Planned & Achieved

The results of the SIMBA project will be documented in reports. The overview below shows the planned reports divided over the different topics. When a report is available, the document can be accessed by clicking on the title. Please note that when a report contains confidential information, only the public summary will be available.
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1 – Specification of KPIs and use cases including reuse and recycling

• Stationary Energy Storage – Use Cases and Requirements
• Regulations and Standards Review
• Supply chain analysis & materials sourcing for manufacturing (Public Summary)
• Recycling and Reuse (Public Summary)
• Full process flow of material, manufacturing, reclamation and repurposing (Public Summary)

2 – Lab scale material and process development

• Optimized ceramic anode support identified and tested at coin cell level (Public Summary)
• Optimized hard carbon tested at coin cell level (Public Summary)
• Prussian white cathode optimized and tested at coin cell level (Public Summary)
• Optimized P2/O3 layered oxide tested at coin cell level (Public Summary)
• Identification of the most suitable SIPEs for WP3 and WP4 (Public Summary)
• Round robin test with developed electrodes, electrolyte and cell process showing stability > 300 cycles (Public Summary)

3 – Ion transport and interface properties

• Optimized protocol for evaluation of transport properties at the interface and testing results for all baseline cell components (Public Summary)
• Report on anode optimization (Public Summary)
• Report on cathode optimization (Public Summary)
• Report on the effect of electrode manufacturing methods on the degradation of interface regions (Public Summary)
• Selective NMR data and structural information for the new Na-containing materials (Public Summary)
• Report on the interpretation of the atomic scale/ mesoscopic data
• Model for the failure mechanisms of the materials developed in cell systems based on SIPE electrolytes (Public Summary)

4 – Electrode and cell assembly

• Baseline cell, electrochemical and physical characterisation
• Report on anode optimisation (Public Summary)
• Report on cathode optimisation (Public Summary)
• Incorporation of novel electrode (Public Summary)
• Demonstrate a sensor enabled 1Ah pouch cell (Public Summary)
• Demonstration of sustainable binder electrode system for cathodes and anodes (Public Summary)
• Development of novel all-solid-state cell (Public Summary)
• Proof-of-concept for solvent-free extrusion (Public Summary)

5 – Cell performance testing, module design and demonstration

• Report on industrial size cell (1 Ah) test results (Public Summary)
• BMS developed, both SW and HW characteristics (Public Summary)
• Design of 12 V 1 Ah modules including a hybrid one (Public Summary)
• 4 modules of 12 V 1 Ah each assembled (Public Summary)
• Module testing results
• Hybrid demo module assembled and tested (Public Summary)

6 – Circular economy cell and material lifecycle design

• Deliver process for 80% of materials to be reclaimed from the base-line cell (Public Summary)
• Deliver process for 80% of materials to be reclaimed from the solid-state cell (Public Summary)
• Develop a safe storage, transport and opening protocol for the solid- state batteries at end of life
• Demonstrate the reclamation of the anode and cathode from a solid-state cell, and the re-use in a battery (Public Summary)
• Techno-economics and Life Cycle Analysis including environmental impact of full-size industrial capacity unit (Public Summary)

7 – Dissemination, exploitation, communication and data management

• Dissemination tools (website, flyer, project templates)
• Dissemination plan
• Data management software (Public Summary)
• Final data management plan (Public Summary)
• Draft Exploitation Plan (Public Summary)
• IPR Interim Report (Public Summary)
• Final Exploitation Plan (Public Summary)
• IPR Final Report (Public Summary)

8 – Project management and coordination

• Project Handbook (Public Summary)
• Initial Risk Management plan (Public Summary)
• Data management plan (draft) (Public Summary)
• Final Risk Management plan (Public Summary)