On September 21, Mitsubishi Chemical and its subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (Japan) Co., Ltd. jointly announced the development of new refractory, mass-produced, and recyclable thermoplastic composite materials.
At present, in order to cope with climate change and achieve the goal of energy saving and emission reduction, electric vehicles have become a new industry strongly advocated by governments of various countries. As the core component of electric vehicles, battery packs must have the two basic attributes of light weight and fire resistance.
In order to achieve the above goals, automakers usually use thermosetting composite materials to produce battery components, but this method has low production efficiency and the products are not easy to recycle.
By integrating the fiber, thermoplastic resin and battery development technology that the group has mastered, Mitsubishi Chemical and its subsidiary Advanced Materials (Japan) Co., Ltd. successfully developed a thermoplastic composite product that can withstand flame burning at 1000°C for more than 5 minutes in the experiment.
The company has begun to send samples to some customers, and has begun to develop applications including battery boxes.