Chemours Opens State-of-the-Art Battery Innovation Center

Accelerate the Evolution of Electric Vehicle Batteries Chemours Opens State-of-the-Art Battery Innovation Center

2024-08-18 Source: Press release 1 min Reading Time

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The Chemours Company, a global leader in performance chemistry, has opened the Chemours Battery Innovation Center (CBIC) at the Chemours Discovery Hub in Newark, Delaware (USA). This state-of-the-art facility, backed by a multi-million-dollar investment, is dedicated to testing and scaling next-generation battery technologies.

The ribbon is cut for the new Chemours Battery Innovation Center. (From left to right): Del. State Senator David Sokola, Del. State Representative Cyndie Romer, Del. State Senator Sarah McBride, Chemours President & CEO Denise Dignam, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (Del.), Newark, Del. Mayor Jerry Clifton, Del. State Speaker of the House Valerie Longhurst, Chemours—Advanced Performance Materials President Gerardo Familiar.(Bild: Business Wire) — The ribbon is cut for the new Chemours Battery Innovation Center. (From left to right): Del. State Senator David Sokola, Del. State Representative Cyndie Romer, Del. State Senator Sarah McBride, Chemours President & CEO Denise Dignam, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (Del.), Newark, Del. Mayor Jerry Clifton, Del. State Speaker of the House Valerie Longhurst, Chemours—Advanced Performance Materials President Gerardo Familiar.
(Bild: Business Wire)

Chemours, drawing on its deep expertise in chemistry, has launched the Chemours Battery Innovation Center (CBIC) to drive advancements in hybrid and electric vehicle battery sustainability and performance. This cutting-edge facility in Newark, Delaware, marks a strategic investment in the future of automotive electrification. The CBIC is set to innovate battery technologies, focusing on creating more sustainable, cost-effective, energy-efficient, and high-performing solutions for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs). The initiative underscores Delaware's role in leading technological advancements, aligning with broader efforts to achieve a clean energy future.

The CBIC leverages Chemours’ application development expertise to drive innovation in partnership with customers to scale production of more sustainable, high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). The facility will serve as a technical support lab for partners and customers to collaborate with Chemours’ engineers to iterate, pilot, and adopt novel approaches to fabricating cost-effective LiBs.

Developing solvent-free battery electrode manufacturing

“Electric vehicles are an essential part of the clean energy transition, and Chemours is dedicated to applying our advanced chemistry and material science knowledge to accelerate the electric future,” said Gerardo Familiar, President of Advanced Performance Materials at Chemours.

For example, our Teflon fluoropolymer binders are vital in developing solvent-free battery electrode manufacturing, which unlocks the path for more cost-effective and energy-efficient vehicles. Through the Chemours Battery Innovation Center, we can enable the adoption and scalability of this novel dry electrode coating technology to advance the capabilities of LiBs and the electric vehicle industry.

Gerardo Familiar, President of Advanced Performance Materials at Chemours.

The CBIC’s equipment and data analytics capabilities enable predictive modeling to help EV manufacturers adopt this novel battery manufacturing technology to make better-performing EVs a reality. (kib)

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