Chemours Opens Battery Innovation Center in US
US chemical company Chemours has opened its Chemours Battery Innovation Center (CBIC), a laboratory facility located at the company’s Discovery Hub in Newark, Delaware, US. A multi-million-dollar investment, the CBIC supports the testing and scaling of next generation battery technologies, to enable more sustainable, cost-effective, energy-efficient, and high-performing batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs), Chemours said.
“The Chemours Battery Innovation Center is a state-of-the-art lab and investment in the long-term potential of improving the sustainability footprint and performance of hybrid and electric vehicle batteries. We are committed to supporting the electrification of the automotive industry through collaboration and putting our team’s deep technical expertise to work,” said Denise Dignam, president and CEO at Chemours.
The CBIC aims to leverage Chemours’ application development expertise to drive innovation in partnership with customers to scale production of more sustainable, high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). The facility will serve as a technical support lab for partners and customers to collaborate with the company’s engineers to iterate, pilot, and adopt novel approaches to fabricating cost-effective LiBs.
“Electric vehicles are an essential part of the clean energy transition, and Chemours is dedicated to applying our advanced chemistry and material science knowledge to accelerate the electric future,” said Gerardo Familiar, president of Advanced Performance Materials at Chemours.
According to Chemours, the CBIC’s equipment and data analytics capabilities enable predictive modeling to help EV manufacturers adopt this novel battery manufacturing technology to contribute to better-performing EVs.
