R&D
Energy Storage Systems Group
R&D
Aims and Objectives
Objective
- Understand and meet the needs of our stakeholders,
- Formulating battery formulas with different characteristics in strategic areas,
- To produce R&D solutions that meet the pilot-scale production and testing needs of the battery ecosystem.
Objectives
- To design and develop environmentally friendly battery cells with high energy density and reduced raw material dependency.
- Developing methods to increase the safety levels of batteries and conducting R&D studies on highly reliable battery chemistries.
- Developing new generation battery technologies and pioneering our country's efforts in this field.
Working Areas
- Active Material Development
- High Energy Density Cell and Component Development
- Next Generation Anode and Cathode Chemistries
- Next Generation Energy Storage Technologies Like Sodium Ion Batteries
- Solid State Cell Development
- High Voltage Electrolyte
- 3D Current Carriers
- Fast Charging
- Cell Production from Recycled Materials
- Cell Design and Fabrication Using Cobalt Reduced Cathode Chemistry
- Li-ion Pouch-type and Prismatic Type Cell Design
- Production of Pouch Type and Prismatic Type Cells at Pilot Scale
- Tests on Different Battery Technologies (Lithium Ion Batteries, Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries, Lead Acid Batteries, etc.)
- Comprehensive Electrical Testing for Cells of Different Geometries (Button, Cylindrical, Pouch, Prismatic)
- Battery Module and Pack Level Electrical Performance Tests
- Life and Storage Tests
- Customer Defined Electrical Performance Tests
- Electrical Performance Tests under Different Temperature and Humidity Conditions
- Cell, Module and Battery Pack Level AC and DC Internal Resistance Measurements
- Cell Level Security Tests (Nail Penetration Test, Crush Test, Short Circuit Test and Impact Test)
- Vacuum and Helium Tightness Tests
- Consulting Services
Infrastructure
TUBITAK RUTE Battery R&D and Test Center Laboratory, with an area of approximately 1,150 square meters, not only meets the basic research needs for electrical energy storage systems, but also has the necessary equipment for the production of pilot-sized lithium-ion batteries. It also has devices and equipment for the certification and testing of batteries in accordance with international standards. The laboratories operating in the existing infrastructure are listed below:
- Active Material Development Laboratory
- Anode, Cathode and Electrolyte Development Laboratory
- Electrochemical Identification Laboratory
- Design and Control Systems Laboratory
- Prototype [Electrode, Pouch Battery and Cylindrical Battery] Development Laboratory
- Prototype (Prismatic Battery) Development Laboratory
- Electrical Test Systems Laboratory
- Safety Test Systems Laboratory
Projects/Products
- Developed Batteries
- Pouch type Battery
- Prismatic Battery
- Battery Modules Developed
- 2 Series 2 Parallel Battery Modules
- 12 Series 2 Parallel Battery Module
- 3 Series 2 Parallel Battery Module
- 7 Series 8 Parallel Battery Module
- Battery Packs Developed
- 1 kWh Battery Pack
- 5 kWh Battery Pack
- Developing Battery Management Systems (BMS)
- Stand-alone Battery Management System
- Battery Management System
TÜBİTAK RUTE Battery R&D and Test Center Laboratory has a mixer, ball mill, grinder, tube furnace, melting furnace, muffle furnace, hydraulic press, reactor, microwave, etc. and necessary equipment for active material development activities; a mixer, coater and calender for laboratory scale electrode production; and 2 glove boxes and necessary equipment for button battery production.
The production of anode and cathode electrodes and the subsequent development of the battery production process are being carried out intensively. The existing pilot scale electrode production line has two mixers with 5 lt capacity, one coating device and one rolling device for preparing anode and cathode slurries. There is a kinematic viscosity device for the fluidity measurement of anode and cathode slurries. The pilot scale electrode (anode/cathode) production line can produce electrodes at a speed of 0.5 meters per minute and a width of 15 cm.
In TÜBİTAK RUTE Battery R&D and Test Center Laboratory, the pilot scale pouch type battery production infrastructure is located in a dry room. The pouch type lithium ion battery pilot production line includes electrode sizing, electrode stringing, pressing, pouch forming, pole head assembly, three-sided sealing, electrolyte filling and final sealing devices. In the production line, 1-20 Ah capacity pouch type lithium ion batteries with battery sizes (mm) 70*120 and 100*150 and battery thickness up to 12 mm are produced. Electrolyte production can also be realized in the existing dry room.
In addition to the pilot scale electrode production and pouch type battery production infrastructure, there is a prismatic type lithium ion battery production line infrastructure located in a dry and clean room that meets dew point -65 °C, humidity level (RH) < % 0.05 and 10,000 class clean room standards. The existing prismatic battery production line includes electrode winding, pressing, ultrasonic welding, winding placement, laser welding, leakage control, electrolyte filling, soaking, pre-charging and final closing devices. The production line can produce prismatic type batteries with a capacity range of 3-60 Ah.
R&D
Battery Test Systems Infrastructure
Module/Battery Pack Test System:
- 600V-150A-90kW,2 Channel (600V-300A-180kW in parallel)
- 1,200V-800A-250kW, 1 Channel
- 72V-200A, 10 Channel (72V-2000A in parallel)
- 200V-600A, 1 Channel
Cell Testing Systems:
- 5V-1mA, 8 Channel
- 5V-10mA, 56 Channel
- 5V-20mA, 24 Channels
- 5V-3A, 8 Channel
- 10V-10A, 16 Channel
- 5V-12A, 24 Channels
- 5V-20A, 40 Channel
- 5V-50A, 24 Channel
- 5V-100A, 16 Channels
- 6V-500A, 6 Channel (6V-3000A in parallel)
Potentiostat-Galvanostat
AC Internal Resistance Meter
Thermal Shock Cabinet
Air Conditioning Cabinets
HL6 Resistant Air Conditioning Cabinet
Cell Formation System
Helium Tightness Tester
Sealing Test Vacuum Device
Safety Test Equipment (Puncture Test, Crush Test, Short Circuit Test and Impact Test)
Button Type Cell Production and Test Equipment
Electrode Production and Test Equipments
Pouch Type Cell Production and Testing Equipment
Prismatic Type Cell Production and Test Equipment
