EU-funded BILAPS project backs bipolar lead-acid batteries for hybrids

Research into new methods to deposit non-metallic conducting materials by the Dutch firm PGE has borne fruit during the BILAPS project funded by the EU¡¯s Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Programme, reported the EU research newsletter Cordis Express today.
 
While most vehicle manufacturers involved in hybrid-electric and battery-electric vehicles are racing to perfect safe lithium-ion battery packs, the solution to hybrids¡¯ battery requirements proposed by the BILAPS consortium is bipolar lead-acid batteries. PGE, a BILAPS partner from the Netherlands, applied its expertise in electroplating to produce new battery components.
 
PGE used Electro Chemical Deposition (ECD) to deposit lead-alloy on the conductive fluorpolymer bipolar plates used in the new battery. They developed a number of special treatments, applied before and after plating, to overcome the problems associated with the deposition of non-metallic conducting materials like lead alloys.
 
During the project, PGE also managed to successfully implement the new plating technology on a production line. PGE is also looking to exploit the process in other plating applications.
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