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Recap of the SIMBA Final event

June 2024

“Optimization of Sodium Bis(oxalato)borate (NaBOB) in Triethyl Phosphate (TEP) by Electrolyte Additives”

Title: Optimization of Sodium Bis(oxalato)borate (NaBOB) in Triethyl Phosphate (TEP) by Electrolyte Additives Written by: Jonas Welch, Ronnie Mogensen, Wessel van Ekeren, Henrik Eriksson, Andrew J. Naylor and Reza Younesi Abstract:The electrolyte solution of NaBOB in…

“Fluorine-Free Electrolytes for Lithium and Sodium Batteries”

Title: Fluorine-Free Electrolytes for Lithium and Sodium Batteries Written by: Dr. Guiomar Hernández, Dr. Ronnie Mogensen, Assoc. Prof. Reza Younesi, Dr. Jonas Mindemark Graphical Abstract:s fluorine necessary for electrolyte? Fluorine is often regarded as…

“Revisiting Amides as Cosolvents for Flame Resistant Sodium Bis(oxalato)borate in Triethyl Phosphate Electrolyte”

Title: Revisiting Amides as Cosolvents for Flame Resistant Sodium Bis(oxalato)borate in Triethyl Phosphate Electrolyte Written by: Dr. Charles Aram Hall, Lars O. Simon Colbin, Alexander Buckel, Assoc. Prof. Reza Younesi Graphical Abstract: Amide cosolvents,…

SIMBA Final event

4 June, 2024 at the TU Darmstadt

“A compatibility study of protective coatings for temperature sensor integration into sodium-ion battery cells”

Title: A compatibility study of protective coatings for temperature sensor integration into sodium-ion battery cells Written by: Timothy A Vincent, Faduma M Maddar, Sheng Chao, Erdogan Guk, Jonathan E H…

“Elucidating Gas Evolution of Prussian White Cathodes for Sodium-ion Battery Application: The Effect of Electrolyte and Moisture”

Title: Elucidating Gas Evolution of Prussian White Cathodes for Sodium-ion Battery Application: The Effect of Electrolyte and Moisture Written by: Sören L. Dreyer, Dr. Faduma M. Maddar, Dr. Aleksandr Kondrakov,…

General Assembly #7

7-8 December 2023, Uppsala, Sweden

Fifth Newsletter is out now!

November 2023

Interview: progress of the SIMBA project and the worldwide challenges with Sodium-ion batteries

The SIMBA project aims to solve several persistent scientific and technical challenges of Sodium (Na)-ion batteries, trying to understand the battery chemistries (e.g., electrochemical processes and degradation mechanisms), but also…

SIMBA in the spotlight in the News Innovation Network digital journal

Issue 15, September 2023

SIMBA’s Second Advisory Board Workshop

5 June 2023 in Birmingham, United Kingdom

“Understanding dehydration of Prussian white: from material to aqueous processed composite electrodes for sodium-ion battery application”

Title: “Understanding dehydration of Prussian white: from material to aqueous processed composite electrodes for sodium-ion battery application” Written by: F.M. Maddar, D. Walker, T.W. Chamberlain, J. Compton, A.S. Menon, M….

Performance target achieved for laboraty cell fabricated from optimized materials

June 2023

“Effect of ultra-fast pyrolysis on polymer-derived SiOC aerogels and their application as anodes for Na-ion batteries”

Title: “Effect of ultra-fast pyrolysis on polymer-derived SiOC aerogels and their application as anodes for Na-ion batteries” Written by: Marco Melzi d’Eril, Andrea Zambotti, Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac, Emanuel Ionescu, Gian Domenico…

Succesfull demonstration of sensor enabled novel cell

April 2023

Fourth Newsletter is out now!

April 2023

“SiCO Ceramics as Storage Materials for Alkali Metals/Ions: Insights on Structure Moieties from Solid-State NMR and DFT Calculations”

Title: “SiCO Ceramics as Storage Materials for Alkali Metals/Ions: Insights on Structure Moieties from Solid-State NMR and DFT Calculations” Written by: Edina Šić, Dr. Jochen Rohrer, Dr. Emmanuel Ricohermoso, Prof….

“On the Reversible Sodium Plating/stripping Reaction in Porous SiCN(O) Ceramic: A Feasibility Study”

Title: “On the Reversible Sodium Plating/stripping Reaction in Porous SiCN(O) Ceramic: A Feasibility Study” Written by: Marco Melzi d’Eril, Dr.-Ing. Magdalena Graczyk-Zajac, Prof. Dr. Ralf Riedel Abstract: Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are…

Get to know Waleri Milde from Fraunhofer

December 2022

Get to know Muhammed Abdelhamid from IFE

November 2022

Selection of the electroactive materials is made!

October 2022

Third Newsletter is out now!

October 2022

Get to know Luciana Gomes Chagas from Johnson Matthey

October 2022

Get to know Matilda Folkenant from Altris

October 2022

Get to know Jonas Welch from Uppsala University

October 2022

General Assembly & Advisory Board workshop

19 – 20 July 2022 in Darmstadt, Germany

SIMBA at the 3rd Sodium Battery Symposium

26-27 September 2022 in Berlin, Germany

“Enabling Aqueous Processing of Prussian White Cathodes for Sodium Ion Cells By Understanding the Effect of Structural Water”

Title: “Enabling Aqueous Processing of Prussian White Cathodes for Sodium Ion Cells By Understanding the Effect of Structural Water” Written by:Faduma Maddar, Ashok Menon, Katerina Gonos, Jacob Compton, Daniel Atkinson,…

“Improvement of the performance of Silicon-graphite anodes in Li-ion batteries by application of self-healing binder”

Title: “Improvement of the performance of Silicon-graphite anodes in Li-ion batteries by application of self-healing binder” Written by: Alper Güneren, Zoltan Lenčéš, Ahmed Nada Abstract: Fused Deposition of Ceramics (FDC) allows…

7th ICNAB 2022 Conference on Sodium Batteries

5 – 8 December 2022 at Stadthaus Ulm, Germany

“Battery Cell Temperature Sensing Towards Smart Sodium-Ion Cells for Energy Storage Applications”

Title: “Battery Cell Temperature Sensing Towards Smart Sodium-Ion Cells for Energy Storage Applications” Written by: Timothy A. Vincent, Ivana Hasa, Begum Gulsoy, Jonathan E.H. Sansom, James Marco Abstract: Battery cell…

“SiCN Ceramics as Electrode Materials for Sodium/Sodium Ion Cells – Insights from 23Na In-Situ Solid-State NMR”

Title: “SiCN Ceramics as Electrode Materials for Sodium/Sodium Ion Cells – Insights from 23Na In-Situ Solid-State NMR” Written by: Edina Šić, Marco Melzi d’Eril, Konstantin Schutjajew, Magdalena J. Graczyk-Zajac, Hergen…

Get to know Farouk Tedjar from TES-Recupyl

March 2022

Second Newsletter out now!

February 2022

Baseline Cell ready & first Milestone achieved

February 2022

Get to know Yurii Maletin from Yunasko

January 2022

“Si-based polymer-derived ceramics for energy conversion and storage”

SIMBA at the Battery Innovation Days & other events

December 2021

Get to know Lin Chen from University of Birmingham

October 2021

First Newsletter out now!

October 2021

Get to know Zoltan Lences from SAS

September 2021

Get to know Mark Copley from University of Warwick

August 2021

SIMBA Kick-off meeting

July 2021

Get to know Maider Zarrabeitia from KIT

June 2021

Get to know Veronika Djupvik from ELKEM

April 2021

SIMBA Press release

February 2021

Get to know Ralf Riedel from TUDa_RR

January 2021