Cabot was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy. The company participated in a research and development project for advanced automotive technologies and received partial funding support. Cabot will use its innovative processing technology to develop a new generation of low-cobalt active cathode formulations for lithium-ion batteries.
Cobalt is an expensive and key material that is mainly imported from outside the United States. With the vigorous development of electric vehicles, there are certain supply risks in the future. Cabot's R & D project seeks to explore more sustainable and affordable alternative materials that will ultimately improve the accessibility of electric vehicle technology.
The U.S. Department of Energy has invested in 42 projects to support advanced automotive technologies that enable affordable mobile travel services, strengthen its energy security, and reduce dependence on key raw materials, thereby boosting US economic growth. The U.S. Department of Energy allocated $ 80 million for this purpose, of which nearly $ 32 million was used for the research and development of battery and vehicle electrification innovations, while Cabot received $ 2.9 million of it for the development of low-cobalt lithium-ion battery cathode Aerosol manufacturing technology.
Miodrag Oljaca, technical director of the Cabot Energy Materials Division, said that through its formula of conductive additives and aluminas used in cathodes and separators, the company has established itself in the battery industry. The company is eager to use its innovative processing technology and expertise in materials and materials to further realize the technological innovation of next-generation batteries, achieve low-cobalt batteries or low-cobalt cathode formulations, and promote low-cost, sustainable electric vehicle batteries, energy storage equipment and Production of other applications.
Cabot will collaborate with researchers at the Argonne National Lab and SAFT in the United States. The former will assist in the synthesis of low-cobalt cathode composites, while the latter will assist in the manufacture of batteries, aimed at verifying the performance of the new low-cobalt cathode formulations.