The University of Glamorgan will team with advanced material company Atraverda to produce a commercially viable bi-polar lead-acid battery.
The partnership was announced at the UK’s first Advanced Bi-polar Battery Development research facility where the partners stated their work could lead to lead-acid batteries that are up to 40 per cent lighter, 20 per cent smaller and yet have 40 per cent more energy capacity and twice the lifespan of traditional lead-acid batteries.
The technology has the potential to be used in a number of applications including the development of both hybrid and electric vehicles. The batteries proposed by the university and its partner will use around 50 per cent less lead and use 80 per cent less carbon dioxide (CO2) during the manufacturing process – they will also be 100 per cent recyclable and significantly cheaper than many batteries under development such as lithium-ion batteries.
Through the collaboration, Atraverda will provide its bipolar substrate packages in a unique battery system to be developed and tested by the experts at the University. A significant number of prototypes will be developed in the first year and commercially tested by the company and its associated partners.
