Full article: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/uu-participates-in-two-major-research-projects-for-circular-batteries
NWO article: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/three-projects-funded-for-battery-development

Petra de Jongh and Peter Ngene have been awarded funding from the Dutch National Growth Fund programme Material Independence and Circular Batteries, for the NANEXBAT project. This project is focused on the development of sodium-ion batteries; a rapidly growing and extremely relevant research field. Sodium, as an alternative charge-carrier to lithium in batteries, is more abundant than lithium and has a lower environmental impact. It has also been a common topic in the research of former group member Philipp Adelhelm, as well as the work of Peter Ngene’s former PhD student Laura de Kort. The NANEXBAT project consists of a close collaboration with 8 industrial partners on raw materials production (Nobian, Euro Support, Bor-Lyte, Clean Fuels) and heavy-duty mobility (DAF, VDL, Damen, Hyster-Yale), and will be led by prof. dr. ir. Mark Huijben from the University of Twente.

From the main article:

“Peter Ngene and Petra de Jongh are working on solid-state electrolytes and sustainable [anodes] based on carbon, which are important for battery safety and performance. Within this research, UU receives funding for a PhD candidate and a postdoc. The consortium builds on previous work from the BATTERY NL consortium and is led by Mark Huijben of the University of Twente. It brings together five universities and eight industrial partners.”