The compulsory steps to be successful in
EU-7FP competition - as Romanian partner
or
Long IDEA's Journey into FP7 Project-SOMABAT
Eugenia Fagadar-Cosma, Gheorghe Ilia, Nicoleta Plesu,
Smaranda Iliescu, Lavinia Macarie, Adriana Popa, Gheorghe Fagadar-Cosma
Institute of Chemistry Timisoara of Romanian Academy-ROMANIA - Partner 5
NewTrends, Timisoara, ROMANIA, November, 2011
STEP I
A nice and quite long history of hard work in order to be recognized by international scientific
community, resulting in:
 hundreds of published papers in ISI indexed Journals;
 active participations to Conferences, Brokerage Events;
 patenting,
STEP II
Continuously searching for the proper Call (to fit with your concerns) in order to initiate a
Consortium or to be invited to be part of one.
STEP III and IV: duration (3-4 weeks-2 months)
Registering the organization for a PIC Number (Participant Identity Code) and a LEAR
 Legal Registration Number, Place and Date, VAT number,
 Legal form (correct assignement from): Natural person, Legal person, Non profit, Research
Organisation, Public body, International organisation, International organisation of european
interest, Secondary and higher education establishment, Enterprise, SME
 Establishment of Indirect costs Method:
 Actual indirect costs
 Simplified method
 Standard flat rate
 Special transitional flat rate
 Forms for Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR)
Step V
Writing the Project Proposal for on-line submitting
2 Major Components:
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Project summary
List of beneficiaries
Overall budget breakdown for the Project
Workplan Tables
 List of Work packages (WP), List of deliverables, Description of WP
 List of milestones, Project Effort/beneficiary/WP
 Project Efforts and Costs
Overall Strategy
 Management structures and procedures
 Cooperation Procedures
 Project Reporting and Quality Control-Risk Management
 Project Meetings
 Potential Impact/Strategic Impact
 Dissemination and Exploitation
 Ethical issues
FINAL STEPS-NEGOCIATIONS- if successful- CONSORTIUM GRANT AGREEMENT
Participant organisation name
Part.
short
Name
Country
Role
Activity
1
Asociación Instituto Tecnológico
de la Energía
ITE
ES
Material developer
Research Centre
2
Université de Liège
ULG
BE
Material developer and
Sustainability experts
Scientific group
VIF
AT
Modelling
Research Centre
KNUTD
UA
Material developer
Scientific group
ICT
RO
Material developer
Scientific group
Part.
no.
3
4
5
Kompetenzzentrum – Das
virtuelle Fahrzeug
Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
Kiev National University of
Technologies Design
Institute of Chemistry Timisoara
of Romanian Academy
6
Cleancarb
CCB
LU
Battery Tester
Industrial
7
Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas
CSIC
ES
Material developer
Scientific group
8
Recupyl
RE
FR
Recycling
Industrial
9
Accurec
AC
DE
Recycling
Industrial
10
Lithium Balance
LB
DK
BMS developer
Industrial
11
Cegasa
CEGASA ES
Battery Manufacturer
Industrial
12
Umicore
UMI
BE
Material developer
Industrial
13
Atos Origin
ATOS
ES
Administrative coordinator,
dissem. and tech. specif.
Administrative
 All
partners
have
prior
experience
in
international
collaboration in research projects.
 Relevant combination of academic, applied research and
industry partners to ensure research, dissemination and
exploitation of the results.
 Competencies
from
multiple
domains
to
cover
the
multidisciplinary research aspects of SOMABAT.
 Involvement of battery manufacturing companies to improve
their business in the Battery Market.
In order to receive feedback on the technical progress an Industrial Users Group has been set up.
The project is granted by European Commission in the frame of FP7 by 3.7 million €
and 5 million € of global inversion. The duration of the project is 3-years life.
General Vision of FP7-SOMABAT Project.
Public-Private Partnership "Green Cars":
Cross-Thematic cooperation between
•
NMP, ENERGY;
•
ENVIRONMENT (including Climate Change);
•
TRANSPORT.
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Area topic; GC.NMP.2010-1
Better batteries for Electric Vehicles
SOMABAT aims to develop a more environmentally friendly, safer and better performing
lithium polymer battery for Electric Vehicles.
• The consortium is composed of experts in materials, battery field, and end-of-life
management which lead to a strong complementarity in terms of expertise and
geographic distribution.
General OBJECTIVE:
SOMABAT will exploit the use of alternative synthesis and processing
methods to develop novel nanostructured solid materials for their use as
lithium polymer battery components. This strategy will conduct to a
battery with an energy density up to 220 Wh/kg and a final cost less than
150 €/kWh.
The Project is coordinated by Dr. Mayte Gil-Agustí from Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (ITE) Valencia,
Spain. In photo: SOMABAT Director and Consortium leaders.
MATERIALS * DESIGN and INTEGRATION *
SUSTAINABILITY
To develop an environmentally friendly, safer and better performing
high energy density Li polymer battery.
Development of different novel synthetic and recyclable materials
using new low-cost synthesis and processing methods
Carbon based hybrid materials anode
Novel LiFePO4 and LiFeMnPO4 based nanocomposite cathode
Highly conductive electrolyte polymeric membranes
Study and test of the potential recyclability and revalorisation of the
battery components (at least 50% by average weight of the lithium polymer battery will be
recyclable - DIRECTIVE 2006/66/EC).
Life cycle assessment of the battery
Specific objectives and associated milestone,
to reach the general
objective:
Study of technical specifications for batteries and new emerging potential markets
Development of synthetic and recyclable materials with very well controlled
properties by new synthesis and processing methods in order to improve the energy
density of the Li polymer battery (i.e 220 Wh/kg), enhance the stability of electrodes and
electrolyte involved in the battery, prolong the cycle life up to 4000 cycles, increase of
the cell charge rates to 5 C (1C-rate signifies a charge or discharge rate equal to the
capacity of a battery in one hour) and reduce internal resistance improving present values
of 2 milliohms. Careful selection of cathode and anode pairs in order to maintain an
acceptable cell voltage of at least 3 V and to realize a reasonable energy density without
unduly increasing the weight or volume of the cell through the insertion compound
anode.
Validation of the developed materials and evaluate their scaling-up to produce them
as components of a high power Li polymer battery
• Development, integration and test of a new battery management system useful
for the new developed materials
• Modelling of Li polymer cells behaviour composed by selected and optimised
solid materials obtained in the project
• Integration of the optimised solid materials as a prototype Li polymer battery
and test it. Fabrication of a few cells at pilot plant scale. These cells will be
designed to target between 10-40 Ah capacity and reach the ambitious goal of
>200 Wh/kg.
• Recyclability of components of Li polymer battery; theoretical study and
laboratory test analysis in order to obtain a more environmentally friendly Li
polymer battery in which at least 50% by average weight of the lithium polymer
battery will be recyclable (DIRECTIVE 2006/66/EC).
•Reduction of the cost of the Li polymer battery down to 150 €/kWh by the use
of low cost synthesis and processing methods, high energy density electrodes,
lithium polymer technology and the revalorisation of the materials developed
as battery components.
• Analyze the environmental impact and sustainability of the developed lithium
polymer battery by a complete life cycle assessment
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [CIN2 (CSIC-ICN)] and Umicore will obtain novel
nanostructured cathode materials based on lithium iron and manganese phosphate. The advantage of this
new material is that it offers maximum energy storage in minimum space, safety and it is environmentally
friendly.
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Université de Liège, Kiev National University of Technologies Design, and ITE will develop anode materials
based on synthetic carbon, and other obtained from agricultural wastes. With these materials the energy
density will be improved in about 30% with respect to carbon based conventional anodes. Both electrodes will
be much less costly and a lot more reliable than traditional alternatives. Therefore, it will meet the essential
requirements for the mass industrial development of electric vehicles.
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Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía and Institute of Chemistry Timisoara of Romanian Academy will develop
new porous polymeric materials and series of flame-retardant polyphosphoesters which will reduce safety
problems such as leakage, short circuits, overcharge, over-discharge, crush and exposure to fire as all the
components of the battery will be solids.
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Cegasa International, Virtual Vehicle Competence Center, Lithium Balance, Cleancarb, and Atos Origin will
perform strategies centered on the improvement of materials integration, modeling procedures, and
optimizing the management system of the battery.
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Recupyl and Accurec will focus on recyclability alternatives for the used components, achieving a more
environmentally-friendly battery in which at least 50% by average weight will be recyclable. A Life Cycle
Assessment will be included in the development of the new battery.
Strategic IMPACT of the SOMABAT Project
• Large scale introduction of emission-free vehicles
(environmental concern and energy dependency in EU
countries)
• Novel nanostructured solid materials - tailoring properties of
materials (reduce outstandingly the safety problems)
• Recyclability alternatives (focus on direct re-use of battery
components)
• Reducing of the total manufacturing costs
• Increase of energy efficiency
The roots of the Institute of Chemistry of the Romanian Academy are bound with the formation of
some research groups which developed the basic nucleus of the Chemistry Department of the
Romanian Academy – Timisoara Branch in 1958, which further became an independent
institute, namely Centre of Chemistry Timisoara (CCT). The Institute of Chemistry of the
Romanian Academy is nowadays organized in three Departments: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic
Chemistry and Computational Chemistry.
Research Directions
Fundamental research in chemistry is the main activity but the scientific research has
ranging to concrete forms of applied research.
o Inorganic and hybrid compounds with relevance in nanostructured
materials science.
o Advanced materials with special optoelectrical properties based on mesoarylporphyrins (or their complex combinations)
o Synthesis, applications, structure and reactivity of organic and elementorganic compounds of Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Fluorine.
o Molecular design assisted by computer.
ICT contributes to the project in different WPs and in Quality Coordination (Spiral –
Iterative Model):
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mainly in WP2 *** pronnounced INNOVATIVE CHARACTER in the role of synthesizing and
characterizing of the solid polymer electrolyte based on different polyphosphate (phosphonate)s
Requirements: high ionic conductivity over 0.5 mS/cm, high transport number, chemical and
electrochemical stability, mechanical strength and flexibility, thermal stability, environmental
safety)
ICT will also in WP2 investigate the scaling-up of developed materials.
Moreover, ICT contributes in:
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WP1, establishing initial material technical specification,
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WP4 and WP3 with assessments concerning recyclability of the materials and material
integration
•
WP8 in the dissemination and exploitation activities (ISI papers, 1 WS).
***Novel Polyphosphoesters with controlled properties (mechanical, chemical, electrochemical) will
be obtained by solid-liquid interfacial polycondensation method (using dichlorophosphates or
dichloro-phosphonates and aliphatic or aromatic diols) by varying different synthesis conditions.
Polyols will be also used to obtain a crosslinked network.
Environmental friendliness of these innovative technologies will be performed (biodegradable,
flame-retardant properties).
Finally, SPE membranes will be characterized from structural, thermal, morphological and
electrochemical points of view.
Quality Coordination
The Definition of QUALITY
The demonstrated characteristic of an achieved product (Li-BATTERY) to
meet or even exceed the agreed-on requirements, measured by agreed-on
technical, financial, environmental and duration criteria and produced by
agreed-on processes.
Requirements:
Needed information
Function
Behavior
Performance
Spiral (Iterative) Development Model :
Second Quadrant
First Quadrant
•Study alternatives
relative to objectives and
constraints
•Identify risks (lack of
experience, new
technology, tight
schedules, poor process)
•Resolve risks (evaluate if
money could be lost by
continuing system
development
•Objectives:
functionality,
performance
•Alternatives: build,
reuse, buy,
•sub-contract
•Constraints: cost,
schedule, interface
Fourth Quadrant
Typical activities
•Develop new project
plan
•Develop configuration
management plan
•Develop a test plan
Third Quadrant
[1].
Typical activities:
•Create a design
•Review design
•Test product
1* Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)-pp. presentation
ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
The research leading to these results has received funding from the
European Community's Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013)
under Grant Agreement n° 266090 (SOMABAT).
and
from the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research and
Innovation Agency through PNCDI 2 Program
(Romanian co-financing EU-7FP- SOMBAT - Module III –
nr. 128 EU/2011