NanoBat
GHz nanoscale electrical and dielectric measurements of the solid-electrolyte interphase and applications in the battery manufacturing line
About
Project duration: 36 months
Project website: www.nanobat.eu
Project community on Zenodo: coming soon
CORDIS: LINK
NanoBat Events:
March 26-31, 2023, Florence, Italy
- 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation: Presentation & Paper.
March, 2023
- EU Research Project NanoBat successfully comes to an end with innovative findings.
March 1-2, 2023, Vienna, Austria
- NanoBat M36 Partners' Meeting (including on-line Stakeholders' Meeting).
January 22-25, 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
- IEEE Radio & Wireless Week : Invited Talk, Women in Microwaves.
January 18-20, 2023, Orlando, FL, US
- Electronic Materials & Applications Conference of The American Ceramic Society.
November 14-18, 2022, Online
- IEEE Ukrainian Microwave Week: Invited Lecture, Women in Engineering Meeting.
November 16, 2022, Online
- 4th NanoBat public workshop.
October 19-20, 2022, Patras, Greece
- NanoBat M30 project meeting at Pleione Energy S.A.
September 26-29, 2022, Milan, Italy
- European Microwave Week:Microwave and Radar Week (MRW including MIKON Conference): Presentations, Women in Engineering, Short Course on EM Modelling, Workshop on Material Measurements, Partner Exbibits
September 12-15, 2022, Gdansk, Poland
- Microwave and Radar Week (including MIKON Conference): IEEE CCM Presentation, Women in Engineering, Partner Exbibits
July 6-8, 2022, Limoges, France
- 2022 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO2022): One of two presentations
June 27-30, 2022, Grenoble, France
- Conference on Industrial Technologies IndTech2022 and EMIRI Workshop: Project Exhibits
June 14-16, 2022, Savannah, GA, US
- 56th Annual Microwave Power Symposium (IMPI26) of the International Microwave Power Institute: Modelling Workshop, Publication, Presentation, Partner Exhibits
June 22-25, 2022, Denver, CO, US
- IEEE International Microwave Symposium: Seminars and Workshop on Material Measurements, Women in Engineering, Partner Exhibits
May 4-5, 2022, Madrid, Spain
- NanoBat M24 Partners’ Meeting
April 3-7, 2022, London, UK
- 51st European Microwave Week: Publication, Presentation, Women in Engineering, Partner Exhibits.
April 1-3, 2022, Warsaw, Poland
- IEEE Region 8 Meeting: Exhibition, Presentation, Women in Engineering, Help Ukraine Actions.
January 11, 2022 (Internet)
- NanoBat releases an animated clip on "Optimised Battery Production through Nanotechnology".
April 29, 2021, 14:00-17:00 (Virtual)
- Public Workshop on New Trends in Materials and Electrochemical Characterisation for Li-ion Batteries (LIB).
March 2-4, 2021, Vienna, Austria (Virtual)
- 3rd International Workshop of The European Materials Modelling Council.
November 27, 2020, 13.00 – 16.30
- Virtual workshop on nano- and microelectrochemical tools in battery research.
October 5-7, 2020, Warsaw, Poland
- MIKON conference and exhibition during Microwave and Radar week 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.
NanoBat Open Platform Tools and Examples:
Open Platform Teaching Kits:
- Electric Double Layer solver
- Stand-alone teaching kit with nanometer 1D space filled with an electrolyte and bounded by two electrodes.
- Stand-alone teaching kit with 1D and 2D electromagnetic wave propagation examples.
- Stand-alone teaching kit for 1D electrochemistry drift-diffusion processes.
Open Platform Advanced Tools:
- NanoBat-Modeller - licence-free CAD modeller developed within the NanoBat project.
- Download NanoBat-Modeller.
- QuickWave - software for electromagnetic design and simulations based on conformal FDTD method.
- Download QuickWave STUDENT Release (with BOR Thermal Module of NanoBat).
Open Platform Dissemination Examples:
Simulation Examples:
Pure GHz problems:
- Scanning Microwave Microscopy probe (ZIP file).
- SPDR and SiPDR resonators.
- Coplanar Waveguide.
- Quasi-Free-Space measurement.
- Multiflare horn antenna.
Coupled EM-Thermal problems:
- Coupled GHZ Thermal workflow for a battery model
- Thermally–dependant material relations - simulation setup
- Influence of frequency on temperature distribution - LiPF6 in DMC
Measurement Examples:
- Initial Material Characterisation.
Raw Measurement Data:
- Pointwise measurements of reference materials - quartz and polymer (ZIP file)
- Pointwise measurements of graphene materials (ZIP file)
NanoBat Description:
NanoBat project aims to develop a novel nanotechnology toolbox for quality testing of Li-ion and beyond Lithium batteries with the potential to redefine battery production in Europe and worldwide. The targeted radio frequency (RF)-nanoscale techniques will be faster and more accurately calibrated than existing methods. The project will significantly reduce the costs of battery production thus greatly benefiting the evolving clean energy and e-mobility transition in Europe.
The NanoBat consortium will follow four methodological steps:
- Development of four new scientific multi-scale RF-instrumentations for off-line, in-line and real-time measurements
- Establishment of modelling and predictive analytics tools for the SEI layer including physics-based GHz models
- Studies of advanced cell materials and first demonstrator tests in the smaller pilot lines
- Scale-up considering specifications and targets from the industry
With the market potential of battery production estimated at EUR 250 billion by 2025, and about one third of the production costs related to the formation phase of the electrode solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), the NanoBat research will have a particular focus on the nanoscale structure and the electrical processes at the SEI layer. The NanoBat toolbox will bring forward novel GHz nanoscale methods to allow testing and quantifying the relevant processes, responsible for battery performance and safety, but difficult to characterise and optimise with existing techniques.
QWED team will contribute to the GHz nanoscale technology developments through both computer modelling (WP3) and instrumentation (WP1, 4) developments:
- In WP3 a simulation toolbox will be developed for coupled GHz-thermal modelling of battery materials and half-cells. A dedicated Open Platform GUI will allow launching different types of semi-analytical and numerical (FDTD, FEM) solvers for continuum GHz, thermodynamic and coupled models, under different licence schemes.
- In WP1 a new large-surface scanner for 2D imagining of resistivity and sheet impedance of graphene anodes materials, taking into account industrial process parameters, will be designed and built.
- In WP4 measurements of industry provided samples of Lithium-ion battery graphene anode materials will be performed, determining the dependence of electrical parameters on material processing factors. The measurement technology will be adapted to industrial environments.
NanoBat Consortium:
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
- Centro Ricerche Fiat, Italy
- Federal Institute of Metrology METAS, Switzerland
- IMDEA Energy Institute, Spain
- Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
- Keysight Technologies GmbH, Austria
- Kreisel Electric GmbH & Co KG, Austria
- Pleione Energy S. A., Greece
- QWED, Poland
- Ruhr-Universitӓt Bochum, Germany
- Technische Universitӓt Braunschweig, Germany
The NanoBat project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 861962.
The information in this document is provided „as is”, and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The user uses the information at its sole risk and liability.
NanoBat Articles, Presentations, Posters & Outreach:
- „Benchmarking Conformal BoR FDTD Algorithm for Efficient mm-Wave Design of Multiflare Antennas”, Lukasz Nowicki, Lucas Polo-Lopez, Juan Corcoles, Jorge A Ruiz-Cruz, Malgorzata Celuch, 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 30 March 2023: Poster and Paper.
- Presentation: „Modelling Based Characterisation of Materials from Micro to Millimetre Waves”, Malgorzata Celuch, IEEE Radio & Wireless Week, Women in Microwaves Event Las Vegas, Nevada, January 22, 2023.
- Presentation: „Evaluation and extensions of resonator techniques for the characterization of ceramics and energy materials relevant to 6G applications”, Marzena Olszewska–Placha, Malgorzata Celuch , Lukasz Nowicki, Janusz Rudnicki, Electronic Materials and Applications 2023, S21: Materials, Devices, and Applications in 6G Telecommunications, 19 January 2023
- „Advances in computational modeling and materials characterization for microwave power industry and bridging the gap to classical MTT-S disciplines”, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska–Placha, IMS 2023 Workshop, 11-16 June – accepted.
- R. Henderson, „Let Them Eat Cake! [President’s Column]”, in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 10-14, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2022.3204006 – Article.
- Presentation: „Microwave characterisation and modelling of materials in European initiative”, M. Celuch, 2nd IEEE Ukrainian Microwave Week UkrMW, November 14-18, 2022, Online.
- Presentation: „Bridging the gaps between microwave modelling and materials measurements and between women and engineering”, Malgorzata Celuch, 52nd European Microwave Week: Microwave and Radar Week EuMW, September 26-29, 2022, Milan, Italy.
- M. Olszewska-Placha, A. Masouras, A. Wieckowski, N. Chotza, M. Celuch, „Contactless Device for 2D Imaging and Precise Characterisation of Electrical Parameters of Anode Materials for Battery Cells”, 24th International Microwave and Radar Conference, 12-14 Septemeber 2022, Gdansk, Poland. – presentation.
- M. Olszewska-Placha, E. Mozdzynska, J. Rudnicki, M. Celuch, „2D Imaging Technique for Quantitative and Qualitative Characterisation of High-Resistivity GaN Semiconductor Wafers for Light and Power Electronics”, 24th International Microwave and Radar Conference, 12-14 Septemeber 2022, Gdansk, Poland. – presentation.
- Presentation: „Open Platform tools to modelling electrochemical”, L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, J. Rudnicki, 24th International Microwave and Radar Conference, Gdansk, 12-14 September 2022.
- Presentation: M. Celuch, O. Douheret, P. Korpas, D. Moerman, M. Olszewska Placha, and J. Rudnicki, „Recent Developments in Modelling Software and Microwave Hardware Relevant to the SPDR Imaging of Organic Semiconductors”, IEEE MTT-S Intl. Conf. on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization NEMO, Limoges, July 2022 – accepted version.
- Presentation: K. Wilczynski, M. Celuch, and M. Olszewska-Placha, „Modelling of CPW Structures for the Characterisation of Thin Film Materials”, IEEE MTT-S Intl. Conf. on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization NEMO, Limoges, July 2022 – accepted version.
- Poster: L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, and J. Rudnicki, „Continuum Modelling with QuickWave Software: NanoBat and MMAMA Open Platform”, eSSENSE-EMMC Workshop on „Multiscale Multiscale modelling of materials and molecules”, Uppsala, June 2022.
- Presentation: B.Salski and M. Olszewska-Placha, „FDTD modeling of microwave power applicators”, invited paper, 56th Annual Microwave Power Symposium (IMPI 56) of the International Microwave Power Institute, Savannah, GA, 14-16 June 2022.
- M. Celuch, M.J. Hill, T. Karpisz, M. Olszewska-Placha, S. Phommakesone, U. Ray, B. Salski, „Benchmarking of GHz resonator techniques for the characterisation of 5G/mmWave materials”, 51st European Microwave Conference, London 2-6 April 2022, pp. 568-571 (copyright European Microwave Association, EuMA).
- M. Olszewska-Placha, M. Celuch, „5G Electrotnics: bridging the measurements challenges”, 18th International Conference on Device Packaging, March 7-10 2022, Session „5G/MMWAVE PACKAGING: SOLVING HIGH FREQUENCY MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION CHALLENGES”.
- Presentation: M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, J. Rudnicki, „Simulation-based resonant imaging of electronic materials for enhanced design in 5G and other emerging technologies”, Electronic Materials and Applications EMA 2022 virtual conference, 19-21 January 2022.
- Presentation: N. Adamovic, G. Goldbeck, and M. Celuch, „MODA and CHADA; challenges and opportunities for integration and exploitation to industrial stakeholders beyond EU projects”, NanoME Commons Co-Creation Workshop on „Materials characterization challenges to support the industry transition in the digital era”.
- M. Celuch, M.J. Hill, T. Karpisz, M. Olszewska-Placha, S. Phommakesone, U. Ray, B. Salski, „Bridging the materials’ permittivity traceability gap for 5G applications”, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation 2021, 4-10 December 2021 – accepted version and presentation.
- Presentation: M. Celuch, „Materials by Design for electronic design for GHz to THz applications”, Webinar at Kent University, Nov. 2021.
- CEN Workshop Agreement (co-author: M.Celuch): CWA 17815 :2021 „Materials characterisation – Terminology, metadata and classification”, October 2021.
- Presentation: M.Celuch, „2D SPDR Scanner for the Imaging of 5G and energy materials”, Finals of the 2021 Innovation Radar Prize, European Commission – Dealfow.eu, Virtual, 21 Oct. 2021.
- Presentation: M. Olszewska-Placha, „Computer modelling – a virtual laboratory for emerging technologies” at virtual IEEE Day 2021, Poland, Oct. 2021.
- Presentation: M. Celuch, „Modelling-Based Characterisation of Materials for Application in 5G and Energy Sectors”, IEEE MTT-S Webinar, Sept. 2021.
- M. Olszewska-Placha, D. Gryglewski, W. Wojtasiak, and M. Celuch, „Demonstration of a combined active-passive methodology for the design of solid-state-fed microwave ovens”, 18th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Applications: AMPERE 2021, Gothenburg (Sweden) – digital event, 13-16 September 2021 – accepted version.
- N. Mikos, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, G. Gramse, „Extension of open EM modeling platform towards electrochemistry and energy materials”, International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium 2021, Online-Live, August 1-5, 2021 – accepted version and presentation.
- Presentation: M.Celuch and M.Olszewska-Placha, „Linked CHADA and MODA for GHz characterisation and modelling of energy materials in the H2020 NanoBat project”, International Conferences & Exhibition on Nanotechnologies, Organic Electronics & Nanomedicine, Thessalonki, Greece, 3-10 July 2021, Session „Open Innovation, Standardisation and Business Development”.
- N. Mikos, M. Olszewska-Placha and M. Celuch, „Continuum Modelling with QuickWave Software: Extensions & Applications in H2020 NanoBat project”, eSSENSE-EMMC Workshop on „Multiscale modelling of materials and molecules in complex systems”, Uppsala, June 2021.
- P. Korpas, D. Mieczkowska, M. Olszewska-Placha, J. Rudnicki, M. Celuch, „Quantitative Error Metrics and Test Patterns for Enhanced Dielectric Resonator Imaging of Microwave Materials”, accepted for IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2021, Atlanta, 6-11 June 2021 – accepted version.
- Report on „Advanced materials modelling and characterisation: strategies for integration and interoperability” elaborated by the European Materials Modelling (EMMC) and Characterisation (EMCC) Councils in the framework of the EuroNanoForum event held on 4 May 2021, co-authored by M. Celuch and with QWED’s contribution to the defined challanges, specifically a twinned MODA-CHADA system developed in the framework of the H2020 MMAMA and NanoBat projects.
- Presentation: M. Olszewska-Placha, M. Celuch, „Recent developments of resonator measurements for emerging materials and technologies”, 17th International Conference on Device Packaging, April 12-15 2021, Session „5G Electronics Challanges: High Frequency Materials Characterization”.
- Presentation: M. Hill, M. Celuch, „Benchmarking Resonator Based Low dK/dF Material Measurements”, IPC-APEX, 8-12 March 2021, Session „5G/ High Frequency Materials Characterization Challenges and Opportunities”.
- Presentation: M. Olszewska-Placha, J. Rudnicki, M. Celuch, „Modelling of energy materials and electrical test-fixtures: developments and Open Platform implementation linking MODAs and CHADAs”, 3rd EMMC International Workshop, March 2021, Session #3 Model Development Focus Area.
- Presentation: M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, J. Rudnicki, „How to support 5G materials measurements, antenna designs, and standards developments with QuickWave simulations”, Electronic Materials and Applications EMA 2021 virtual conference, 19-22 January 2021. (short movie on antenna design and simulation with QuickWave software)
- Presentations at IEEE Day (September 29th 2020) and IEEE Student Meeting Champions League virtual meeting (January 13th, 2021) „Computer Multiphysics simulations – a must-have for emerging technologies”.
- QWED in „Elity” magazine, „Electrifying Potential of the Polish Science”, December 2020.
- Poster: M.Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, J. Rudnicki, A. Gungor , J. Smajic, J. Leuthold, „Open platform GUI for comparative FDTD and FEM computation of material microwave measurement scenarios”, 19th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation CEFC 2020, 16-19 November 2020.
- Presentation: M. Olszewska-Placha, M.Celuch, T. Le Quang, A. Gungor, J. Hoffmann, J. Smajic, J. Rudnicki, „Open access CAD, EM tools, and examples for teaching microwaves”, 23rd Intl. Conference on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications MIKON-2020, Warsaw, 5-8 October 2020.
- M. Olszewska-Placha and M. Celuch, „Continuum Modelling with QuickWave software – User Cases of MMAMA and NanoBat projects”, eSSENSE-EMMC Workshop on „Multiscale modelling of materials and molecules in complex systems”, Uppsala June 2020.