Sustainable Battery Technology: HU, BAM and HZB plan joint Berlin Battery Lab
Today, May 7, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) at HU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Berlin Battery Lab. The lab will pool the expertise of the three institutions to advance the development of sustainable battery technologies. The collaboration between basic research, applied research and certification will enable a faster transition from research to industrial application.
The Berlin Battery Lab (BBL) will combine the strengths of the three partner institutions: BAM, for example, has internationally recognised expertise in battery safety and electrochemical energy materials. HZB is particularly active in research on lithium-sulphur batteries. HU is a leader in Germany in academic research on sodium-ion batteries.
‘With the Berlin Battery Lab, we are building a bridge between excellent basic research and marketable, innovative technologies,’ says Prof Dr Christoph Schneider, Vice President for Research at HU. ‘We will jointly advance the development of sustainable sodium and sulphur batteries with the combined expertise of HZB, BAM and HU - and thus make an important contribution to successfully shaping the energy transition.’
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