According to foreign media reports, Cabot Company was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy, the company was involved in an advanced vehicle technology research and development projects, access to some financial support.
Cabot will use its innovative processing technology to develop a new generation of low-cobalt active cathode formulations for lithium-ion batteries. Cobalt is an expensive and critical material, mainly imported from outside the United States, with the rapid development of electric vehicles, there is a certain supply risk in the future.
Cabot's Research and Development project aims to explore more sustainable, affordable alternative materials and ultimately improve the availability of electric vehicle technology. The U.S. Department of Energy has invested in 42 projects to support advanced vehicle technologies that enable affordable mobile travel services, enhance energy security, reduce reliance on critical raw materials, and increase U.S. economic growth.
The U.S. Department of Energy has disbursed $80 million in funds, of which nearly $32 million was spent on research and development in battery and vehicle electrification, while Cabot received $2.9 million to develop aerosol (aerosol) manufacturing technology for low-cobalt lithium-ion battery cathodes. Miodrag Oljaca, technical director of Cabot Energy Materials, said that through its conductive agent (conductive additive) formula and cathode, the separator used alum (Aluminas), the company has established its own position in the battery industry.
The company is eager to use its innovative processing technology and materials and materials expertise to further realize the new generation of battery technology innovation, the realization of low-cobalt batteries or low-cobalt cathode formulations, and promote low-cost, sustainable electric vehicle batteries, energy storage equipment and other applications of production. Cabot will work with researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) and Saft, USA.
