Bringing forward the development of battery cells for automotive applications: Perspective of R&D activities in China, Japan, the EU and the USA

Journal Article · Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228073· OSTI ID:1763756

Marinaro, Mario ^[1]; Bresser, Dominic ^[2]; Beyer, Engelbert ^[3]; Faguy, Peter ^[4]; Hosoi, Kei ^[5]; Li, Hong ^[6]; Sakovica, Julija ^[7]; Amine, Khalil ^[8]; Wohlfahrt-Mehrens, Margret ^[9]; Passerini, Stefano ^[2]

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1. Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Ulm (Germany)
2. Helmholtz Inst. Ulm (HIU) (Germany); Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
3. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin (Germany)
4. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
5. New Energy and Industrial Technology Organization (NEDO), Kanagawa (Japan)
6. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
7. European Commission, Brussels (Belgium)
8. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
9. Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Ulm (Germany); Helmholtz Inst. Ulm (HIU) (Germany)

The recent development of high-performance Li-ion battery cells has sparked intensive revolutions in our society. After enabling the wireless communication, Li-ion batteries are paving the way towards a full transition to electromobility. However, the search and need for batteries with improved performance and safety at reduced cost is still ongoing. Therefore, substantial economical efforts are put in place. The 12th edition of the annual International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automobile Applications (ABAA-12), held in October 2019 in Ulm, Germany, has been an insightful meeting during which policy makers from China, Germany, Japan, the European Commission and the USA provided an in-depth description of their respective visions on how to bring forward this technology. In this paper, we aim to give insights about the presented R&D trends and the current penetration of electric vehicles in the mass market.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1763756
• Journal Information: Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 459; ISSN 0378-7753
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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