Specialty chemicals and advanced materials company Arkema and utilities firm Hydro-Quebec are set to create a joint laboratory to research and develop lithium-ion in the energy storage sector.
French firm Arkema and Canada’s Hydro-Quebec, through its subsidiary SCE France, will focus on a new generation of materials for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.
In particular it will look at new electrolytes (solvents, lithium salts) and conduction agents (carbon nanotubes, conductive polymers).
The firm’s top objective is to speed up bring lithium salts to market, which could improve the safety and power of lithium-ion batteries, Christian Collette, Arkema Research and Development Vice President, said.
Hydro-Québec’s lithium iron phosphate technology is being used in Esstalion Technologies’ 1.2MW prototype energy storage system (ESS).
The fellow Canadian firm is testing its lithium iron ESS using a mobile prototype containing 576 battery modules manufactured by Sony.
