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METALLICO The demand for raw materials for batteries has risen in recent years, but volatile supply chains pose a risk for the procurement of critical battery metals. METALLICO is helping to create resilient supply chains within the EU. The focus of the project focuses on the recovery of valuable materials from primary and secondary resources, the sustainable production and recovery of critical battery metals, the evaluation of the end use of the recovered battery metals and the identification and characterization of battery metals using digital tools. Grant agreement Nº: 101091682 |
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DiLiRec The recycling of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) and production waste is a key factor in securing Germany's future supply of raw materials and thus its technological sovereignty. The DiLiRec project focuses on the development of economical LFP recycling processes from sorting to the recovery of valuable materials, including the recording of material and information flows and digitalized process optimization and evaluation. Grant agreement Nº: 03XP0549 |
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Li4LIFE Li4LIFE aims to contribute to the EU's ambitious target of increasing the supply of indigenous raw materials by at least 5% by 2030. Li4Life is working on an efficient technology to extract lithium from poor or complex ores of under-utilized deposits, as well as post-mining tailings. Grant agreement Nº: 101137932 |
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WIDEX WIDEX aims to reduce dependence on third countries for raw materials and secure sustainable access to key minerals and elements that are important for Europe's strategic economic sectors. The project aims to research environmentally friendly, non-invasive extraction technologies. The Kosice region with its large geological deposits and the Technical University of Košice (TUKE) as a leading mining university play a central role. Grant agreement Nº: 101159826 |
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FIC-FIGHTERS FIC-FIGHTERS aims to scale up waste recycling processes to a TRL 6-7 from a circular economy perspective. The focus is on the treatment of phosphogypsum (PG) waste to produce sustainable raw materials for the paper, cement, battery, fertilizer and detergent industries. As part of the project, a mobile pilot plant will be built based on optimized results and a digital twin of the processes. FIC-FIGHTERS will set up a PG forum for exchange, develop local workshops and identify European cities with similar problems and offer solutions. Grant agreement Nº: 101135157 |
Na-CerAnode The joint project Na-CerAnode is investigating the realization and better understanding of a new anode concept for sodium batteries without liquid components. Instead of sodium salts dissolved in organic solvents, a sodium-conducting ceramic is used as electrolyte and separator. Alloy or intercalation-based anodes for sodium, such as commercially used hard carbon, are to be replaced by sodium metal. Here, the sodium is not contacted with the separator as a planar electrode layer, but is deposited in an anode-side porosity of the ceramic. Grant agreement Nº: 100727996 |
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R3VOLUTION R3VOLUTION aims to revolutionize industrial water management in the EU. It provides key innovations to enable water reclamation in economic, environmental and operational terms. It will demonstrate technologies which guarantee the reuse of more than 90 % of water in the most water-intensive industries, while recovering more than 45 % of dissolved solids from wastewater, reusing more than 50 % of waste heat and eliminating 100 % of hazardous substances. The project includes four pilot-scale demonstration cases targeting different up- and down-streams in a variety of industries with complex wastewaters: petrochemical, bio-based chemical, pulp & paper and steel industries. Grant agreement Nº: 101138245 |
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TraWeBa The transport revolution is impacting all areas of automotive value creation: energy storage, powertrain, interior, (charging) infrastructure and digital services. Energy storage in batteries plays a special role here. TraWeBa aims to network suppliers in the automotive battery value chain. On this basis, a systematic and sustainable concept of knowledge and technology transfer in the areas of battery chemistry, battery production, battery recycling and second use is being developed. Grant agreement Nº: 16THB0008C |
GANZ Leistungselektronik GANZ aims to develop SME-compatible solutions in the circular economy of current and future power electronics assemblies. This includes: 1. development of reliable layers and integrated sensor technology that protect semiconductor components from the effects of moisture and guarantee a state-of-health analysis to optimize the repair/recycle cycle (Rethink); 2. Condition assessment and failure root cause analysis of defective modules, repair of defective encapsulated semiconductor components with subsequent functional and reliability testing (Repair); and 3. development of technologies for the release of encapsulation materials for the repair of modules, material recycling of critical metals and other materials for non-repairable modules (Recycle). Grant agreement Nº: 76 LBR |
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NEO-Cycle NEO-CYCLE aims to demonstrate the sustainable upcycling of used NdFeB magnets from hard disk drives (HDDs) to TRL6 and achieve high quality end products for the pharmaceutical, ammonia, fertilizer and polymer industries. Grant agreement Nº: 101138058  |
MoLiBity The project is developing new recycling processes that help to meet the element-specific (e.g. Li > 35 %; Ni, Co > 90 %) and mass-related (> 65 % by weight) recycling quotas of the EU Battery Regulation for the relevant cell chemistries (especially NMC, LCO). The aim is to achieve a stable process with which both the separator and the active material can be recovered in a purity that is required for reuse in cell production. Grant agreement Nº: FO999899505  |
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