Creating an inspiring and collaborative multidisciplinary community for excellence in battery research and education.
Education in battery technology
Whether you are passionate about renewable energy, electric vehicles, or cutting-edge research, our education programmes offer a pathway to a rewarding and impactful career in battery technology.
We offer several master's programmes highly relevant in battery research and technology as well as an interdisciplinary microcredential on battery technology. Join us and be a part of the next generation of battery innovators. Together, we can create a sustainable and electrifying world.
Research in battery technology
Chalmers battery research spans materials, cell concepts, cell component processing, and battery control, monitoring, safety and ageing.
This work is supported by expertise in characterisation, modelling, recycling, and life cycle analysis.
In focus of batteries
New recipe for efficient, environmentally friendly battery recycling
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, are now presenting a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100 per cent of the aluminium and 98 per cent of the lithium in electric car batteries. At the same time, the loss of valuable raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and manganese is minimised. No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process because the researchers use oxalic acid – an organic acid that can be found in the plant kingdom.
New findings could lead to more stable and safer metal batteries
Metal batteries have the potential to deliver more energy, at a lower weight, than the popular lithium-ion battery. The problem, however, is that the technology currently has too short a lifespan due to the highly reactive nature of the lithium metal in these batteries. New research from Chalmers University of Technology shows where the problems lie and how to get round them by creating the metal electrode directly in the battery cell.
Scaling up battery production drive down carbon emissions significantly
A common criticism of electric vehicle production is the high carbon emissions from battery production. But new research from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden shows how scaling up production through enormous 'gigafactories' can cut the environmental impact significantly, compared to small-scale industrial production. And when the energy used to power the factories comes from green sources, the emissions can be reduced to roughly one quarter compared to results presented a few years back.