To facilitate a unique opportunity for Polish-Norway scientific collaboration among the Partners from:

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Polish Center for Technology Development https://www.port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/
• University of Oslo  Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN)
• SINTEF Industry Sustainable Energy

Together the partners contribute to research activities to develop more performant, sustainable, and circular battery technologies according to sectoral needs, thereby sustaining a competitive and sustainable EU battery value chain.

POLAND – ŁUKASIEWICZ Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development

Alicja Bachmatiuk, Project Manager, Deputy Director for R&D

Sandeep Gorantla, Research Scientist-Electron Microscopy group

Andrii Bodnar, Research Group for Advanced Materials Synthesis

Magdalena Kiss-Arabasz, Materials Structure and Properties Research Laboratory

Maria Zdończyk, Research Group for Advanced Materials Synthesis

Marta Fiedot-Toboła, Research Group for Advanced Materials Synthesis

Syamsai Ravuvri, Research Group for Advanced Materials Synthesis

Norway:

University at Oslo Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN)

Anette E. Gunnæs, PI Structure Physics Section leader and Associate Professor, Dep. of Physics, SMN

Sabrina Sartori, Energy Systems Section leader and Associate Professor Dep. of Tech. Systems

Calliopi Bazioti, Senior Engineer Researcher Structure Physics, SMN

Phuong Dan Nguyen, Senior Engineer at Structure Physics group, Department of Physics

SINTEF

Spyros Diplas, PI & Research Manager-Materials Physics group

Martin F. Sunding, Research Scientist

What is new in our project for global scientific research?  

The Polish – Norwegian group aims to develop CVD methods for controlled growth of Mo2C, Ti2C and V2C and Cr2C MXenes, study their CVD growth mechanisms and understand atomistic processes during their application as anode material in solid state Li-ion battery. All-solid-state Li-ion batteries are better compared to current Li-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs) in the following aspects:

• chemically safer,
• compact,
• higher battery capacity,
• faster re-charging,
• operable at higher temperatures.

Key novelty is to attempt to study in situ (in real-time) the atomic structure evolution in MXenes during Li-ions transport in them when used as an anode in a ASSB Li-ion battery.

Through such studies fundamental insights into the atomistic structural factors in these materials that are responsible for their Li-ion loading capacity i.e. battery capacity can be understood. Such understanding will enable to inform for better design and development these materials to fully harness their Li-ion loading capacities.

Impact on daily life

With growing standards of living and increasing digitization of everyday life the global energy demands are also on rise. Re-chargeable Li-ion batteries are at the core of what powers the present-day internet of things (IoT) smart devices to develop new energy storage materials with higher energy storage capacities and safer for the environment is one of fundamental approaches to address this growing need of the human society. The current research efforts in the field of energy storage materials clearly show the impending progression towards ASSBs as the most likely next generation rechargeable batteries technology.

A concept model of 2D MXene based all-solid-state Li-ion battery powering a microchip –  an artistic rendition.  Showing the atomic structures of bi-layer Mo₂C MXene anode (left), Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ garnet solid state electrolyte (middle), LiCoO₂ cathode (right) without the typical end contacts of a battery.

Atomic structure model showing lithium ions transport between two monolayer sheets of molybdenum carbide (Mo₂C) Mxene material when used as the anode in a Li-ion battery (lithium ions -green, molybdenum atoms – blue and carbon atoms – black).

The successful realization of this project will lead to proof of concept on the new design of future 2D structures based solid state devices for energy storage. This is the core vision of future that motivates the 2D-SSB project team members.

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Non-scientific Presentation of the GRIEG 2DSSB Project Results at the Łukasiewicz PORT Science Picnic

Non-scientific Promotion of the Project | Presentation of Results to the Local Community in 2023

In September, a scientific meeting with the local community took place on the Łukasiewicz PORT campus as part of the Science Picnic.

During the event, members of the team presented the results obtained during the implementation of the GRIEG 2DSSB project, introducing both young and older science enthusiasts to the world of electron microscopy and the principles of solid-state battery operation. Demonstrations and presentations sparked curiosity among the visiting community in our laboratory. This joint meeting of the scientific world with the local community helped disseminate basic knowledge about materials used in batteries and electron microscopes.

GRIEG 2DSSB project was presented to Engineering students during a students workshop in PORT

Public Outreach | Students Workshop 2023

We want to thank both undergraduate students and the team of experts who shared their knowledge and passion for electron microscopy and took the students on a journey into the microscopic world, uncovering the secrets hidden within the tiniest particles. The workshop was organised within GRIEG 2DSSB research project, financed from Norway Grants. Workshop included lectures on project results and hands-on lab tour on the state-of-the-art SEM and TEM electron microscopes. We have inspired the next generation of scientists! 🙌🌟

#NorwayGrants #GRIEG #ElectronMicroscopyWorkshop #MXenes #GRIEG #Energymaterials #ScienceIsAwesome #StudentEvent

Connecting Scientific know-how: Postdoctoral researchers visit Labs of Research Partners in Norway

Research Mobility | Norway Visit 2022

The postdoctoral researchers Dr. Pawel Wrobel and Dr. SyamSai Ravuri from PORT visit the Research labs of the project partners at SINTEF and UiO to exchange scientific expertise and gain hands on experience on collaborative research experiments of the project with Dr. C. Bazioti, project researcher at UiO.

Project Results Presented at Leading Materials Science Conference, MRS-2022 in USA

Scientific dissemination| MRS-2022 conference

Project postdoctoral researcher attends 2022 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit (27^th NOV – 2^nd DEC’2022) in Boston, USA and presented the project results to wider MXenes and Materials science scientific community

Extending Project Reach: Presentation at Symposium Reaches the Wider Scientific Community

Scientific dissemination| ATAM-2022 symposium

Newly hired Postdoc in the project, Dr. SyamSai Ravuri, presents the GREIG 2DSSB project and some project results to wider scientific and industry audience who attended ATAM-2022 symposium (6^th – 9^th SEPT’2022) organized at PORT, Wroclaw

Researchers visit Partners Labs in Poland and Norway to conduct experiments together

Research Mobility | Poland-Norway Visits 2021

In the first week of December 2021 state-of-the-art in situ (S)TEM experiments were conducted by Dr. C. Bazioti along with Dr. S. Gorantla who traveled to TEM lab in University of Oslo, Norway. In October 2021 (18.10.21-29.10.21) Dr. C. Bazioti researcher at UiO visited electron microscopy labs at PORT, Poland to do FIB-SEM lamella preparation for Insitu-(S)TEM MXenes growth experiments.