Norway's Morrow Batteries to study 'ultra-thin' coating tech with Delft IMP
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Dr Roderik Colen: 'Matter of time before breakthrough developments using ultra-thin coatings become commercially available.' Photo: Delft IMP
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Norwegian battery cell developer Morrow Batteries is to work with Dutch start-up Delft IMP to investigate the use of ultra-thin coating technologies to produce lower cost and more sustainable batteries.
The project announcement comes just weeks after Morrow confirmed plans to build its Morrow Industrialization Centre (MIC) – as a precursor to construction of a 32 GWh lithium-ion battery cells manufacturing plant, in the southern Norway region of Agder.
Morrow said Delft IMP has "unique expertise” in ultra-thin coating technology, based on atomic layer deposition tech originating from the Delft University of Technology.
Delft IMP CEO Dr Roderik Colen said: "We are applying ultra-thin coatings on powder material and can produce these at scale… it is a matter of time before breakthrough developments using ultra-thin coatings become commercially available.”
"The development of the MIC provides us with a unique opportunity to demonstrate this at scale,” Colen said.
The MIC will comprise a pilot factory, with "real production capacity”, at a site in southern Norway that has yet to be decided. However, Morrow said construction is expected to start later this year.
Morrow has signed a letter of intent with Danish chemical company Haldor Topsoe for the pilot factory to develop cobalt-free lithium-nickel-manganese oxide (LNMO) battery cells.
The first phase of construction of Morrow’s full-scale gigafactory, at the Eyde Energipark in Agder, is set to start in 2023.
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The project announcement comes just weeks after Morrow confirmed plans to build its Morrow Industrialization Centre (MIC) – as a precursor to construction of a 32 GWh lithium-ion battery cells manufacturing plant, in the southern Norway region of Agder.
Morrow said Delft IMP has "unique expertise” in ultra-thin coating technology, based on atomic layer deposition tech originating from the Delft University of Technology.
Delft IMP CEO Dr Roderik Colen said: "We are applying ultra-thin coatings on powder material and can produce these at scale… it is a matter of time before breakthrough developments using ultra-thin coatings become commercially available.”
'Unique opportunity'
"The development of the MIC provides us with a unique opportunity to demonstrate this at scale,” Colen said.
The MIC will comprise a pilot factory, with "real production capacity”, at a site in southern Norway that has yet to be decided. However, Morrow said construction is expected to start later this year.
Morrow has signed a letter of intent with Danish chemical company Haldor Topsoe for the pilot factory to develop cobalt-free lithium-nickel-manganese oxide (LNMO) battery cells.
The first phase of construction of Morrow’s full-scale gigafactory, at the Eyde Energipark in Agder, is set to start in 2023.
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