Objectives

INERRANT aims to promote real progress in developing environmentally friendly processes and materials that are safe and sustainable by design. This will enable the affordable and global use of safer LIBs suited for the growing electromobility applications in modern society.

To achieve this, INERRANT is developing a comprehensive strategy to maintain cost-effectiveness, energy and power density and avoid reliance on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) while improving fast charging, cyclability, and operational lifespan.

The following four challenges will be addressed for LIBs components:

1. Innovative (nano) material combinations for anodes and cathodes;
2. Smart separators able to protect against battery flaws;
3. Stimuli responsive electrolyte formulations designed for rapid reactions against external disturbances to mitigate cathode degradation;
4. Novel sustainable recycling processes to improve the purity of recovered materials.