Cost-reduced and environmentally friendly manufacturing of Lithium ion batteries

Value chain analysis of lithium ion battery production showed that the electrode manufacturing process is one of the major cost drivers. Therefore the focus of our work is the development towards environmental friendly and energy efficient manufacturing processes. We are emphasizing the following topics: time and energy efficient mixing processes, environmental friendly, aqueous electrode slurry recipes, and energy reduced drying processes. Slurries processing and electrodes manufacturing were investigated in pilot scale. Recent results will discussed in the poster.