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Pillar 2: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

The Global Challenges and European Industrial Competiveness pillar supports research relating to societal challenges and reinforces technological and industrial capacities through 6 CLUSTERS.

It sets EU-missions with ambitious goals tackling some of our biggest problems. More information on Missions is available here.

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Pillar II supports research projects carried out by international and inter-disciplinary consortia. The projects address specific pre-defined topics proposed by the EC which fall into six different clusters, each of them focused on specific global societal and industrial challenges. More information on the specific content of each cluster is available by clicking the links below:

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Horizon Europe: Pillar 2 projects

SEATBELT - Solid-state lithium metal battery with in situ hybrid electrolyte

Specific programme: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-03
UPV/EHU Partner Status: Beneficiary
UPV/EHU PI: Irune Villaluenga

Project start: 01/07/2022
Project end: 30/06/2026

Brief description: As of 2025, new generations of Li batteries based on silicon/carbon (Gen. 4a) and Li metal (Gen. 4b) anode, where flammable liquid electrolyte is replaced by a non-flammable solid-one, will take over the current Li-ion device. However, only all-solid-state Gen. 4b Li batteries are expected to fulfil the needed cell gravimetric energy density specifications demanded by electromobility and stationary applications. Therefore, SEATBELT ambition is to generate a local EU industry that revolves around a cost-effective, robust all-solidstate Li battery comprising sustainable materials by 2026. SEATBELT intends to achieve the first technological milestone of developing a battery cell (TRL5) meeting the needs of Electric Vehicle (EV) and stationary industry. The low-cost SEATBELT cell is safe-by-design with sustainable and recyclable materials, reaching high energy densities (>380 Wh/kg) and long cyclability (>500 cycles) by 2026 in line with the 2030 EU targets. The cells are produced by low-cost solvent-free extrusion process comprising a combination of innovative materials: thin Li metal, hybrid electrolyte, a safe cathode active material without critical materials and thin Al current collector. The cell design being optimized by interface (operando and atomistic modelling) and process (machine learning) methodologies. In addition, new in situ imaging instrumentation will be developed to investigate safety properties and mechanical deformation to assess cell safety in real conditions. An innovative recycling cycle from materials to cell level will be also established. Thus, SEATBELT will be the start point of a first EU all-solid-state battery value chain, whose main players in RTD and Industry sectors are within the consortium. So, cells and modules will cycle using industrially relevant protocols dedicated to EV and stationary applications. SEATBELT consortium is composed of 14 beneficiary partners and 3 affiliated entities, and one associated partner, from 7 European countries with an overall budget of 7.851.448,50€.

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Last modification date: 12/09/2024