GR4PHITE3 (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01) - Graphite resilience for lithium-Ion battery anodes through a sustainable European End-to-End supply chain

GR4FITE3项目旨在通过可持续的欧洲端到端供应链，实现锂离子电池阳极的石墨弹性。这一供应链包括从欧洲最大的天然石墨资源中对环境负责的欧洲天然鳞片石墨的开采，高度创新的、持续的、低能源投入的矿石升级，添加可回收和完全修复的重复使用合成石墨和可选的硅纳米颗粒，以组成独特的负极活性材料的颗粒结构，制造高密度阳极，创建单元，开发电池模块，认证锂离子电池的安全性和可行性，并最终由包括一家欧洲老牌电动巴士制造商和一家公用电网开发商等在内的原始设备制造商使用这些产品。GR4FITE3项目的目的是展示如何为欧洲工业石墨和碳产品创建可持续的供应链，这些产品专门用作锂离子电池的负极活性材料，设计用于电动汽车以及太阳能和风电场等公用事业电源。该项目将结合来自六个欧洲国家的10个伙伴组织的努力，雇用工业界和学术界。还有四个原始设备制造商和五个支持组织表示有兴趣跟踪项目的进展情况，并切实参与与GR4FITE3项目成果相关的商业化工作。随着这一更大的利益相关者群体的加入，该项目的覆盖范围扩展到多达十个国家和三大洲，从一开始就确保了其全球推广。

The project GR4FITE3 aims to reach Graphite Resilience For lithium-Ion baTtery anodes through a sustainable European End-to-End supply chain. Thissupply chain includes environmentally responsible European mining of natural crystalline flake graphite from Europe’s largest natural graphite resource, highly innovative, continuous and low energy input upgrading of the mined ore, adding recycled and fully repaired for reuse synthetic graphite and optionally silicon nanoparticles to compose a unique anode active material’s particle architecture, making the high density anodes, creating the cells, developing battery modules, certifying the lithium-ion batteries for safety and viability, and ultimately using these products by the OEMs including an established European electric bus manufacturer and a utility grid developer, among others. The purpose of GR4FITE3 project is to demonstrate the creation of a sustainable supply chain for the European industrial graphite and carbon products for specific use as anode active materials in Lithium-Ion batteries designed for applications in electric vehicles and power sources for utilities, such as solar and wind farms. This project is going to combine the efforts of 10 partner organizations from six European nations, employing both industry and academia. There are also four OEMs and five supporting organizations who have expressed their interest in tracking project’s progress and part-taking in a tangible manner in commercialization efforts associated with GR4FITE3 projects’ outcomes. With this larger group of stakeholders, the project spreads its reach to as many as ten countries and three continents, ensuring its global outreach from the very start.