The consortium will also develop new manufacturing processes and industrial value chains through the development of a new presodiation approach, transversal to other battery technologies, such as the solid-state batteries. This will enable to a low-cost solution that facilitates the industrialization of the technology.

In addition to being the project coordinator, CIC energiGUNE will make an important contribution to the implementation of the project with its broad knowledge in materials development and cell prototyping. In fact, the Basque center has once again been recognized by the EU as one of the reference agents in these fields. “Our letter of introduction, which is at the very origin of the project, is the possibility of scaling up and prototyping this technology”, has recalled María Arnaiz, researcher at CIC energiGUNE and member of the MUSIC project team.

In this context, the Basque center will play a crucial role in the development of the synthesis and characterization of active materials, through new ‘ad hoc’ designed carbons with optimized properties for use as electrodes in hybrid sodium ions capacitors.

MUSIC has an execution period of 48 months and its consortium is formed by the following entities: CIC energiGUNE, Clancy Haussler Rita, Karlsruher Institut Fuer Technologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Nantes Universite, Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena, Institut de Recherche Technologique Jules Verne, E-Lyte Innovations Gmbh, Beyonder As, BCARE and Patentes Talgo.