25Sep

Increasing the understanding of cell manufacturing processes to facilitate technology development – Interview with Fraunhofer ITWM

Dr. Jochen Zausch, from the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM, speaks on this interview about their role in the DEFACTO project, their expectations and the work they will carry out on modelling and simulation of cell performance and ageing mechanisms.Q: What is the main role of Fraunhofer in DEFACTO?A: At Fraunhofer, we are responsible to coordinate the work package on material and battery modeling. Since we actually contribute with two of our institutes (the Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM and the institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM) we...

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31Aug

Supporting a Europe-wide turnaround to a greener energy policy – Interview with the German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Dr. Martin Lautenschlaeger, from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) speaks on this interview about the main role of DLR in the DEFACTO project, their expectations and the work they will carry out on modelling and simulation of electrolyte filling process.Q: What is the main role of DLR in DEFACTO?A: The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national aeronautics and space research center of the Federal Republic of Germany. A major research field within DLR’s portfolio is energy technology comprising efficient...

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07Aug

DEFACTO’s session during Artistic webinar now online

The recording of the DEFACTO presentation during the Artistic webinar series that took place on June 30 is now online.The session was presented by Elixabete Ayerbe, from our coordinator entity CIDETEC, and it was entitled “DEFACTO: Modelling techniques for cell design, from non-dimensional analysis to advanced Reduced Order Models”.The ARTISTIC Project "First Battery Manufacturing Days” was a free of charge webinar series that counted with nearly 650 participants and covered a wide diversity of topics, such as battery aqueous processing, autonomous discovery of materials, electrode microstructure-properties links, machine...

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22Jul

DEFACTO holds its first General Assembly meeting online

The DEFACTO project held its first General Assembly meeting on 18 June via teleconference. The gathering was planned to take place at CEA’s facilities in Grenoble, France, but it had to be transformed into an online format, due to the COVID-19 mobility restrictions.In the morning, the consortium partners exposed the advancement of all the work packages, analysed possible risks, and talked about the work ahead. This session was followed by an online tour to CEA’s facilities which were presented...

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16Jun

Upcoming webinar series on battery manufacturing

DEFACTO is one of the projects that will be presented during a free of charge webinar series devoted to battery scientists and engineers as well as to students interested in the energy field.The "Battery Manufacturing Webinar Series"  has been arranged by the ARTISTIC Project, granted by the European Research Council, and will take place between June 29 and July 3. The aim is to develop a forum of discussion about the links between battery manufacturing process and electrode properties, encompassing both modeling ...

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27May

DEFACTO presented at the Battery2030+ Conference European perspectives on batteries of the future.

Our Project coordinator CIDETEC presented the DEFACTO Project during the Battery2030+ web conference about European perspectives on batteries of the future, which was celebrated on May 25 and 26.The conference was originally planned to be held presential, but it had to be reorganised in an online format due to COVID-19 mobility restrictions. Despite this, the two-days event was a great success and it counted with up to 750 online participants.Scientists, industry representatives, politicians, and journalists from all over the world followed the programme, a display of...

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11Mar

The first DEFACTO Project newsletter is out!

We’ve just released our first newsletter with the latest updates on this initiative aiming to revolutionise the battery manufacturing process. This first issue talks about the project's kickoff, its expected impacts and the materials produced to disseminate this initiative, among other things!You can read it all here: https://mailchi.mp/f0e8df682d0b/defacto-project-newsletter-1And, it you are interested in battery manufacturing modelling, innovation and electric vehicles, subscribe and don’t miss anything out! Suscribe to our newsletter! ...

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12Feb

DEFACTO – Battery DEsign and manuFACTuring Optimization through multiphysic modelling

The DEFACTO project kicked off last month in San Sebastián, Spain. The name of this initiative is the acronym for Battery DEsign and manuFACTuring Optimization through multiphysic modelling. In this sense, the project’s rationale is to develop a multiphysic and multiscale modelling integrated tool to better understand the material, cell and manufacturing process behaviour, therefore allowing to accelerate cell development and the R&I process. This approach will allow developing new high capacity and high voltage Li-ion cell generation 3b battery....

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16Jan

The DEFACTO project, expected to revolutionize the European cell manufacturing industry, kicks off.

The European project DEFACTO, coordinated by the Basque research center CIDETEC Energy Storage, started in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 14th. The kickoff meeting gathered all the partners in a two-day reunion that included a visit to the facilities of CIDETEC.DEFACTO is a project funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 Programme that seeks to revolutionize the way in which the cell manufacturing industry for electric vehicles has worked so far. As of today, companies incur in high laboratory and...

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