Battery material synthesis

To date, scarcely any technologies have been able to clearly establish themselves in the global battery market. New materials and manufacturing processes are also constantly hitting the market. With these new materials, a large number of parameters need to be optimized. This, in turn, increases testing requirements, which often cannot be fully met from either a qualitative or quantitative perspective.

Other challenges in battery material synthesis include:

Efficient production of materials such as precursors for cathode materials in kilogram quantities on a laboratory scale according to specified requirements, with material availability, space, equipment capacity, and costs being critical factors.
Ensuring reproducibility, precision, and controllability of physical parameters and electrochemical performance factors during synthesis
Facilitating scalability of material synthesis from laboratory to pilot scale, and production of commercial quantities
Offering flexibility with regard to various operating modes, reactor configurations and sizes, as well as dosing of numerous input materials
Tracking the reaction and generating data quickly

Parameter variations in battery material synthesis

At hte, we are the world’s leading provider of solutions for lab-scale R&D workflows, helping R&D teams overcome complexity and get answers to their questions quickly. Our strategy is to enable a unique lab-scale R&D workflow for the synthesis of battery materials by combining downscaling, parallelization, automation, and digitalization. We combine engineering, software, and analytics with our team’s technological expertise to achieve better results more quickly.

We offer customized solutions for the individual requirements and issues of our customers. After all, each synthesis step is dependent on different parameters, meaning that there are numerous combinations right up to the final preparation step. Special precision is required for the precipitation of cathode materials, since the production of the active material precursor has a major influence on the final material. Important parameters in calcination include the calcination atmosphere and temperature.

Scope of battery material synthesis services:

Precipitation of high-quality precursors for CAM on a scale of up to 10 kg/day (for example NMC, LFP)
High-throughput synthesis of cathode materials using calcination and subsequent post-treatment through washing and impregnation processes.
Formulation studies and optimization of electrodes (anode and cathode)
Physical-chemical characterization
Independent laboratory for benchmarking battery materials
Scientific consulting

The special feature about hte systems

At hte, we scale industrial processes for the production and testing of battery materials down to laboratory scale, parallelize them, and then generate high-quality data with commercial relevance.

Unique lab-scale technology in the fields of precipitation and calcination that has been continuously developed and refined over more than a decade

Transfer of the high-throughput methods established in the field of heterogeneous catalysis to battery material synthesis

Data management system, in which all preparation parameters and characterization data are compiled and made available for assessment.

Efficient, precise, and highly controllable material synthesis on a laboratory scale

At hte, we do not develop any materials ourselves and are therefore not in competition with our customers. Accordingly, any intellectual property resulting from a battery material synthesis project belongs to our customer.

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Customers throughout the world rely on our unique, lab-scale R&D workflow for battery material synthesis.

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hte not only offers flexible lab facilities, time-saving catalyst and materials research, and the development of efficient processes – it also supports R&D teams at various stages of their research journey. Our specialists, for example, help with their expert knowledge in formulating and adjusting research and development strategies, assessing technologies, and evaluating studies.