Conducting polymer/LiFePO4 composites for advanced lithium-ion batteries

魁北克大学(UQAM)和Phostech Lithium有限公司的研究人员。最近结成了战略联盟，以开发新一代锂离子电池。这一联盟已经产生了一类新的有前途的复合材料和制造方法。它还产生了第一个联合UQAM-Phostech锂专利申请。这项应用的目的是利用这一研究势头，通过详细的测试和进一步开发我们的新材料和制造技术。其目标是开发一种单一的、多功能的工业生产程序，该程序可以量身定做，以生产多种复合材料，每种材料都针对特定的应用进行了优化，如电动汽车、电动工具、应急电源等。该项目及其目标对加拿大具有环境、战略和经济效益。在环境方面，开发的技术有望部分或全部取代电池电极制造中使用的有机溶剂和含氟聚合物粘结剂。此外，它还将与Phostech Lithium的标志性产品LiFePO4结合使用，LiFePO4是目前市场上最环保的电池材料之一。从战略上讲，开发新的和更好的电池，特别是电动和混合动力汽车的电池，符合加拿大的“绿色”能源倡议。事实上，高功率电池是使加拿大能够利用其发达的水力发电和未开发的风力资源进行汽车运输的技术。最后，提出了一种基于国产LiFePO4的附加值产品。再加上这些材料在未来5年预计将增加14亿美元的市场，加拿大国内的经济增长潜力巨大。

Researchers at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Phostech Lithium ltd. have recentlyformed a strategic alliance in order to develop a new generation of lithium ion batteries. This alliance has already generated a new class of promising composite materials and fabrication methods. It has also generated the first joint UQAM-Phostech Lithium patent application. The purpose of this application is to capitalize on this research momentum, bydetailed testing and further development of our new materials and fabrication techniques. The objective is to develop a single versatile industrial production procedure that can be tailored toyield several composite materials each optimized for particular applications such as electrical vehicles, power tools, emergencypower etc.This project and its objectives are of environmental, strategic, economical benefit to Canada. Environmentally, the developed technology, promises to replace, partlyor fully, the organic solvents and the fluoropolymer binder used in batteryelectrode fabrication. It will in addition be combined with the signature product of Phostech Lithium: LiFePO4, which is one of the most environmentallybenign batterymaterials currentlyon the market. Strategically, the development of new and better batteries, especiallyfor electric and hybrid electrical vehicles is in line with Canada's "green" energyinitiatives. In fact, high power batteries are the enabling technologythat will permit Canada to use it's well developed hydroelectric and virtuallyuntapped wind resources for car transportation. Finally, what is proposed here is a value added product based on domesticallyproduced LiFePO4. This combined with a projected 1.4 billion dollar market increase for these materials over the next 5 years, yields a significant potential for strong economic growth within Canada.