Inventing the sustainable batteries of the future
The roadmap for Battery 2030+ is a long term-roadmap for forward looking battery research in Europe.
The roadmap suggests research actions to radically transform the way we discover, develop, and design ultra-high-performance, durable, safe, sustainable, and affordable batteries for use in real applications. This is a collective European research effort to support the urgent need to establish battery cell manufacturing in Europe.
The long-term research direction is based on a chemistry enabling approach. This will allow Europe to exceed the ambitious battery performance targets for the full battery value chain, as agreed upon in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (the SET Plan) proposed by the European Commission. Thanks to its chemistry-enabling approach, Battery 2030+ will have an impact not only on current lithium-based battery chemistries, but also on post-lithium batteries, solid-state, silicon, sodium, and other future chemistries.
The roadmap is a living document and the fourth edition presents modifications to the goals as well as new research areas to be expected. It is structured into seven thematic areas:
Data and Standards as tools for collaboration and innovation
Accelerated Materials Discovery
Battery Interface Genome (BIG)
Battery Functionality (Sensing, Self-healing, Battery Management)
New Battery Chemistries and Technologies
Manufacturing and Digital Twins
Recycling and Raw Materials
The roadmap is a living document and modifications to the goals as well as new research areas are to be expected as the BATTERY 2030+ initiative evolves with time.
