinese companies h

Below are a few battery recycling projects funded by the EU: 🔋 BATRAW Project The BATRAW project aims to stabilize battery supply chains to cater for the anticipated growth in electric mobility markets in the EU. As a part of the 4-year project, two pilot tests with electric vehicle batteries will

🌱 What research is being done? When the batteries in EVs become defective, they are rarely repaired. A large part of the issue stems from the fact that in the design process of EVs, repairs and accessibility to the batteries are not factored in. Yet, most of the time when a battery becomes defectiv

From Trees 🌱 Can batteries be made from trees? Trees are made up of lignin by 20-30%. Lignin is a byproduct in the production of pulp and cellulose fiber, which is typically burnt to produce energy. Yet, lignin is also one of the largest renewable sources of carbon and it can be used to create har