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SeaMag

High-Performance Seawater Magnesium Batteries for Marine Application.

Description

High-Performance Seawater Magnesium Batteries for Marine Application.

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Overview

Funding

€ 1,400,000

Duration

Jul 2018 - Mar 2022

Type of action

Joint Call

Project Abstract

The aim is to develop high capacity and cost efficient magnesium (Mg) based seawater batteries with increased environmental compatibility suitable for long term operation of marine observatories. The partners plan to improve the performance of Mg-seawater batteries in different hydrodynamic conditions by finding the optimum combination of anode material, electrolyte additives and cathode design to achieve longevity of minimum 5 years and a capacity of 25kWh. Aqueous primary Mg batteries have several advantages for marine applications as they can operate at any pressure, have greater power storage capacities and are cheaper than lithium-ion batteries. Furthermore, since the unlimited supply of seawater serves as the electrolyte, the size and weight of the battery system can be considerably reduced. Possible applications are autonomous subsea observation systems in the oil & gas and aquaculture industry.

SeaMag is funded by the MarTERA partners Research Council of Norway (RCN), German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) and co-funded by the European Union.

Consortium

Coordinator

Andrea Birkeland, develogic Norway AS, Norway

Consortium

develogic Norway AS, SME, Norway

SINTEF Energy Research, Research institute, Norway

develogic GmbH, SME, Germany

Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Research institute, Germany

Scientific and Practical Materials Research Center, Research institute, Belarus